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 Jun 16 2006, 04:14 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992  |
There's one of them in the General Gaming forum (check it out, you can't miss it).
By the way: Report function is still broken. |
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Jun 20 2006, 06:14 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Please, when you can, post links to the threads to facilitate the offenders doom. Thanks :)
And I'll go take a look in a few. I'll also pass along the report function stuff to Mark. Bull |
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Jun 20 2006, 06:28 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Here is another one. :P
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Jun 25 2006, 08:26 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Another Spam.
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Jun 26 2006, 01:58 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
The Spam crap seems to be a regular thing for now. Just ignore them, Adam or I or someone will delete the thread when we get the chance. *sigh*
Bull |
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Jun 27 2006, 02:09 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
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Sep 17 2006, 07:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
Are the admins on holiday? There's three bits of spam in the general gaming forum (all nicely lit up with smileys), one of which dates back 4 days.
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Sep 17 2006, 10:34 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Sorry. I'm ultra busy, and so I'm spending almost no time on DS lately.
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Sep 17 2006, 10:47 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
So... What? It's not killing you that they're there. They will fall down the last provided people stop relying to them (although some responses have been quite amusing).
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Sep 18 2006, 08:43 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
Doesn't matter much- I just worry that letting them sit encourages even more spammers to attack.
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Sep 18 2006, 01:42 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
They spam no matter what.
The forum I co-admin gets spammed a fair bit. We trash and ban their accounts almost immediately, but they still pop up every couple days. Not much you can do about it, really. |
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Sep 18 2006, 01:57 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Make it harder to get an account? Have them send back a confirmation email that answers a shadowrun question? Ok, maybe that's a bit too much.
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Sep 18 2006, 02:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
Hey I was just asking a question and trying to help. No offense intended!
In the forum I used to admin I got the impression that failing to stomp on spammers (yes, I was busy occasionally as well) seemed to be like waving a flag and saying 'hey nobody monitoring this- bring it on!' and I suddenly got inundated. In the end I only got it under control by banning certain dodgy e-mail domains, which I'm sure DS does as well, but no it's never perfect. :( |
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Sep 18 2006, 03:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 6,599 |
since the boards are publicly accessible, trolls will search for keywords in posts. when they find a lot of discussion on a subject like sex, they'll spam thinking someone will think it's an actual post.
i tried searching for the keyword 'sex' but our search feature needs 4 letter words to search on, so i then searched for 'sexy' - i was surprised when i got 8 pages of results. if we want to keep our boards open and not censor, like s*xy, then pretty much the only other options are to: leave the issue alone and delete the spam when it pops up, make the forums unreachable to non-members or make it harder to join (like having a picture with a word that you have to type in at sign-up or reply to an email to activate your account - or both) - or any combination of these. just some suggestions. i don't care that the spam is there; it doesn't frazzle my hair - i simply don't stare and it makes those posts easier to bear. |
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Sep 18 2006, 04:08 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
No offense taken. I was just stating how it is on my forum (small as it may be, we're still targetted due to activity. In a mere six months of activity, we have almost 15,000 posts. And that's from around 20 active users). As soon as a spammer gets your forum URL, they'll target it and spread the URL everywhere. Even if their spam is deleted straight away, they'll keep coming. |
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Sep 18 2006, 08:06 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Dude, spam.
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Sep 18 2006, 10:29 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Adam says here to not bother reporting every spam thread, as it just causes more clutter.
They'll get around to it. Spam happens. |
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