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Cabanon
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 6466 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:29 pm Post subject: Spammers lately |
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what the hell is going on lately ? I see spammers at least once a day.
is there any way to prevent this ? like adding a captcha or an anti auto-bot question when registering ?
this is annoying. I can't be the only one... ? _________________
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Graf
Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 6213 Location: Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:59 am Post subject: |
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You're not the only one. It's aggravating seeing spammers creating new threads or posting in existing threads solely to regurgitate whatever nonsense they are copy/pasting everywhere they go. The thing that sucks the most about this is remembering the time when this forum was running like a finely-tuned machine. All parts were moving as intended and things were in order, with permarockers and bans being handed out swiftly and with reason. Nowadays we have posters +1'ing with absolutely nothing to say. It's like the "Post because you have something to say, not because you have to say something" mantra hasn't been enforced for so long that it got out of hand. Mascots used to be a badge of honor for those who MADE IT to 1,000 posts without incurring the wrath of Matt or Riz, with the Free Bird rank being almost reserved for only the most dedicated posters. It makes me sad to see tasteless +1's, be it spam or otherwise. At least the spammers are offering something, even if it is easily dismissed as nonsense. All of the pictures of random people in GH: Live crowds and self-serving jokes that add nothing to the conversation should be warned, then punished. We all have a junk post every so often, but this place has gotten worse in an obvious way.
I know... a bit of a rant. To make it short and sweet; we either need more moderators, or to take a good look at those that are still active, and hope they notice the forum problems too. Some of the (semi)active moderators are great, but we also have 33 posters with either admin or moderator power, and less than a handful that still post. _________________
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RLKDragon
Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 2253 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Mods are on here regularly. Shouldn't they be removing it at the first sign? Maybe institute a spam bot remover? |
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inv4der
Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 9658 Location: Meridian, ID
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:33 am Post subject: |
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Graf wrote: | we either need more moderators, or to take a good look at those that are still active, and hope they notice the forum problems too. Some of the (semi)active moderators are great, but we also have 33 posters with either admin or moderator power, and less than a handful that still post. |
I'd be willing to bet that a good 75% or more of them are people like krim who have literally left the community completely. The only reason their moderator status was never removed is because they never formally stepped down. _________________
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Cabanon
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 6466 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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RLKDragon wrote: | Mods are on here regularly. Shouldn't they be removing it at the first sign? Maybe institute a spam bot remover? |
I do fill a report everytime but I must do it like every day or so. thats annoying. _________________
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ricecake
Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1890 Location: Linthicum Heights, MD
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Me too, it seems every time I come on here (which admittedly isn't all too often anymore), I have to report a few spam posts. _________________
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ImaCarrot
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 2687
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry guys, just removed a few spam posts myself (was surprised to see them as I remember a the old days like Graf). While I can't speak to the current state of mods as I've been away from here for awhile myself, I plan on being a bit more active around here and will do what I can to clean up the spammers. _________________
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Graf
Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 6213 Location: Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:23 am Post subject: |
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ImaCarrot wrote: | Sorry guys, just removed a few spam posts myself (was surprised to see them as I remember a the old days like Graf). While I can't speak to the current state of mods as I've been away from here for awhile myself, I plan on being a bit more active around here and will do what I can to clean up the spammers. |
Thank you, ImaCarrot. It's appreciated _________________
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Cabanon
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 6466 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:37 am Post subject: |
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ImaCarrot wrote: | Sorry guys, just removed a few spam posts myself (was surprised to see them as I remember a the old days like Graf). While I can't speak to the current state of mods as I've been away from here for awhile myself, I plan on being a bit more active around here and will do what I can to clean up the spammers. |
Thanks ! _________________
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Cabanon
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 6466 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:27 am Post subject: |
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it's that time again. Spammers are in full force lately. I've reported at least 5 within the last 2 weeks and this morning I have to report 3 more but I can't since it's "too soon captain"
what's going on ? _________________
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ricecake
Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 1890 Location: Linthicum Heights, MD
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure, but I've just had to report a few as well. As far as it being too soon, I think you have to wait 30 seconds or a minute between reports, which gets a little frustrating when there are a lot. _________________
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Cabanon
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 6466 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 2:12 am Post subject: |
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10 reports in the last 4-5 days.
whats going on ? _________________
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GingerBraFace
Joined: 27 Mar 2016 Posts: 340 Location: Santraginus V
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inv4der
Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 9658 Location: Meridian, ID
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:58 am Post subject: |
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GingerBraFace wrote: | Do any active mods have the power to maybe make a couple of the more active members moderators? |
Pretty sure that'd be down to JCirri, but if he wanted to I don't see why he couldn't do it. _________________
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LocalH
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 1400 Location: MiloHax
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Ironically, the report form has a spam cooldown LMAO _________________
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