Patrick O’Keefe shares some options that online forums can use to find bad actors, people that are abusing the system to push their viewpoint.
But our communities are home to a great deal of digital DNA and trace information. This evidence can be used to identify people who are trying to abuse or take advantage of our communities. Yet I don’t know of any software options that are making use of the data in this way.
See original article at managingcommunities.com
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