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AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality
'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content'

Google Search Overwhelmed By Massive Spam Attack
Google is apparently struggling to contain a spam attack that's been ongoing for days

Beware online "filter bubbles" | Eli Pariser
Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026?
Here are some of the best techniques for keeping email addresses hidden from spammers—along with the statistics on how likely they are to be broken.
Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026?
Here are some of the best techniques for keeping email addresses hidden from spammers—along with the statistics on how likely they are to be broken.

Email filters: Stay organized with these best practices | Proton
Learn how email filters can create better email organization and workflow, and increase your productivity at work.

Email filters: Stay organized with these best practices | Proton
Learn how email filters can create better email organization and workflow, and increase your productivity at work.

Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver
Discourse is all about enabling civilized discussion. While plenty of people like a web interface, e-mail is still the “hub” of many people’s online lives. That’s why sending e-mail is so important, and when you’re sending e-mail, you really want to be able to receive it, too. There are several reasons why: If e-mails “bounce” (they can’t be delivered for some reason), you need to know about that. Repeatedly sending e-mails that bounce will get your e-mails flagged as spam. Receiving e-ma...

CAPTCHA successor Privacy Pass has no easy answers for online abuse | The Mozilla Blog
As much as the Web continues to inspire us, we know that sites put up with an awful lot of abuse in order to stay online. Denial of service attacks, fraud

LinkedIn and X Are Flooded With AI Spam, Browsing Data Suggests
An AI detection company found that amount of AI content that users actually see in their day-to-day browsing is shockingly high.

"Paying postage for email to stop spam" is an idea that's been around engineering circles forever, and I've never really understood the argument. Spammers have a specific revenue upside which is higher than the cost non-spammers would be willing to pay. This post is about email nothing else.
I still can't believe @mancity.com had their account self-hosted on their own PDS before I did