Trev0006 - SPAMMER - Toyota Yaris Forums

QR25DE_SpecV · 04-21-2010, 03:31 PM

It has come to my attention that a particular website uses this username constantly to advertise videos on their site.

No matter what forum you're looking at, this member is ALWAYS there and constantly posts videos to one single site. Blatantly spamming for clicks.

Every single forum I'm a member of (including this one) has this person.

A short list off the top of my head:

B15Sentra.net (banned)
LotusTalk (banned)
SupraForums (not banned)
SRTForums (not banned)
YarisWorld (not banned)

I notify the forum of this moron because I hate to see everyone get exploited by this form of spam.

Try it yourself. The next forum you visit, search for his username. If you discover this username, please report it, and pass along this message.

cali yaris · 04-21-2010, 05:12 PM

Where is the user's post?

SilverBack · 04-21-2010, 08:48 PM

User name doesn't ring a bell, and I'm on 3 forum sites.

firebob · 04-21-2010, 09:21 PM

I found 5 posts with 2 of them having links in them. No I did not click on them.

How bad is he? I can think of others that are a lot worse…

Stove · 04-21-2010, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firebob

I found 5 posts with 2 of them having links in them. No I did not click on them.

How bad is he? I can think of others that are a lot worse…

I searched posts as well. I checked out the links and then clicked all of them. Nothing unusual. Me thinks the OP has a personal problem with Trev. If it isn't on this site then on one of the other five ,or so, forums that he and Trev belong to.

Besides, issues like this are better handled through site admins not the open forums.

yarrr · 04-21-2010, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stove

I searched posts as well. I checked out the links and then clicked all of them. Nothing unusual. Me thinks the OP has a personal problem with Trev. If it isn't on this site then on one of the other five ,or so, forums that he and Trev belong to.

Besides, issues like this are better handled through site admins not the open forums.

honestly when I did a search I just saw a bunch of people effectively saying "thanks trev, those vids were really cool" (one of those people was silverback... lol)

Ya he pushes his videos a lot, but if they are on topic and forum members get enjoyment, whats the problem?

QR25DE_SpecV · 04-21-2010, 11:46 PM

Oh come on, that's as stupid as saying "if you get sexual pleasure from being raped, what's the problem?" See how the premise is still fundamentally wrong?

I'll tell you where the issue is

1) This is NOT a person. This is a spam bot.
2) The videos are posted to get as many clicks as possible on the site. Every click makes them money.
3) Do autoforums see any of that money? No
4) Spam is spam, no matter how you slice it.

Have you not noticed how shitty the site is? The only purpose for it is for advertisement, and I'm fucking tired of seeing his dumb ass threads being reposted on every single forum I frequent.

cali yaris · 04-22-2010, 01:00 AM

^ take it up with a Mod or Admin. Click the little ! icon

and report the posts, they will be removed IF they violate the site's rules and guidelines.

Did you do that on this site???

You didn't answer this question: "if they are on topic and forum members get enjoyment, whats the problem?"

(I'm not saying if they are or aren't, by the way, just repeating the question)

SilverBack · 04-22-2010, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yarrr

honestly when I did a search I just saw a bunch of people effectively saying "thanks trev, those vids were really cool" (one of those people was silverback... lol)

I usually don't pay much attention to noobs, so it might've just flown over my head lol. Link to that thread?

Stove · 04-22-2010, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverBack

I usually don't pay much attention to noobs, so it might've just flown over my head lol. Link to that thread?

I'm having trouble getting to sleep tonight so it looks like I have time for this.

He has 5 posts over the last 3 months.
These are all links to the Yarisworld Threads only.

#1 - 1/17/10 Response in someone else's thread, his post has no external link:
Prius on Steriods

#2 - 1/17/10 Response in someone else's thread, his post has no external link:
Internet Trolls

#3 - 1/28/10 First Thread he started - Post contains Link to "dpccars.com"
Prius Stuck Throttle - What you can do
Video removed by user, his link leads to a moderately safe site as far as I'm concerned, although not a very good site IMO.
SilverBack was the 2nd post on this one.

