[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] New users should have a short limit on their user profile descriptions (Issue #5098)

[Grant]

> How would reducing the amount of text "help Bayes or other text qualifiers"?

Spammers normally want to get particular words into their spam message. eg: "Buy Viagra Here" etc.
There rest of the text is often filler, AI generated or just garbage. A bayesian model would likely qualify "Buy", Viagra" & "Here" much higher than than the rest of the text. The additional garbage text might even cause the bayesian model to miss spam text. Hypothetical until tested ;-)

Regardless shorter descriptions helps admins (like me) sort through accounts and identify spam.

Discourse uses how quickly words were "typed" as a likely spam qualifier.

> You've already made a classification here: long text && new account = likely spam.

There are MANY classifications. eg: number.of.does.in.email.before at gmail.com is a very good qualifier.

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