The Official Anti-Spam Thread
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The Official Anti-Spam Thread
Welcome to The Official Anti-Spam Thread.
The Instructions
1. Identify a thread as spam.
2. Copy the link to the thread.
3. Make a reply to this thread.
4. In the message body, paste the link.
5. Post the reply without other content.
The Rules
1. No unnecessary discussion.
2. Spam must be reported only once.
3. You must follow The Instructions.
This is a community effort. Help keep SPCR clean!
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The Instructions
1. Identify a thread as spam.
2. Copy the link to the thread.
3. Make a reply to this thread.
4. In the message body, paste the link.
5. Post the reply without other content.
The Rules
1. No unnecessary discussion.
2. Spam must be reported only once.
3. You must follow The Instructions.
This is a community effort. Help keep SPCR clean!
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You wouldn't need this type of thread if a 'report bad post button' type facility was enabled.
i.e http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/24
I'd imagine it's a fairly simple option/hack for the admins?
i.e http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/24
I'd imagine it's a fairly simple option/hack for the admins?
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No it isn't. Make multiple users push that button and you have a long morning once you wake up. The feature must be implemented in a way other than a simple "hack", with proper database access and encryption code. Ideally, the moderators don't want their PM to get full. Something like a hidden thread or forum they can access where all reported spam posts get posted to. This way once a mod has removed all reported spam, there are no "ghost" reports to be seen by other mods. Minimises confusion and is much more efficient than simply PMing all mods.NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi,
I agree that the ! button to report a problem post is the way to go.
Taking these into consideration I think my anti-spam thread is much more efficient. It takes a bit of a time to do the reporting process, but if you don't do it, someone always will and finally the mods will clean up the forums. That's the point, not to have mods go postal, because of unnecessarily many reports of the same spam. I moderate a couple of phpBB and Invision forums, the Report Spam button is really annoying.
Have a nice day.
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Hi,
This seems to be working well -- keep posting links to Spammers!
This seems to be working well -- keep posting links to Spammers!
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Feature request
Would it be possible to have a link to this thread on top or bottom of every page, labeled "report spam here"?
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yes but I have to go to go to index>site feedback>spam thread>post and im too damn lazy to make a bookmark.rpsgc wrote:Oh all right. You win this one!NeilBlanchard wrote:I think the speed would be virtually the same -- because this thread "reports" to the people who have subscribed to it; and it gets handled in exactly the same way.
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memberlist.php?mode=website&order=DESC&start=820NeilBlanchard wrote:I do not know if this is possible -- I think if it is, it would take the admin to do it?xan_user wrote:Mods-
Would it be possible to dump all members with 0 posts that have urls in their member profiles? Its a common search bomb technique.
memberlist can be sorted by "web page" and "post count" separately, so I would guess its possible with admin privileges to sort by both fields simultaneously...? if not there's only ~840 members with WWW to go through and eliminate the dead wood.
If possible we should have a minimum post count to allow listing a website in your profile.
Re: The Official Anti-Spam Thread
The spammers are at full force again... so much for better anti-spam with the upgrade...
Not to mention they now don't need 3 posts to post a link.
At least we now have a "report post" button.
Not to mention they now don't need 3 posts to post a link.
At least we now have a "report post" button.
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Re: The Official Anti-Spam Thread
Thanks, CA_Steve. spammer gone.
Re: The Official Anti-Spam Thread
Here's a thought... you could make it so that the first 3 (or so) posts of any new forum member must first be approved by a moderator. That would substantially reduce spam.
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This guy is sending spam to inboxes
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=123503
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Hello
Here is your chance to win a free iPad2 from Apple:
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memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=123503
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Hello
Here is your chance to win a free iPad2 from Apple:
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He's gone -- thanks for the heads up.
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Again, from this user
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=123514
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=123514
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Confirmed. gregory.offers "Free iPad2" scammer.Vicotnik wrote:Again, from this user
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=123514
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Re: The Official Anti-Spam Thread
Yes, I apologize -- this is a new mode of Spam, or at least. That "user" has be deleted, and the site admin will have to look into it.