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Admin

You there; behave!
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grumpystaffordguy said:
Just noticed the garyspeed posts on here. Anything we can do to stop this kind of thing happening?
No, unfortunately. It happens to all Internet forums, and the more popular a forum becomes the more spammers they attract.

The worst thing a person can do is reply to the spammer's posts, as then I have to spend time deleting those posts as well as any damage the spammer has done.

tek-monkey said:
The new forum makes it harder to spam, as the signup requires human intervention.
So does the sign-up process here (you have to provide the answer to some basic arithmetic); the only spammers that actually get through are actual, real people. The new Forum should make it slightly harder, and it will allow me to set restrictions for new users (e.g. you can only post links/images/etc. once you have made 10 posts), but it won't significantly reduce the number of spammers that get through, unfortunately.
 

supernova

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Any plans to have moderators who between them review the content on an almost continual basis, so that it's much less likely that any of us have to read the rubbish (and eliminate the trolling, too?). Although lately, I notice the inane trolling has ceased for some reason...
 

Admin

You there; behave!
Staff member
supernova said:
Any plans to have moderators who between them review the content on an almost continual basis, so that it's much less likely that any of us have to read the rubbish (and eliminate the trolling, too?). Although lately, I notice the inane trolling has ceased for some reason...
Yes, there will be a moderating team so that I don't have to do all the work myself, as The Forum has grown to a size that I never expected so it's becoming too much for one person!
 

grumpystaffordguy

Well-Known Forumite
Yes I sussed it was real people spamming us and not computer programs. However I have used lots of forums over the years (mostly car related) and have never known a site as bad as this for people registering just to spam. Perhaps its the general interest and nature of the wide range of subjects we discuss.

Whilst I think admin does a great job maybe things could be tightened up even more on the new forum. The 10 minimum posts is a good starting point.

And as for this latest spammer having the user name of garyspeed well that makes me even more annoyed!
 
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