[wp-hackers] Addition to check_comment(): return false if thepost is older than 21 days

[David Schlosnagle]

I know I posted this before, but I definitely think a weighted point
value based system per comment makes moderating, approving, and
disapproving comments much easier and allows for all different kinds
of automated approaches. If the backend for supporting the point based
system was added to baseline, plugin(s) could modify the value up or
down with whitelists/blacklists, number of links per domain, etc. The
default values would just allow the same functionality as currently
exists for approving or throwing a comment into the moderation queue.
I'll see if I can code anything up this weekend.

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David Schlosnagle
<schlosna at gmail.com>
<http://www.david-s.net/>



On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 18:55:07 -0400, Mark Jaquith
<mark.wordpress at txfx.net> wrote:
> Ryan Boren wrote:
> 
> > What we should probably do is allow people to replace check_comment in
> > its
> > entirety so that they can implement their own moderation policy
> > wholesale.
> >  This means only one moderation policy plugin could be active.  This is
> > the easiest way to handle it and avoids getting into implementing an
> > authentication stack.
> 
> Another way to do it, instead of passing a basic "approved" or
> "unapproved" value from plugin to plugin, is to have a SpamAssasin-ish
> numerical level that is passed along.
> 
> In the user interface, the user could set the cutoff level for
> moderation, and optionally a cutoff level for total spam deletion (for
> instance, for cases where a blacklisted IP matches).
> 
> Then, in each anti-spam plugin downloaded, they could set variables at
> the beginning of the script that would control that plugin's effect on
> the "spam score" of the comment it handles.  Minor infractions could be
> +1 or + 2.  Major infractions could be +100.  You could also set
> redeeming qualities that would subtract points, such as a whitelist.
> 
> This allows for flexibility, without forcing certain things on people.
> The user gets to control the weight of the various checks.
> 
> 
> 
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