Chat Bots and Word Filter

[thebatotot]

Since you are talking about algorithms, I’ll tell you this:…

your example is bad, no offense, but as a programmer, your’s was too bad to even be considered an example

as a programmer, i can create an algorithm to target certain patterns using a base word and a visual character replacement table, it would take time, but not that long, but we are not the ones who will create these, the game devs will, and they should do it if they want to improve this game

(unless you intend to spend the rest of your life writting different combinations of word filters)

some people are willing to do that, i personally block every single character that i see that spams, now, consider as an example that i’ve blocked 20 characters all shouting “MM0TANK”, wouldn’t blocking “MM0TANK” just once be a convenience for me?

it is not pointless

the benefits wouldn’t end there, like i said, @sumatkn 's suggestion is not a chat bot specific solution, it could also address foreign words that are not blocked by default which would be a good thing for the game as a whole

if I were IMC, I wouldn’t waste my employee’s time

maintenance and active monitoring is not a wasted time, this is an active game that changes with time, so tasks taken to address those changes is not a wasted effort

for perspective, if i were the game developer, i would do all i can to address this problem, running this game and developing it is my job, so it should be my job to address abusers

As for a short term solution (which is what you want),

all those filter algorithms stemmed from your insistence that the botter can just create combinations of the words, but my original point was why were those words i listed on the OP still not blocked, i would think that the filter is just a simple list and adding to it would be a simple copy and paste, so why haven’t they blocked those words yet? i see no reason besides neglect from the devs

sumatkn’s suggestion is the one i am now supporting since the power will be given to individual users

[mrshadowccg]

your example is bad, no offense, but as a programmer, your’s was too bad to even be considered an example

as a programmer, i can create an algorithm to target certain patterns using a base word and a visual character replacement table, it would take time, but not that long, but we are not the ones who will create these, the game devs will, and they should do it if they want to improve this game

As a programmer you should know you cannot make a program smarter than a human.

They could start spamming “KNATOMM (read backwards)” and your image recognition complicated and well elaborated program would already fail. Then you just have wasted time and workforce all over again.

And just because you hated on my awesome example I’ll give you another one:
Spam many shouts each one with a separate letter: M M O T A N K

some people are willing to do that, i personally block every single character that i see that spams, now, consider as an example that i’ve blocked 20 characters all shouting “MM0TANK”, wouldn’t blocking “MM0TANK” just once be a convenience for me?

Why not keep blocking them one by one then? It’s not very different, you know, than writting thousands of filters. Or maybe just don’t read shouts at all.

Time is also a resource and IMC team is already lacking on it (because of F2P release due date).

Oh by the way, if you’re a programmer so bothered with these spammers why don’t you write a filter third party for the game yourself? The devs already said they won’t ban anyone for using third parties that don’t change/harm/exploit gameplay.

[thebatotot]

As a programmer you should know you cannot make a program smarter than a human.

let me tell you, those algorithms ARE smarter than a human for the task they are programmed to do, don’t compare a single function to a human

They could start spamming “KNATOMM (read backwards)”

and that would be helpful to the spammers? how would their possible customers recognize it if they do it like that?

Why not keep blocking them one by one then? It’s not very different, you know, than writting thousands of filters. Or maybe just don’t read shouts at all.

who said i would need to write a thousand word filter?
an example:
20 bots now are spamming MM0TANK, i would filter MM0TANK once instead of blocking 20 characters, saved me some time

eventually i will see 20 more bots spamming MM0T@NK, i would then block MM0T@NK instead of blocking 20 more characters

can you not see the convenience this would create?

Oh by the way, if you’re a programmer so bothered with these spammers why don’t you write a filter third party for the game yourself?

3rd party programs are not allowed, but as far as i know, IMC have no solid stance regarding mods, so i wouldn’t risk it, and i don’t have the prior knowledge needed to integrate on their game, but they, the game devs, do

And just because you hated on my awesome example I’ll give you another one:Spam many shouts each one with a separate letter: M M O T A N K

that is one that would easily be recognized by a simple function

read my edits on the previous reply as well