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Re: Spam problems
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:36 am
by tannim
skyline1241 wrote:Marcus wrote:I like the idea and have already had it in use.
Nevertheless, I think you should encourage anyone with the power to accept/deny a post, to fill out the form, saying why you declined the post.
I also think so.
wow, "skyline1241" appears to be a spam bot.
Feel free to browse his profile to see the evidence.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:47 am
by Cadrega
tannim wrote:wow, "skyline1241" appears to be a spam bot.
Feel free to browse his profile to see the evidence.
Yup, looks like there's spam in his sig.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:02 pm
by Jacktheawesome
They're getting smarter...
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:08 pm
by Cadrega
Jacktheawesome wrote:They're getting smarter...
If they were getting smarter they would have stopped posting here entirely, what with their threads and posts being blocked until someone can check them.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:07 pm
by Jacktheawesome
Cadrega wrote:Jacktheawesome wrote:They're getting smarter...
If they were getting smarter they would have stopped posting here entirely, what with their threads and posts being blocked until someone can check them.
Ok, I see your point. More futilely clever then. Happy?
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:16 pm
by Cadrega
Jacktheawesome wrote:Ok, I see your point. More futilely clever then. Happy?
Indeed I am! There's nothing better than being technically correct: the best kind of correct.
Edit: could the admin ban user
Hororoyasty? I've lost track of how many spam threads he
tried to start.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:48 pm
by Freshbite
I can't really ban him without a reason, and from what I see, there is none.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't trust you. I just lack proof.
We can't really backtrack the Forum to see what it was that he posted. If you see another thread by him, just let it slide for the moment and perhaps we in the moderator team can catch him and silence him for good.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:37 pm
by tannim
In theory you CAN see what he's tried to spam. Look in the moderator logs for his name and "disapproved" next to it. The post's subject should be there too which should provide all you need.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:56 pm
by BlackHole
Incorrect. The name of the account who's post was disapproved isn't logged, thus, we cannot ban anyone based on that.
We've requested quite a few times if some changes could be made so that we can actually do that, but until now, there's no way of seeing how much disapproved posts a user has or anything like that.
~ Black
GENERATION 9: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:10 pm
by BlackHole
I just found and disapproved a few spampost from Hororoyasty, so now he's banned too.
~ Black
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:29 pm
by tannim
hmmm... could have sworn those names were on there but you are right. Yeah the logging thing definitely needs to include usernames.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:31 pm
by tannim
If I can, I'll try to remember to copy each post like this(these are real copies you should ban the users) when I disaprove.
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Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:16 am
by BlackHole
Could you include these in the comments when you disapprove a post? That way this thread doesn't get cluttered with spam, and also the spammers message won't become visible to public.
~ Black
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:25 am
by Anton
BlackHole wrote:Could you include these in the comments when you disapprove a post? That way this thread doesn't get cluttered with spam, and also the spammers message won't become visible to public.
~ Black
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.
Wouldn't it work to just add the username to the comments when you disapprove them? It would then be pretty easy to see if a user is a repeat offender, and ban them... (I really like this idea Black...)
Re: Spam problems
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:07 pm
by tannim
Yes, I am copying their title and user name and pasting them into the reason box.
The reason I posted those here is because I had already disapproved their posts and could not add a reason anymore.