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Fall, the season for SPAM

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#1 ·
We have been receiving a lot of spam in the last two days----

If you want some it's free:laughing:

Thanks to all who have been pushing the red! report button---

----Mike-------
 
#45 ·
If you think the mods are busy now? That would really tax them....but....it might be an option.....

Maybe they could add some "Jr Mods"....one for each board that could review new members 1st post...and then flag those that look suspecious.....

I think we all have a vested interest in keeping the spammers off here....

One of the newer methods....

Newbi posts a question about something...

Another newbi comes along saying he tried the same thing and raves about how wonderful it is....

A 3rd newbi comes along....saying he has been using said product for some time....

Funny...they all joined that day....what are the odds.....I flagged it....and was right...all had the same IP address.

It's so much fun.....

I almost enjoy the spam hunt more than reading the 'normal' posts...
 
#19 ·
I'll get you a visitors pass----you will get to run the orange juice press and watch the spammers fly---

I grab them by their hind legs and spin them over my head until they get dizzy---then let them go flying over the back fence--

Sunday is the cooks morning off---so it's toast and jelly---
 
#61 ·
If you reply to the spammer we have to delete your post before we can delete the spammer's, then we have yo go back and ban the spammer, double work.
 
#64 · (Edited)
You all must get something tremendous in advertising appeal if you want to let the newbies stretch out their new existence to the point they can spit forth links and spam. If it were possible, and given their IP addresses were showing up on sites that track spammers, trolls and all? Why would you discourage your people from taking them out? Or those of us who like your site for that matter and know you will never come up with a real spammer or troll killing prize.

American Express gives you 2 more ads even if you add only 30,000 bogus newbies in December? And then we, your loyal site visitors sort it out for you when they are embedded. Nice PR strategy I guess. Not without danger you know.
 
#65 ·
When a person is band, he doesn't show as a count on the new members list. This isn't our forum, it is your forum, we are just members like you are, we just can ban a bad guy. We don't like to see the forum cluttered up with all the garbage either.:)
 
#12 ·
ALL HIS POSTS ARE SPAM will let us wipe out a cluster without checking each report----so no--one spammer only needs one report---all the spammers posts get erased when we ban him----along with killing that IP address---
 
#6 ·
Now you guys make me feel like Joe Dumba$$. I never Know if I'm being spammed or bolognaed or pastromied I just give the best answer I can and go on then look at the date and find I'm answering a 3 year old thread.:stupid:
 
#16 ·
Mike I was on here until close to 3AM this morning and they finally let up around that time, yesterday was really a workout. I had 28 reported post in my email when I got up a while ago. The spammers must be gearing up for the holidays.:)
 
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