Yes, it is s p a m. House with a z seems to be encouraging all this artificial sub intelligence written advertisements. F L A G

F L A G

How many of us does it take to flag it before it goes away? I've flagged it more than once, hope everyone does their part.

This AI spam is becoming very common, unfortunately.

I jave flagged it as well. It just won’t die. Maybe everyone who flags need to indicate in the comments, so this is taken seriously.

Done.

Me too, but still here.

The follow up post by same spammer has gone but not the original. Did people flag both or just the most recent?

Note, if you click on the little flag on the post, and it is pre-marked as "spam" you still have to click on "spam", then submit.

Reported.

Reported (twice!)

Reported.

Now I'm even reporting ti as "Offensive", and even that isn't helping.

It's the weekend.

But 2 or 3 spam flags should be automatic.

Spam flags are always reviewed by the Houzz mods first before removal and they don't work on weekends.

This one has been going on long before the weekend. And I can tell you that spam posts are removed without 'review' by moderators, but with two or three (more?) flags. The staff of Houzz does not moderate content unless abusive.

Sorry but you are incorrect! To remove an entire thread/post (not just a comment) DOES require moderator intervention.

And the thread may have been around for a few days but no one commented on it or flagged it until the weekend.

Might help to get your facts straight!

I personally flagged it before the weekend, and others have, too. The 'yesterday' date stamp on early posts to this thread are wrong, something is wrong with Houzz software right now.. And notice, I'm the one who calls out most spam (at least in a few forums) day in and day out. I know how it works, that's a fact.

I've seen this happen with small glitsches. They get reported on Thursday, but aren't looked at until Monday. That's why I mentioned the weekend. One surmizes that the stack of clearances overflowed the workweek. I also flagged before Saturday, and was surprised when it didn't go away immediately. My speculation is that thread flags are either randomly or by algorithm sent for review. There may be a filter that thinks that AI spew looks legit, since it's so much more sophisticated than a year ago, and you have to read for content to realize it makes no sense. Or, it's possible, that they really do review every flag but if they just glance at one that's flagged by Sushipup and it's obvious, they just push the remove button (in the old days, we'd say "rubber stamp") and it'll seem nigh on instant, but if it's more complicated, or they don't have time to review as it comes in, it gets added to the backlog. Whatever the facts are, I really hate to see an evil HAL spawn with no tangible form causing arguments between us real people who ingest real, high quality organic matter, which we combine and prepare with love for our fellows.