Tell HN: YouTube has a spam problem, and it's getting worse

Re:Tell HN: YouTube has a spam problem, and it's getting worse by worldmerge on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:44PM (#28589010)

There are also tons of spam comments pushing dot fyi or dot xyz domains.

Why can they not just ban urls?

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Re:Tell HN: YouTube has a spam problem, and it's getting worse by belimawr on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:41PM (#28589304)

Kinda not related but there was a thread about xyz domains: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28554400

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Re:Tell HN: YouTube has a spam problem, and it's getting worse by darylteo on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:38PM (#28589291)

Also a lot that are just

"Yes <link to another youtube video> xyz"

I don't get the point.

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Re:Tell HN: YouTube has a spam problem, and it's getting worse by Nextgrid on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:43AM (#28591903)

Training the classifier that "xyz" is a sign of quality (by posting a benign, non-spam link) so that they can then use it for spam and have it go through?

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Re:Tell HN: YouTube has a spam problem, and it's getting worse by worldmerge on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @08:20AM (#28604284)

That would be next level spam. But it sounds entirely possible.

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