#4 - 3/13/10 Second Thread he started - Post contains Link to "dpccars.com"
How hard is it to stop a Prius
His link leads to a moderately safe site as far as I'm concerned, although not a very good site IMO.

#5 - 3/18/10 Response in someone else's thread, his post has no external link:
How to get out of being towed

Well holy cow, it looks like QR25DE_SpecV might be right, this guy is a loose cannon. With a post count like that he could flood this site with videos sometime after the end of the next century. Ignore the fact that the two video links he posted are/were Toyota related and his post rate is 0.05 per day.

firebob · 04-22-2010, 08:49 AM

Stove I'm sure you could find real loose cannons on the site with out looking hard.

eTiMaGo · 04-22-2010, 09:23 AM

aaah some of you new guys have never experienced the caveatipse period... after that guy, bring on any kind of spammer/troll, they can't compare...

Altitude · 04-22-2010, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

aaah some of you new guys have never experienced the caveatipse period... after that guy, bring on any kind of spammer/troll, they can't compare...

Ah....good times.

cali yaris · 04-22-2010, 04:01 PM

^ I'm still trying to source a metal dipstick.

firebob · 04-22-2010, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cali yaris

^ I'm still trying to source a metal dipstick.

Zip ties...

QR25DE_SpecV · 04-22-2010, 11:22 PM

He may not be active on here, but on the Bimmer forums he has almost 2k posts, and every single post is a link.

*tomato* · 04-23-2010, 01:46 AM

OK, thanks OP.

Do me a favor, next time you see a post you don't like on this forum, or you suspect a spammer, just hit report, OK

Thanks!

cali yaris · 04-23-2010, 12:26 PM

Quote:

He may not be active on here, but on the Bimmer forums he has almost 2k posts, and every single post is a link.

thanks for the clarification that it's not a problem on YarisWorld.

04-22-2010, 01:00 AM	#8
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	^ take it up with a Mod or Admin. Click the little ! icon and report the posts, they will be removed IF they violate the site's rules and guidelines. Did you do that on this site??? You didn't answer this question: "if they are on topic and forum members get enjoyment, whats the problem?" (I'm not saying if they are or aren't, by the way, just repeating the question) __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-22-2010, 08:49 AM	#11
firebob Drives: 09 yaris Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 236	Stove I'm sure you could find real loose cannons on the site with out looking hard. __________________ 09, 3 door lift back, auto. I live on the road with my wife. We travel as needed for our work and drive up to 4,500 miles in a bad week.

04-22-2010, 09:23 AM	#12
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	aaah some of you new guys have never experienced the caveatipse period... after that guy, bring on any kind of spammer/troll, they can't compare... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

04-22-2010, 04:01 PM	#14
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	^ I'm still trying to source a metal dipstick. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-23-2010, 01:46 AM	#17
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	OK, thanks OP. Do me a favor, next time you see a post you don't like on this forum, or you suspect a spammer, just hit report, OK Thanks! __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here Last edited by tomato; 04-23-2010 at 12:58 PM. Reason: typos grrr

04-21-2010, 05:12 PM	#2
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	Where is the user's post? __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

04-21-2010, 08:48 PM	#3
SilverBack Joey View User's Garage Drives: '14 Scion xD 5-speed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: El Monte, Ca Posts: 3,529	User name doesn't ring a bell, and I'm on 3 forum sites. __________________ Formerly owned Met-Met. '07 Yaris LB 5-speed. A forum post should be like a skirt: Long enough to cover the subject but short enough to keep things interesting. "I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem." -Hank Hill

04-21-2010, 09:21 PM	#4
firebob Drives: 09 yaris Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 236	I found 5 posts with 2 of them having links in them. No I did not click on them. How bad is he? I can think of others that are a lot worse… __________________ 09, 3 door lift back, auto. I live on the road with my wife. We travel as needed for our work and drive up to 4,500 miles in a bad week.