Spammers swarming the forums

bhyde said:
If we miss some, post in the spam post 1x and report it.
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Gotcha. Thanks for this clarification. Last I read posted on the subject we were asked not to post at all in the spam threads to minimize cleanup.

A big thank you to the mod staff for dealing with this pestilence.
 
hexenjager said:
Gotcha. Thanks for this clarification. Last I read posted on the subject we were asked not to post at all in the spam threads to minimize cleanup.

A big thank you to the mod staff for dealing with this pestilence.
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In the old software, that may have been a problem..In this software, if we can catch it early enough, we can mark it as SPAM and all the threads created by that user are deleted regardless of who posts in it. What we don't want to see is the creation of a thread by users about the spam coming in. Services and Support are fine to create threads such as this one...Which is helpful. Creating threads about the spam kindof muddles the regular threads if that makes sense.

Hope that helps..I know that posting in those threads is an extra step..but it helps us to not have pages of reports for the same thread. The old software was better in that a reported post or thread would be automatically merged with any other reports on the same thread. This software doesn't do that..it's a separate thread.
 
bhyde said:
In the old software, that may have been a problem..In this software, if we can catch it early enough, we can mark it as SPAM and all the threads created by that user are deleted regardless of who posts in it. What we don't want to see is the creation of a thread by users about the spam coming in. Services and Support are fine to create threads such as this one...Which is helpful. Creating threads about the spam kindof muddles the regular threads if that makes sense.

Hope that helps..I know that posting in those threads is an extra step..but it helps us to not have pages of reports for the same thread. The old software was better in that a reported post or thread would be automatically merged with any other reports on the same thread. This software doesn't do that..it's a separate thread.
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It's a pretty simple extra step though. I think most members are willing to do whatever makes it easiest for the mods as long as we know what that is. I mean, not me of course. I'm here to make your lives as difficult as possible. :D

Since this is a bit of a change from how we were supposed to handle spam before would a sticky or some such in GD on how to deal with spam be worthwhile to reach more members?
 
Sounds good. So new rule is to report them, then tag the thread by posting in it that you've reported them. If we see they have already been reported, pass it by. I will also continue to report the USER rather than every thread, for the ones that hit us with 30 threads.
 
jc57 said:
Moderators don't work 24x7. In fact they don't "work" at all - they are unpaid volunteers. So at some point they'll come by and clean it up.

Until then, you can click the poster's forum name, and choose "Ignore" and their posts and threads will disappear from your view.
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I'll volunteer if it helps. I have no life, I tend to come by early in the morning and see what's new.
 
jc57 said:
Sounds good. So new rule is to report them, then tag the thread by posting in it that you've reported them. If we see they have already been reported, pass it by. I will also continue to report the USER rather than every thread, for the ones that hit us with 30 threads.
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You can report the user, the problem is,..all we can do from that report is to ban the user or go into their profile and see where they posted the spam to remove it. Like I stated earlier..if we catch it early enough, we can mark a singular thread as SPAM and all of the content they created will be gone with a single button click. Not sure what triggers time for that spam button to disappear, but sometimes it's not there, so we have to ban and then go cleanup the aftermath manually.
 
bhyde said:
You can report the user, the problem is,..all we can do from that report is to ban the user or go into their profile and see where they posted the spam to remove it. Like I stated earlier..if we catch it early enough, we can mark a singular thread as SPAM and all of the content they created will be gone with a single button click. Not sure what triggers time for that spam button to disappear, but sometimes it's not there, so we have to ban and then go cleanup the aftermath manually.
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Ok - so for those that post like 30 spam threads in a short period - we should just report ONE of the threads, and not the user account. Is that the right approach?
 
jc57 said:
Ok - so for those that post like 30 spam threads in a short period - we should just report ONE of the threads, and not the user account. Is that the right approach?
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I think that would help us to target them quickly when one of us comes online and notices the reports.

Thanks for the help!
 
Yeah, when in doubt report it & post that you've reported it, thank you.
 
A bot or a jack wagon is spamming the general forum to death right now.
 
It happens pretty regularly, at least from what I've seen. Props to the mods for taking them down as quick as they do.
 
Tried google translate on some of it. Gave me the impression of offering fake degrees, transcripts etc. with supporting documentation.... Crooked spamming bastards
 
Massive amount of Chinese or similar language posts. Dozens one after the next.
 
The mods are working double shifts to get it handled..er...

Report them, post in ONE of the spam posts by the same user that you have reported and then put them on ignore.
It gives us a heads up, you no longer get to see the spam and life goes on...But please only report 1x per spammer.
 
I know y’all are trying your best, but tonight I got notifications for 46 spam posts. In the last 10 hours. I’m only subscribed to email notifications to two forums.
 
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