A few more improvements in this area:
- @eviltrout just added a “Suspect” tab on admin, users.
- @sam added the ability to click on the avatar in these lists to quickly view the user card for that user (and the profile page).
- @zogstrip made it so that TL0 profile customizations don’t show up for anon users. They only show up when you reach TL1.
We’ll add some more checks later, but for right now, “Suspect” means users with
- 1 or less topics viewed
- 1 or less posts read
- have filled out “about me” field on their user profile
This is by far the most predictive set of data I’ve seen on users that marks them as profile spammers. And FYI if you see a number at the end of their username, or their username is a random string of chars.. that’s also highly predictive.