[Resolved] High Volume Of Spam / Streaming Posts

Macman45 · 03:24 AM

Seems the spammers are out in force today. I've reported at least 10...Just a heads up..If you do see spam please don't respond to it, just use the "report" button to bring it to the attention of the Moderators. I guess a lot of sporting events are imminent....That and BF.

Mr. Retrofire · Nov 19, 2012, 04:13 AM

They should remove all "empty" threads with zero replies after 24 hours.

Macman45 · Nov 19, 2012, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

They should remove all "empty" threads with zero replies after 24 hours.

The spammers have recently taken to marking their post's as resolved, after a few years acting as a Moderator on other forums, I've developed a kind of sixth sense.....Shoes, Evening wear, and the usual gamut of football and illegal streaming sites seem to be the order of the day....It's quiet now...Tends to happen between 5Am and now...Then they vanish....Many are Bot generated with random usernames so keeping ahead is tough. It's just a pet hate of mine...Like junk mail...I have a large sign on my mailbox about unsolicited mail....Doesn't work sadly....The mailman says he has to deliver it....

maflynn · Nov 19, 2012, 06:20 AM

We've noticed an uptick and we're doing what we can to say ahead of them.

We do rely on members to report them as they see the spam as we cannot review or monitor every thread that is created.

SandboxGeneral · Nov 19, 2012, 06:24 AM

Sunday's and early morning hours seem to be the heaviest spammer times that I've noticed. Not sure why though.

Comeagain? · Nov 19, 2012, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SandboxGeneral

Sunday's and early morning hours seem to be the heaviest spammer times that I've noticed. Not sure why though.

Less staff, in theory the posts last longer that way.

Macman45 · Nov 19, 2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Comeagain?

Less staff, in theory the posts last longer that way.

Not if I'm around they don't.....

First job of the day...locate and report!

ChristianJapan · Nov 19, 2012, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Comeagain?

Less staff, in theory the posts last longer that way.

We should introduce (weekend) part time mods: MR janitor

I could help on weekend to bring out the gabage. And Sunday morning EU or US is comfortable in my daytime in Asia. You guys wake up and have a nice, clean, tidy MR for breakfast.
Main function would be to quarantine threads in a way of hiding them, put them into a queue for the real mods to judge and take consequences. No execution power for the janitor ... Only wipe off the dust.

OllyW · Nov 19, 2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Macman45

Not if I'm around they don't.....

First job of the day...locate and report!

I think we must get up around the same time.

Macman45 · Nov 19, 2012, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OllyW

I think we must get up around the same time.

I rarely get more than 4 hours sleep nowadays....I'm used to it, and I don't actually get up until around 6AM...Make coffee, MR is the normal routine...We have Black Friday in the mix this week too.

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Macman45 macrumors G4 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somewhere Back In The Long Ago	High Volume Of Spam / Streaming Posts Seems the spammers are out in force today. I've reported at least 10...Just a heads up..If you do see spam please don't respond to it, just use the "report" button to bring it to the attention of the Moderators. I guess a lot of sporting events are imminent....That and BF. __________________ Time And Tide Wait For No Man Last edited by Macman45; Nov 30, 2012 at 03:24 AM.
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Nov 19, 2012, 06:20 AM	#4
maflynn Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Boston	We've noticed an uptick and we're doing what we can to say ahead of them. We do rely on members to report them as they see the spam as we cannot review or monitor every thread that is created.
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