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Right now we're not great at it. However, the way Spotbot works means that we will be decent at it soon.

We do a hash of the structure, so we know exactly what kind of changes there are. For something like your page, the image sources, the text, the names, the votes, and other content change all the time. Soon we'll have a way to ignore those changes while still recognizing that other changes need to be vetted.

So, for instance, if the padding between the avatar and the user's status changes, we'll still catch that even though we're ignoring the avatar source and the text content.

Soon!




Thanks! I'm a little hesitant because it sounds a little like magic, but I'm happy to help with testing it, should you need testers. Any place I can subscribe for updates?




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