Spammers in the forums?

qrwe · 07-19-2008

Hi, has anyone discovered any generated users who sends spam in this forums yet?

Iandefor · 07-19-2008

Certainly. I almost invariably am sure to ban them before the second post.

Daquan13 · 10-03-2008

Well, it appears that the spamming behavior has returned as some of the new members who recently joined are spamming some of the threads.

It's annoying, as they've been posting sexually explicit photos of nude men and women having sex.

itsreallyme · 10-03-2008

We've been deleting them as we see them.

Daquan13 · 10-03-2008

Thanks.

So glad to know that you are right on top of the situation!

delilahjed44 · 10-03-2008

Hey Its really me..

Why not just ban the weird harolds for evermore?, they seem to be un-usually dim witted upon their acceptance in the forum, no respect.

Sherri

Daquan13 · 10-03-2008

Hopefully, they ARE being banned, because just giving them a warning might not phase them.

At a forum where I'm an admin, this crap is not tolerated there at all either. I swiftly ban them right away and and then delete their offendiong posts and threads!

Rasczak · 10-04-2008

As I said in another thread, it is probably a bot or something of that nature. Someone else probably knows more about the technical side of that sort of thing than I.

If you have reported something that is especially bad, and none of the moderators seem to have been around for a while, PM me, I'll see it next time I check email, and I'll make a special trip to JD to clean away the spam posts.

Thanks for helping us out by reporting them.

Daquan13 · 10-04-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasczak

As I said in another thread, it is probably a bot or something of that nature. Someone else probably knows more about the technical side of that sort of thing than I.

If you have reported something that is especially bad, and none of the moderators seem to have been around for a while, PM me, I'll see it next time I check email, and I'll make a special trip to JD to clean away the spam posts.

Thanks for helping us out by reporting them.

Ras, I think there may be a way to stop these individuals from getting in here and invading the forum with this stuff.

You'll have to go into the Admin Panel though, and see if there's a provision there for stopping guests from posting or making it so that any new recruits have to get the admin's final approval before becoming posting members.

It will stop others from becoming members right away, but at least, it should help keep out the riff-raff.

I've had to do this at my forum to stop an individual from repeatedly resurfacing, coming back and reregistering himself under newly assumed names after being banned. Give it a try please, and see if it works.

It's the only way I know of that should keep out the bad guys.

Just thought that I'd try to help. Good luck!

Rasczak · 10-05-2008

That would require action on the administrators part. All the moderators can do is ban and delete posts for the most part.

yaaarrrgg · 10-05-2008

I'm thinking it's just one person that's signing up repeatedly. There's a captcha phrase on registration that should block all bots. Blocking by IP is easy to get around too, if they really wanted to.

My guess is that they are trying to boost their Google rank, or search engine visibly, by posting more links to their sites. This ups the page rank in google, the more links there are to a particular page.

Hopefully, they will figure out it's a waste of his time to keep posting spam, just to have it deleted.

itsreallyme · 10-05-2008

I've been googeling ip address' when they first register and before they have a chance to post when I can. If the address comes up as spam, I simply ban them at that point.

Daquan13 · 10-05-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rasczak

That would require action on the administrators part. All the moderators can do is ban and delete posts for the most part.

Whoever the admin is, he or she has to try to get in there and put a stop to those individuals enaging in this sick behavior once and for all.

Seems as soon as the YouTube thread is cleaned up, here they come again to post more spam and offensive posts!

Rasczak · 10-05-2008

Looks like it might be slowing down

Daquan13 · 10-05-2008

Not so fast!

They're back again!!

Has anyone spoken to the admin about this? This is really getting annoying and out of hand.

It's getting like that other forum where I'm a G-mod. Can only edit or delete, but I can't ban those morons!

I've stopped going there because the admin hasn't been around to get rid of them once and for all!!

Daquan13 · 10-06-2008

There's more spamming posts on the YouTube thread - again!

Looks like the only way to stop them is to lock the thread.

