Spammers

[Jester]

now we're talkin'!

[Jester]

here comes the next wave ...

[Karlos Santos]

I think making people post 25 times before starting a thread will be a headache for the Mods.

They will end up deleting or just moving even more posts.

New members with urgent questions will just post 25 nonesense posts so they can make a thread.

I saw one gut post the word "Test" in 20 threads just so he could ask a question in his own thread.

I think the Mods are on top of it. I dont see any problem if we just ignore them and report them.

Thing is , these guys arent posting to wind us up, they are trying to sell.
The best thing to do is never buy from them. I guess they will stop posting eventually.

That or look at giving more users admin powers to delete threads/posts.

Thats not a good idea mate. You should only have a handful of Mods. This site is very well Moderated.


The only thing that i think would be helpful is an icon stating that the post has been reported. The icon would mean the post has been reported as SPAM. If you report a post for any other reason the icon is not displayed.
It would be one option for reporting SPAM which would just be a check box then the normal dialog entry box for other reporting.
This way the Mods wouldnt get 10 people reporting one spam thread.

[calvin01]

come on guys.it's a pain and frustrating but im guessing only a small fraction fall for it so why are we debating it so much?.put something in the f a q about it and tell people how to report them.if people don't read it as instructed then its about all that can be done.also the report thing above karlos mentioned.

[Karlos Santos]

Agreed.

[charo]

ISP checks should see where these attacks are coming from...if i had to guess i would guess the majority are from a certain country well known for its scams: phone, letter, fax and now internet but's that's just a hunch and i'm just an internet private eye

what about implementing something like craigslist has were if more then a couple people flag a thread that is against cl rules, it is deleted, or moved out of the public forum into a place of limbo where a mod can decide what to do?