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01-27-2010, 09:57 AM
I think we could cut WAY down on these spammers if there was some way to block newbies from using links in their sig line. These false posts are just a way to spam us with their crap through the links in their sigs.banghead
01-27-2010, 10:02 AM
Slippery slope, cook. If we start restricting freedoms, the spammers have already won! :patriot:
Just kidding...the spams get moderator destroyed in fairly short order, so they don't really bother me personally. As long as the mods don't mind constantly doing that, I don't see a big problem.
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01-27-2010, 10:05 AM
JanusthePhoenix Wrote:Slippery slope, cook. If we start restricting freedoms, the spammers have already won! :patriot: Yeah, and it gives the mods something to do...  milelol:
01-27-2010, 10:06 AM
Just click the report post button. That's the fastest way to get a mod's attention.
Looks like a tiny caution sign just above the Join Date/Location/Posts on the top right of the post.
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01-27-2010, 10:22 AM
cookderosa Wrote:I think we could cut WAY down on these spammers if there was some way to block newbies from using links in their sig line. These false posts are just a way to spam us with their crap through the links in their sigs.banghead I agree... I think this would be good if there was a way to do it, and would take a load off the mods as far as having to come in and clean up the messages (it seems like) almost every morning.
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01-27-2010, 11:45 AM
We usually check the forum a couple of times a day and it really only takes about 15 seconds to delete the posts as well as permanently ban them. I believe one of us usually catches them in less than a day.
As some of you have so eloquently pointed out, we don't have lives and this is a task we look forward to....:willynilly:
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01-27-2010, 01:30 PM
As some of you have so eloquently pointed out, we don't have lives and this is a task we look forward to....
lol....and we are forever indebted to you for the service you provide!
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01-27-2010, 05:24 PM
In the new post link when I see lots of post by a new name I figure it is spam.
The moderators do seem to get rid of them fairly quickly, they must be on here almost as much as me 
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01-27-2010, 11:28 PM
categ Wrote:As some of you have so eloquently pointed out, we don't have lives and this is a task we look forward to.... :iagree: It's a dirty job, but I'm glad someone else is doing it lol. 
01-28-2010, 12:00 AM
cookderosa Wrote:I think we could cut WAY down on these spammers if there was some way to block newbies from using links in their sig line. These false posts are just a way to spam us with their crap through the links in their sigs.banghead [COLOR="Navy"]These ghost spammers who do indeed sign up to the forums and add their own self indulgent spam style ads in their signatures are usually dealt with swiftly and judiciously. There are not as many here on this forum as I also moderate another education forum and that one gets bombarded constantly. I would say that if anyone comes across something that we may have missed please feel free to send me a PM and I'll take a look. Thanks! [/COLOR]
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