07-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
qrwe Commentator Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 41	Spammers in the forums? Hi, has anyone discovered any generated users who sends spam in this forums yet?
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07-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
Iandefor Super Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: The rainy dreary horrible northwest corner of the US Posts: 451	Re: Spammers in the forums? Certainly. I almost invariably am sure to ban them before the second post.
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10-03-2008	#3 (permalink)
Daquan13 Eligible for a custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Boston, MA. Posts: 731	Re: Spammers in the forums? Well, it appears that the spamming behavior has returned as some of the new members who recently joined are spamming some of the threads. It's annoying, as they've been posting sexually explicit photos of nude men and women having sex.
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10-03-2008	#4 (permalink)
itsreallyme Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 292	Re: Spammers in the forums? We've been deleting them as we see them.
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10-03-2008	#5 (permalink)
Daquan13 Eligible for a custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Boston, MA. Posts: 731	Re: Spammers in the forums? Thanks. So glad to know that you are right on top of the situation!
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10-03-2008	#6 (permalink)
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10-03-2008	#7 (permalink)
Daquan13 Eligible for a custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Boston, MA. Posts: 731	Re: Spammers in the forums? Hopefully, they ARE being banned, because just giving them a warning might not phase them. At a forum where I'm an admin, this crap is not tolerated there at all either. I swiftly ban them right away and and then delete their offendiong posts and threads!
	Man: "You're running at 1550. The house is lit" Little Boy: "Mom, can we keep him?" ~Daquan13.

10-04-2008	#8 (permalink)
Rasczak Stirrer Of Shit Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,890	Re: Spammers in the forums? As I said in another thread, it is probably a bot or something of that nature. Someone else probably knows more about the technical side of that sort of thing than I. If you have reported something that is especially bad, and none of the moderators seem to have been around for a while, PM me, I'll see it next time I check email, and I'll make a special trip to JD to clean away the spam posts. Thanks for helping us out by reporting them.
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10-05-2008	#10 (permalink)
Rasczak Stirrer Of Shit Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,890	Re: Spammers in the forums? That would require action on the administrators part. All the moderators can do is ban and delete posts for the most part.
	Eric "For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought." -Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart "How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."—Ronald Reagan http://self-composed.com

10-05-2008	#11 (permalink)
yaaarrrgg Super Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 962	Re: Spammers in the forums? I'm thinking it's just one person that's signing up repeatedly. There's a captcha phrase on registration that should block all bots. Blocking by IP is easy to get around too, if they really wanted to. My guess is that they are trying to boost their Google rank, or search engine visibly, by posting more links to their sites. This ups the page rank in google, the more links there are to a particular page. Hopefully, they will figure out it's a waste of his time to keep posting spam, just to have it deleted.

10-05-2008	#12 (permalink)
itsreallyme Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 292	Re: Spammers in the forums? I've been googeling ip address' when they first register and before they have a chance to post when I can. If the address comes up as spam, I simply ban them at that point.
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10-05-2008	#14 (permalink)
Rasczak Stirrer Of Shit Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,890	Re: Spammers in the forums? Looks like it might be slowing down
	Eric "For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought." -Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart "How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."—Ronald Reagan http://self-composed.com

10-05-2008	#15 (permalink)
Daquan13 Eligible for a custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Boston, MA. Posts: 731	Re: Spammers in the forums? Not so fast! They're back again!! Has anyone spoken to the admin about this? This is really getting annoying and out of hand. It's getting like that other forum where I'm a G-mod. Can only edit or delete, but I can't ban those morons! I've stopped going there because the admin hasn't been around to get rid of them once and for all!!
	Man: "You're running at 1550. The house is lit" Little Boy: "Mom, can we keep him?" ~Daquan13.

10-06-2008	#16 (permalink)
Daquan13 Eligible for a custom title Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Boston, MA. Posts: 731	Re: Spammers in the forums? There's more spamming posts on the YouTube thread - again! Looks like the only way to stop them is to lock the thread.
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