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Craigslist Spam Buttons v1.1

Displays buttons to flag craigs list items as spam without clicking on the item




Jul 2, 2008
Petestuff User

This ad on does not work, is there one that does?

 
May 21, 2008
tedg User

Um. I only had to enable the craigslist spam buttons script. Duh me!

Thanks again for this script Ryan. It was your site that I had seen this before. Good work there!

I do have one question though. We get so much spam on our CL site. We've done lots of research on the whole flagging thing while having to deal with so much non stop spam.

I'm concerned that along with CL logging IP addresses to ensure that each person can only flag an ad once and to prevent flagging abuse I think CL now might also log flags by the cookie they leave on our computer when we flag an ad.

So, my concern is that when we flag an ad using craigslist spam button script with the flag buttons outside of the ad, cl doesn't leave a cookie on our computer and therefore I think they might not count that flag.

Also, I notice there is a slight difference in the flag link since CL change the look of the flag buttons. I wonder if that would make any difference in the flags being counted. Here is the link with the script for craigslist spam button link outside the ad:
http://flag.craigslist.org/?flagCode=15&posting...

This is the flag link when flagging from inside the ad:
http://yourcity.craigslist.org/flag/?flagCode=1...

Does the difference in the links make a difference in whether or not flag is counted?

Thanks again.

 
May 21, 2008
tedg User

First I'd like to thank you Ryan. I saw a post of yours somewhere I believe sometime last year when you just finished this script. I had forgotten the name of it and could not find it since. I followed a link on craigslist to find this forum. Thank you again!

Could you help me set this up so that I can use it or give me a link for the instructions. I have no idea how to use this brilliant script. I need it to flag massive spam in my area.

I've installed Greasemonkey add-on.

I've installed Craigslist Spam Buttons v1.1 successfully.

Or can someone please tell me step by step how to use it? I cannot find how to do a search for instructions nor for this script

What do I fill in for "name", "namespace" and "desription"?

What should go into the "includes (one per line)" box? This is what's in it now: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/7399#commen... I leave that there, correct? I don't add anything else in that box, correct?

What is: http://*.craigslist.*/* in the "included pages" box in the "manage user scripts" option? Do I put the search link that lists the ads I want to place the flag keys on there in place of the "http://*.craigslist.*/*"?

Thank you in advance for your help.

 
Apr 21, 2008
ack154 User

Thank you so much! I'm sick of seeing our small, local CL cluttered by stupid automated spam. And it was just annoying and tedious to try and flag it manually.

 
Mar 3, 2008
hackers3 User

I can't seem to install it on XP Pro nor Vista Home. Any advice is appreciated.

 
Jan 16, 2008
David Hunter User

Exactly the script I came looking for, thanks!

 
Nov 9, 2007
Ryan Stille Script's author

I've posted a new version of this script. I've moved the spam buttons to the front of the links, and I now make the request in the background for you. So instead of just a simple link taking you to the spam-flag page, now that is done in the background; you never leave the listing page.

The [spam] changes to a red checkmark when you mark it as spam.

 
Jul 12, 2007
Ryan Stille Script's author

I see craigslist has changed the look of the site a little, which has changed how my spam buttons look (they relied on a css file on the CL site).

Will try to get that updated soon. Gary your suggestions are good, I had thought of both of those while developing this script. Its just that both of those will take more than a little time to implement. :-) But I may get around to it.

 
Mar 4, 2007
Gary_W User

One more suggestion if I may be so bold:
- After hitting the spam button, effectively auto-click on the "continue browsing" link of the "thanks for flagging" page. That page annoys me as much as the spam! I just want to mark as spam but stay in the category list. Thanks!

 
Mar 4, 2007
Gary_W User

Thanks for your work, I love it! Suggestions:
- Put the button at the beginning of the line
- After clicking, make the link show with the "link has been clicked on" color if that is possible.

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