The Stack Overflow Podcast Fighting comment spam at Facebook scale
Aug 25, 2023
The podcast discusses topics such as vector search, AIML, and spam fighting. They explore the evolution of face detection and recognition techniques, the use of charging a dollar to send private messages to fight spam, frustrations of unsubscribing from unwanted emails, cultivating benign bots, and challenges of real-time data infrastructure.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Evolution of face detection and face recognition techniques, building libraries for services, and the importance of low data latency
02:07 • 3min
Fighting Comment Spam and Sharing Favorite Anecdotes
05:18 • 3min
Unsubscribe Flow and Exploitation by Advertisers
08:40 • 5min
Cultivating Benign Bots and Real-Time Data Infrastructure
13:31 • 19min