Tools to automoderate Web-based spam

models a spam archive for the modbot

implements a spam archive as an HTTP POST URL.

tools to moderate Web-based spam

a class for ruleset functionality (calls successive tests and returns a composite score)

models a server for the modbot

generic MySQL spam source

implementation of a Scoop server

implementation of a WebBBS server through the file system

a convenient module to organize spamminess tests for forum posts.

count link-like text in a given field.

look up an IP on Google to see if it turns up suspiciously often.

check a list of known users to see if this one appears there.

check for high bits set in characters in a field.

score a post and field based on some text plausbility metrics.

represents a single user in a forum. Since many fora don't formalize identity, the User object does its best in informal situations.

logic for the assembly of historical information about a given user from a forum, insofar as it's available.

tools to moderate Web-based spam

an abstraction of a list of users for a given forum. Since some fora have actual databases of users while others use a sort of quasi-anonymity based on voluntary assumption of an informal identity, the Userbase object provides just enough understanding of informal identity to allow its use for spam detection.