[QUOTE=TalesCt;6307307]Cliff note: He stated that by posting fake ads, that helps prevent real traffickers ads from being easily recognized. Of course we know that 95% of these girls ads that are legitimate are independent and not being trafficked. Couple this effort with actual scammers, it makes for a very convoluted hunting ground which of course is the intent of this organization.
[/QUOTE]Thanks for posting this; it was a very informative video. It also explains a lot. Every time I've skulked around LC, EA and STG (LC seems the most egregious among the three), I've marveled at how many obviously fake ads are posted and wondered why on earth they don't just automatically delete them and ban the posters. Until I read your post, I'd just figured they were of the "too lazy to care" mindset (because filtering those fakes is trivially simple, to the point I'm tempted to write a browser plugin to handle it automatically. LOL imagine trying to post *that* for public use).
But this video (and your post) fills in a useful piece of the puzzle. These site operators *know* there's lots of spam, and they *do* actually care about it (because it undoubtedly does actually help curtail genuine posts and searches), but they also understand that if they automate detection and removal, the groups deliberately posting fake ads "for everyone's safety" will just switch up their game and do something more difficult to detect (though I personally don't believe there's a way to fool an adequately-trained ML model watching images, words, emoji, date / time patterns, IP addresses, etc. -- at least not in any way they'd be willing to devote enough resources to do correctly).
LOL it's an old piece of wisdom that remains just as true today -- sex is what's driven most of the genuine innovation in internet and media technology. Porn studios adopted VHS (because it was cheaper), settling the VHS vs Betamax battle (much to Sony's chagrin). Porn sites were among the first on the internet to offer e-commerce and provide streaming video clips and feeds, and were among the first innovators in terms of web site interactivity. Porn studios adopted Blu-Ray, helping put HD-DVD in an early grave. Now I predict it's going to be the sex industry again leading the charge to pioneer automated detection and banning of traffickers, scammers, spammers (and unironically LEO traps too) using modern technologies and techniques. ChatGPT won't hold a candle to what's in the pipeline!