Forum getting SPAMMED

[vnboost]

Why are we getting spammed so hard lately?

[lsemmens]

That's the problem with all fora. Sadly, even the mods cannot be here 24/7.

[mtv]

You guys are only seeing a fraction of it.

admins & mods are catching and banning the majority of them before they can even post.

As always, if you see spam, please use the report button.

[exited]

Is it worth putting a filter in place so that new accounts can't start a thread until they accumulate 2 or 3 posts in an existing thread?

Have heard of other places that do this.

[mtv]

Is it worth putting a filter in place so that new accounts can't start a thread until they accumulate 2 or 3 posts in an existing thread?

Have heard of other places that do this.

Unfortunately that doesn't work, as spammers do just that.

It actually encourages them to post in, and derail active threads.

[WhiteOx]

You guys are only seeing a fraction of it.

admins & mods are catching and banning the majority of them before they can even post.

As always, if you see spam, please use the report button.

Yep, the Love Guru is getting to be a pain in the arse.

[irritant]

...a pain in the arse.

There's a potion for that!

Contact the spell doctor in [insert city here] for relief now!

[admin]

As mentioned by mtv, you guys would be lucky to see half of it.

If you see spam, immediately hit the post report button on the spam thread and report it. An email alert goes to all moderators and we converge on the scene We have enough restrictions in place on new members as it is, and we do not have the staff or resources to manually moderate new memberships. Regardless, IP addresses are from all corners of the globe, we dont know a spammer until they post and we can't ban large IP blocks.

I will also mention a big thanks to members that have been reporting spam, it makes it easy for us to deal with it quickly. Its not the first time we have had large scale spamming and wont be the last.

[lsemmens]

Do we need to report every spam post by the same "author" or will one do? Biggest problem is, if we've got to report every one, we get caught in the 60 second rule. How the hell do the spammers get around that?

[mtv]

Do we need to report every spam post by the same "author" or will one do?

Only one needed to alert us, thanks.

Where multiple spam posts are made by the same user, they get deleted by member name.

Thankfully we don't have to delete them one-by-one.

[cobra679]

Damn the Fake Passport spammer was funny last night. I even looked up that email address and hes on every forum

[irritant]

I don't mean to ask a silly question guys, but OK, what exactly do we have to type in the message box when one clicks the report post button? Do we just say "spam" or "I am reporting spam." etc.?

And everything links automatically, etc.?

[mtv]

I don't mean to ask a silly question guys, but OK, what exactly do we have to type in the message box when one clicks the report post button? Do we just say "spam" or "I am reporting spam." etc.?

And everything links automatically, etc.?

Just writing the word SPAM is sufficient. (That's the reason for your report)

Yes, that's all that's needed for mods to see the post you're reporting.

[Rick]

I just hit report and enter Spam or spammer alert, the admin team are very quick to act

[freakee1]

just reported one and it was deleted pretty quick

[admin]

just reported one and it was deleted pretty quick

I was super fast on that one

[VroomVroom]

spammers are so annoying. bunch of pathetic losers with nothing better to do??

[mtv]

I see it more of just a malicious attack, as nobody reads the crap... well, maybe except cobra679 who admits it... (post #11).


Maybe we should redirect it all his way.

[vnboost]

Is it actually coming from India or just where ever?

[mtv]

Is it actually coming from India or just where ever?

Mostly India