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07-02-2013, 12:06 PM | #19 | |
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Spam!
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07-02-2013, 12:13 PM | #20 |
fybur
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The first 5 1/2 pages of the 3rd gen room is spam.
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07-02-2013, 12:34 PM | #21 |
I think it was astroman that said that he could moderate (take down spam) from all but the 3rd gen stuff.
it is getting silly. Other forums make the first 5 posts or so by approval and then you are free. I know other sites that make you take a test (i.e. read a paragraph and type in the 4th word of the 3rd sentence or similar) to prove you are a human. I can't remember what you had to do to be a member here but I think we need to change it. some simple steps would really cut down on all this crap. |
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07-02-2013, 12:39 PM | #22 |
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As much as it pains me to say they should use capcatcha or however the hell you spell it
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07-02-2013, 12:41 PM | #23 |
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^ very true. The Bronco forum that I am on actually has pretty steep rules that include not being able to create a new thread except in the Noob area until you have 50 posts as replies on other threads. Pissed me off at first, but then again it has its purpose.
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07-02-2013, 12:42 PM | #24 |
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That sounds like a better alternative
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07-02-2013, 12:44 PM | #25 |
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This current spam attack is ridiculous. New spam is posted every 3-5 minutes
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07-02-2013, 12:56 PM | #26 |
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Moved this to the suggestions section. I don't knowwhy they keep bothering I really wish the Adkins would put something in place. And captcha is easily bypassed.
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07-02-2013, 06:36 PM | #27 |
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Spam-O-Matic is my weapon of choice on our forums. One click and the user is deleted, banned, their IP is banned and all of their posts/blogs are erased.
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07-02-2013, 07:03 PM | #28 |
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Ugh that would be awesome on here. I haven't even been allowed to modify/delete any posts in the 3rd gen section, and can't delete blogs (which 99.999% of are spam). Best I can do is manually copy and paste the username in the moderators control panel and ban. Very frustrating but I do my best to keep the peace here.
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07-03-2013, 11:29 AM | #29 |
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^ You sure do, and we all appreciate it.
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07-03-2013, 11:34 AM | #30 |
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I too appreciate the moderators. My point is the mind blowing waste of time the spammers spend that merely annoys us.
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07-03-2013, 12:05 PM | #31 |
There was a user here (who will remain nameless) that actually bought something from one of the spammers. I think that put us on a list somewhere... "Hey, these people buy stuff".
The amount of effort on their part is very little as most of it is done by software randomly generating screen names and just pastes the same spam thread over and over. |
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07-05-2013, 07:43 PM | #32 |
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It would seem this site was almost overrun by spam.
I think it's the lax rules here. Most sites now have some sort of security in place. I think 10 posts under moderation for new users. First spam caught, User is immediately banned. and yeah, Catching the IP address would be spectacular.
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07-05-2013, 09:27 PM | #33 |
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07-06-2013, 08:15 AM | #34 |
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Something needs to be done, there are a half dozen threads this morning started by spammers.
Either get some software in place or add more moderators, but do something soon as it won't take long until this forum is overrun by them and the regulars start leaving...
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07-06-2013, 01:21 PM | #35 |
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Guys chill! We have plenty of mods cleaning it up! Bitching about it doesn't do anything, REPORTING the posts does! The problem is the admins haven't put anything in the registration process or limits for new posters and they (for reasons unknown) did not grant me the power to moderate ANYTHING in the 3rd gen section (tk-421 does, so I've started PM'ing him after I've done a cleansing.)
The spammers seem to know that most of us are in North America, so they hit us when most of us are asleep or in the morning. I am on here at least 4 times a day on the computer or my mobile double checking for spam, and most of it I find wasn't reported. What upsets me is when I see people commenting on the spam thread itself, but not bothering to let us know by reporting it. IF we work together and be persistent, this wave of attacks won't be so noticeable and things WILL settle down. We've been through spam assaults before and survived (remember the great iPad flood of 2012?) Spam that is easily deleted (and is taken care of promptly) is no reason to bail on a site. We survived the hack of 2008, we can survive some spam. So PLEASE, keep reporting posts, and us active moderators will do our best until the wave lets up or the admins do something. I am for the removal of moderator privileges for our moderators who have bailed on the site, but that of course requires admin privileges. We tried to get eTiMaGo super moderator privileges a while back but Yarisbueller got upset he was on microimage, so eTiMaGo stepped down because they refused to do anything about giving us more control. |
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It was me! Its all my fault! I didnt know any better! I swear! Im old and studied Ancient Greek in college in 1973! It was only recently I figured out what this meant! : ) (sideways smile) I dont even have a cellphone! So you see I know NOTHING about modern things at all!
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