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    This is the community forum for my apps Pythonista and Editorial.

    For individual support questions, you can also send an email. If you have a very short question or just want to say hello — I'm @olemoritz on Twitter.


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    • dgelessus
      dgelessus last edited by

      @omz Is the system in place yet? Another load of spam just came in.

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      • georg.viehoever
        georg.viehoever last edited by

        Another idea: Let your users mark spam, and remove recent messages from the user who sent the spam until the moderator determines what should happen. This should enable a rapid response.
        Georg

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        • omz
          omz last edited by

          Is the system in place yet? Another load of spam just came in.

          I haven't deployed the change yet, though the code is mostly done.

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          • Gerzer
            Gerzer last edited by

            @omz Great!

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            • Gerzer
              Gerzer last edited by

              Is it just me, or are the spam floods coming more often than before? We just received a new one about 15 minutes ago. :(

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              • omz
                omz last edited by

                I'll try to deploy the change a little later today. There might be some downtime.

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                • omz
                  omz last edited by

                  Okay, the new moderation requirement should be up and running now.

                  New accounts are now "untrusted" by default, and their posts won't show up publicly. All existing accounts are already "trusted", so it's theoretically possible that there are "sleeper" spammers, but I don't think that will be a big problem (most previous spam was from new accounts).

                  I've also taken the opportunity to make the font a little more readable.

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                  • techteej
                    techteej last edited by

                    @omz I like the new font, but you might want to change the weight - you can't really tell which post titles are bolded.

                    Also, having the ability to delete posts would be useful in the future :)

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                    • dgelessus
                      dgelessus last edited by

                      def make_more_readable(html):
                          return u"<b>" + html + u"</b>"
                      

                      No offense, but that was my first impression. The font itself is nice, but it really looks like all text is in bold.

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                      • Gerzer
                        Gerzer last edited by

                        I agree with @techteej and @dgelessus, but we may just be splitting hairs, I don't know. Anyway, I'm glad you were able to implement the changes, thanks. Also, I like that you increased the number of posts on the homepage from six to eight (including both apps). :)

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