[svlug] [svlug-announce] SVLUG January 4th meeting: Ben Spade on 'A Robotic Moderator to Remove Forum Comment Spam'

[Mark Weisler]

WHEN:

  Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
  7pm-9pm


MAIN PRESENTATION

  TOPIC:
    A Robotic Moderator to Remove Forum Comment Spam

  PRESENTED BY:
    Ben Spade, Telenovella World

  TOPIC SUMMARY:
    Comment spam is currently a major plague affecting Web sites with any
    type of submission or comment form facility. Ben Spade, SVLUG's second
    president, encounters the comment-spam problem daily while operating
    Telenovelas, a popular discussion forum concerning Spanish soap operas
    (telenovelas) and East Asian dramas. Ben says: "What is it, where does
    it come from, and what can be done about it? Can this be done without
    destroying the visitor's reason to visit the Web site?" Ben will detail
    his solutions.

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
    Ben Spade worked for a medical computing company from the 1970s to the
    1990s, did a stint at Linuxcare, and now has gone into independent
    Linux consulting. He was SVLUG's second president, and first spoke to
    SVLUG in 1997.

LOCATION:

  Symantec
  VCAFE Facility
  350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
  Mountain View, CA 94043

  Directions on how to get there are listed at:

    http://www.svlug.org/directions/veritas.php

  We've tried our very best for these directions to be accurate.
  If you have any improvements to make, please let SVLUG's volunteers know!
  webmaster at svlug.org

POST-MEETING GATHERING:

  If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local
  restaurant/diner after the meeting.  We'll announce the restaurant
  selection at the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you there!

-- 
Mark Weisler
PGP Key ID 68E462B6
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