Is there a way to disable the "Comments" on a news item?If not, is there a way to hide the comments written by other users?The users that can see this news item are in a group. Is there a way to set up the group so they can't see each other's comments on a news item?
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Thank for your help, let me try wordle
this is a 7(!!!) years old post.Since then numerous updates happened to the system....
There were several "replies" similar to this on some random threads I saw today - super vague, no real relevance to the original post, no particular recency of the post(s) in question, and super young account (< 1 week and/or an account with a grand total of ~1 comment).
I suspect these are bots of some sort - perhaps the bot farming operation is now having its accounts post a few random non-rulebreaking comments first just so when they go to sneak in spam links later, they don't appear quite so irrelevant? I'm not sure. I just wonder who around here they think they'll actually hoodwink with their spam attempts?
you mean like the last one ?
In the mean time I've figured out their scam. I didn't notice this detail (pictured) the first time around, but there are a bunch of spambots making similar comments now on other old/irrelevant posts.
I have mastered the basics, thanks