What's Up With The Damn Spammers

[Astroman]

Just report the spam, how hard is that?? One of us will get to it within minutes....

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by Astroman

Just report the spam, how hard is that?? One of us will get to it within minutes....

Unfortunately, there's not much else that can be done.

I think we're all just wondering why there's just so much all of a sudden. Which no one can answer. There's simply a lot of no good for nothing scumbags in this world.

No one reads their crap, I don't know what they think they're accomplishing.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Unfortunately, there's not much else that can be done.

I think we're all just wondering why there's just so much all of a sudden. Which no one can answer. There's simply a lot of no good for nothing scumbags in this world.

No one reads their crap, I don't know what they think they're accomplishing.

Sorry, but I disagree. I am on numerous forums that have found ways to combat this. For some reason it appears there is some reluctance to even admit it's a problem here.

A simple solution would be adding a couple more moderators. Why is that such a ridiculous proposal? Would the owners rather lose membership because of all the spam?

Activity on this board is already tapering off...

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Sorry, but I disagree. I am on numerous forums that have found ways to combat this. For some reason it appears there is some reluctance to even admit it's a problem here.

A simple solution would be adding a couple more moderators. Why is that such a ridiculous proposal? Would the owners rather lose membership because of all the spam?

Activity on this board is already tapering off...

The Mods seem to delete the posts pretty quickly. The problem is having a system to stop them in the first place. A tougher thing to accomplish.

We need administrators who actually care about their product instead of having it on eternal autopilot.

[Astroman]

It's an admin problem. Really some basic safeguards for new members could be put in place such as the first few posts need to be approved by an admin/moderator, and in the modorators control panel the forum does have this feature.

There is more to being a moderator than removing spam (even if that is what we moderate the most). It takes an exceptional member to even be tapped for the job, and again that requires admins.

So regardless deep thought questions, whining, and demanding more moderators won't help. For now, report the posts, and send lots and lots of PMs to our two admins asking for more restrictions for new members.

[jpmck03]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

...No one reads their crap, I don't know what they think they're accomplishing. ...

*Dons fire-retardant suit.*



Well, there was this one time... this one guy... well, he went like this...

"Hey, this looks like a good deal! Shut up and take my money!"

...and tried to buy something...



So, that's what they are trying to accomplish!

*Removes fire-retardant suit.*

Anywho, seriously, if you click this button on the post: , you can report it as spam; the mods take care of it rather quickly.