Spam spam and more spam
- Thread starter kaos666
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we gots a option to delete as Spam
That way all his posts get deleted and he gets permanent ban and all with one easy click of the mouse
Thnx for heads up kaos666 and others.
Sorry yous had to view all that spam, there was a lot of it
we gots a option to delete as Spam
That way all his posts get deleted and he gets permanent ban and all with one easy click of the mouse
Thnx for heads up kaos666 and others.
Sorry yous had to view all that spam, there was a lot of it
no sweat here. Hopefully it takes care of it and doesn't require an IP ban.
This is a popular site and spammers know it. We get tons of spam posts every day. We do the best that we can do with a handful of moderators, but sometimes the messages get a bit ahead of us. If you come back a short time later, however, they'll be gone. It's a constant, time consuming, frustrating battle.
we have a section in the staff lounge dedicated for spammers only. There is where we record IPs of spammers and keep track of what type of spam is taking place and other things.
Most spammers use a VPN service, so banning IPs really is not the answer. We tried that but then we get emails from regular members asking why such and such IP was banned. They think they did something wrong, which they did not but since the VPN randomly came up with a previously banned IP, well ...
So you can see why we do not like to ban IPs
There is another thing we can do and that is to not allow any new registeries until they are screened. That keeps the spammers out at about 90% efficiency.
Problem with that is that it takes up all my free time of the day, and I mean all of my free time. I have done that maybe on 4 occasions, only when a particular spamming group may be online and are presistant buggers.
But I do miss some people that are not spammers and that have been trying to sign on, well I do not miss them but I may not get to them for a few hours, which sux when you are the one trying to sign in
But like I say, that option is not ideal
Another option is to add 3rd party options to the vbullintin (which the website runs off of), them options can stop spammers at a pretty good efficiency rate.... but to mess with tinies vbullintin is akin to messing with his girlfreinds... you just do not do it
So our front lines are the staff here at iptvTalk.
I want to take a minute and give some thnx to those staff that work at this relentlessly and with no recognition for their work. I know thou, and beleive me, these guys are troopers when it comes to spam bam wham !!
ANd the members too help alot with the report post function... thnx guys
Rock on guys and a big thnx for the tons of behind the scene work you guys do.
Most spammers use a VPN service, so banning IPs really is not the answer. We tried that but then we get emails from regular members asking why such and such IP was banned. They think they did something wrong, which they did not but since the VPN randomly came up with a previously banned IP, well ...
So you can see why we do not like to ban IPs
There is another thing we can do and that is to not allow any new registeries until they are screened. That keeps the spammers out at about 90% efficiency.
Problem with that is that it takes up all my free time of the day, and I mean all of my free time. I have done that maybe on 4 occasions, only when a particular spamming group may be online and are presistant buggers.
But I do miss some people that are not spammers and that have been trying to sign on, well I do not miss them but I may not get to them for a few hours, which sux when you are the one trying to sign in
But like I say, that option is not ideal
Another option is to add 3rd party options to the vbullintin (which the website runs off of), them options can stop spammers at a pretty good efficiency rate.... but to mess with tinies vbullintin is akin to messing with his girlfreinds... you just do not do it
So our front lines are the staff here at iptvTalk.
I want to take a minute and give some thnx to those staff that work at this relentlessly and with no recognition for their work. I know thou, and beleive me, these guys are troopers when it comes to spam bam wham !!
ANd the members too help alot with the report post function... thnx guys
Rock on guys and a big thnx for the tons of behind the scene work you guys do.
People aren't here 24/7. Spammers are. It's a fact of life. A single spammer often posts 40 or 50 pieces of crap.
Even when we are here, a spammer can post those 40 or 50 messages in a matter of seconds. It's automated. Once we discover it, it still takes time to clean it up. Again, that's a fact of life. It's uncomfortable for you to see it while it's a pain in the ass for us to clean it up!
Within an hour of your posting, however, we had everything cleaned up.
Even when we are here, a spammer can post those 40 or 50 messages in a matter of seconds. It's automated. Once we discover it, it still takes time to clean it up. Again, that's a fact of life. It's uncomfortable for you to see it while it's a pain in the ass for us to clean it up!
Within an hour of your posting, however, we had everything cleaned up.
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they are the only one's empowered to put us in check ........ edit .. ban .. delete threads ...... ect ect
Nob0dy's right. Reporting helps. If we get a message about spam that we haven't yet seen or have overlooked, we get rid of it.
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