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minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·7 months agoWe get posts here too, and on Reddit The posts here get reported and removed very quickly, sometimes within minutes of the account being created or the first post. I searched Reddit for the website they were linking and saw the spam posts on Reddit have been up for months. Few possible differences: We have a better ratio of users/moderation, where the lower volume of posts means everything can go through human moderators Our users are more actively trying to keep the platform good by reporting spam The incentive here is to create a good online platform. The inventive there is profit. The priorities are different as a result
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoIt isn’t just those factors. There’s also the fact that instance owners would rather moderate than get on the wrong side of the law.
We get posts here too, and on Reddit
The posts here get reported and removed very quickly, sometimes within minutes of the account being created or the first post.
I searched Reddit for the website they were linking and saw the spam posts on Reddit have been up for months.
Few possible differences:
We have a better ratio of users/moderation, where the lower volume of posts means everything can go through human moderators
Our users are more actively trying to keep the platform good by reporting spam
The incentive here is to create a good online platform. The inventive there is profit. The priorities are different as a result
It isn’t just those factors. There’s also the fact that instance owners would rather moderate than get on the wrong side of the law.