We've deployed machine learning auto-flagging

Update: We've deployed machine learning auto-flagging

Original: Should Stack Overflow use machine learning to flag spam automatically?

We've deployed machine learning auto-flagging

Given the positive reception, we've activated machine learning anti-spam's auto-flagging feature, as detailed below. Staff will be monitoring its work very closely over the next few weeks to ensure accuracy, especially with regards to automatic binding flags that result in instant deletion.

We're excited to see how big of an impact this feature makes on the site's spam influx, and we'll be back to share the data on the ML model's effectiveness in a couple months.

On behalf of the moderation tooling team, thank you all for your feedback and analysis of our work; your voice is an essential part of the work that we do!