Spam users, finding real people

christophe--
Hi,

I have been looking through the people directory today, but I have the impression that nine out of ten accounts were created by spammers. Is it worth reporting those?

How do I find real people with non empty public libraries?
  • adamsmith
    It's worth reporting spammers, they'll get deleted promptly though it's a bit of a Sisyphus task.
  • DWL-SDCA
    While there surely are many spammers, I doubt if the absence of an associated _public_ library is a reliable sign that the account belongs to one.
  • adamsmith
    I assume this is meant as an _and_ condition: Christophe only cares about non-spam users whose library he can look at.
  • RintzeRintze
    Maybe http://www.zotero.org/people/ could only show users who have used the Zotero API at least once (be it via client syncing, adding items to their online library, etc.)?
  • theoria
    Maybe URLs on profiles could be prevented from showing up or going live unless you use the API or have some other meaningful activity.

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