Simple unexpensive solution to prevent video/graphic SPAM
Title
Simple and effective solution to stop video or graphic spam
Short, concise description of the idea
Disable posting video embedded objects ( i.e Youtube ) or![]()
tags in comments by default.
Full description of the idea
When author creates a new post, she can check box "Allow video objects in comments" or/and "Allow pictures in comments". By default, these check boxes are unchecked. If they are unchecked, video objects/image tags are not allowed in comments, but simple links to video or image is OK.
An ordered list of benefits
Simple and effective solution to stop video or graphic spam
Short, concise description of the idea
Disable posting video embedded objects ( i.e Youtube ) or
tags in comments by default.
Full description of the idea
When author creates a new post, she can check box "Allow video objects in comments" or/and "Allow pictures in comments". By default, these check boxes are unchecked. If they are unchecked, video objects/image tags are not allowed in comments, but simple links to video or image is OK.
An ordered list of benefits
- Better user experience
- Fight with spam accounts which used video or graphic images won instantly !
- Spam bots might use unusual video service, it takes time to maintain a list of such services
- Server program need more time for analyzing user input