System and Method of Semi-Automated Velocity-Based Social Network Moderation

摘要

A method and system of detecting the activity of “bots” in an online community, by measuring the time elapsed between user actions and comparing this time to a timespan established as normal for users performing the same user actions without the assistance of bots. The timespan may be adjusted when other suspicion characteristics are detected. When detecting actions suspected to be bot-assisted, the method and system respond by executing one or more response instructions against the user suspected of using the bot, with the aim of preventing further bot activity. The response instructions are stored by associating them with a type of user action and a total number of suspect user actions. As a result, the response instructions may be set to increase in severity with each additional suspect act by a user.

主权项

1. A method of detecting and responding to unwanted user actions in a community, the method comprising:
(a) detecting a plurality of user actions performed by a user, the plurality of user actions comprising a first user action and a last user action; (b) determining a timespan T; (c) comparing the timespan T to the time elapsed between the first user action and the last user action; and (d) if the time elapsed is less than the timespan T, responding to the action, wherein each user action can be categorized by type, wherein each type of user action is associated with a timespan Tx in a database, wherein the determining of the timespan T comprises:
determining the type of the last user action, anddetermining the timespan Tx associated with the type of the last user action, and wherein the responding to the action comprises recording information of the last user action to a violation log associated with the user.