Plugin:ActivitySpam

Version: STATUSNET_VERSION
by: Evan Prodromou
source: http://gitorious.org/statusnet-activityspam/statusnet-activityspam
description: Test notices against the Activity Spam service.

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This plugin uses the spamicity server to determine if a post is spammy.

Install

This plugin is part of StatusNet 1.1.0. You can enable it by adding this line to your config.php:

addPlugin("ActivitySpam");

Configure

You need a few configuration options to make it work.

$config['activityspam']['server']

protocol, hostname and port of the server you're using. Probably "https://spamicity.info/".

$config['activityspam']['consumerkey']

The consumer key for your app. You need to get one manually from https://spamicity.info/ or your spam server.

$config['activityspam']['secret']

The OAuth secret for your app. You need to get one manually from https://spamicity.info/ or your spam server.

$config['activityspam']['hidespam']

Whether to hide detected spam from regular users. Default false; make it true once you're sure the spam filter works OK.

Changelog

2012-03-01
Plugin has been activated on identi.ca. The first version just stores a spam score in the database.

2012-03-07
added a toggle on all notices:

• dot: no spam
• exclamation point: spam.

You can toggle the "spamminess" of each notice by clicking on the toggle button. "Mark as spam/Clear spam" are the prompts. You must be logged in as Modhelper or Moderator to train spam [1].

There's also a stream of the latest stuff that's been detected as spam at http://identi.ca/main/spam - You must be logged in as Modhelper or Moderator to review.

2012-03-22
some work done to hide posts that are either from silenced users (usually spammers) or that score badly with our spam filter. moderators will still see spam; I'm working on better UI (maybe crosshatched or dimmed out). One problem is that mod-helpers might see varying UIs. I might need to make some fine-tuning work over the next couple of days. We actually cache visibility info for about 5 minutes, so it takes a few minutes for them to disappear. Another important fix! [2]

2012-03-24
Notices by silenced users and spam-detected users don't show up in timelines. [3]

TODO

• Show the spam score to mods

* Hide spammy posts from non-mods
* Add a "this is spam" button to train spam server
* Add a "this is not spam" button to train spam server

• Optional threshold for spam probability
• the "dot" isn't lining up correctly when the location is long (will be fixed).
• next step is to integrate with silencing.
  • when a user is silenced, train all their notices as spam.
  • Unsilenced => train as ham.
  • if a user has posted N many spammy notices, they're automatically silenced.