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0 pointstyingq4y ago0 comments

It remains amusing to me that Google is able to be stymied by what is probably a ~200 person or less sweatshop of hackers and spammers. It doesn't match all their bravado about their level of expertise in AI/ML, automation, troves of metadata and historical patterns, etc.

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Aunche4y ago· 1 in thread

It's not a symmetric battle. The team of hackers and spammers has nothing to lose. Even if they're only successful 1% of the time, it's still a win.

tyingqOP4y ago

I'd venture it has more to do with where Google applies all that expertise. If it were hurting them, I imagine they would solve it quickly.

Scarblac4y ago· 1 in thread

And even without all the AI, nothing is stopping Google from employing ten thousand human moderators or whatever.

ChrisLomont4y ago

Cost is a really big stopping reason. The problem not being worth solving to Google is another.

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