Google+ Battles Spam, Trolling

Google+ is taking new measures to fight spam on its conversations stream. New updates will make spam comments even less visible to users.

Google came out with its new comment spam moderation system in December last year. Google+ will immediately identify possible spam and mark it for review. Other viewers won’t see the comment; you’ll see it grayed out with the option to remove, and the commenter(spammer) won’t know the difference. Unless, of course, you decide to remove it. Every time you remove or restore a grayed out comment, it helps train their systems in identifying spam.

The recent changes hide comments marked as spam in a small indicator just beneath the comment count. Check it out:

So, now, the spam comments are hidden to you unless you decide to read them, or mark their appropriateness.