Catching up with Image Spam
August 2nd, 2007 by Kelson. Posted in Spam and tagged for images, SpamSince adding the MSRBL-Images signatures to our spam filters at work, I’ve occasionally dropped in to Spam or Not to help rate their submissions. It uses the “Hot or Not” concept, but instead displays an image that’s been submitted as spam, and asks viewers to rate just how spammy it is. The results feed back into developing their signatures.
Right now they’re just 10 images away from rating every single image in their database.
Total Images: 308780
Total Ratings: 314616
Rated Images: 308770 (99.99%)
Unfortunately, I seem to be mostly getting already-ranked images, because that third number isn’t climbing in step with the second. And of course, when it comes to spam, you can rate all you want—they’ll make more.
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3 Responses to “Catching up with Image Spam”
By Rialtus on Aug 2, 2007
I’m bored enough to have gone there and got the last ten for you.
Total Images: 308781
Total Ratings: 314715
Rated Images: 308781 (100%)
By Kelson on Aug 2, 2007
LOL! I’m sure they appreciated it! Alas, they’ve collected another 50 or so images since then, but they’re tracking the total much more closely than they were last week, when I was seeing it around 60-80%.
By Rialtus on Aug 11, 2007
I’ve also noticed that image spam tends to be on the decline, but spam via small PDF files is growing greatly.