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03-14-2011, 08:16 AM
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I'm starting to get sick of the spammers myself. Guess the only thing we can do is report their posts as soon as we see them.
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03-11-2011, 04:17 PM
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It is a shame we can't spam them, or ?
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03-12-2011, 08:36 PM
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Hmmm. . . Quite and interesting idea Gin. . .
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03-13-2011, 07:14 PM
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Agressive spammers
You are better off IGNORING them completely. For one thing, when you respond, they get confirmation that you really exist and then you can expect more spam.
Once upon a time several years ago I was a member of a group dedicated to Photoshop. There was a spammer that was always trying to sell web addresses where you could supposedly get Photoshop free. He was very annoying but for some reason (maybe the type of site) no one could get rid of him. I, unfortunately, made a comment about his activities thinking to help the effort to get him to move on. In retaliation he sold (or gave) my email addy to porn spammers.
Is there a lesson there?
Of course, on this forum, if the mods can restrict them then I feel protected.
Beverly A.
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03-13-2011, 07:36 PM
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We do ignore them , and report them to the mods.. I think what is going on is a spam Bot . not a real person .
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03-14-2011, 06:16 AM
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I agree that it's probably best to ignore them publicly, but click the 'report post' or the 'infraction' button on their posts. That way the moderators are alerted and come and remove it.
The ones we get hit with most are almost certainly a spam bot though.
At least on this forum email addresses are hidden. Any retaliation through PM's/your account here can alsobe reported to the moderators.
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03-14-2011, 09:55 AM
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We try to remove all spam as quickly as possible...
and we depend on our membership to alert us (the mods/admin).
In the upper right corner of every post, you'll see a little icon with a red flagand a yellow flag together...and there's also a red triangle just to the right of that. When you see spam, click on one of those. It will send out a notice to us...it will temporarily ban the spammer from adding anything additional and then the mods can go in and remove all the posts and permanenetly ban them.
We have a fantastic relationship here...as long as we all keep an eye open and report what we don't like, OB will continue to be the best orchid forum EVER!!!
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03-31-2011, 03:24 PM
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I noticed today that spammers are actually responding to our legit posts with spam ads. UGH! I reported one already.
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03-31-2011, 03:39 PM
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Yes, I have noticed that there are a few that are controlled by humans, (ex. not the abc1234 ones, which are automated spam bots) So we are going to have to be more careful, as in reporting the post if it looks like spam, instead of giving infractions. Of course, if it is obviously spam, then slice away and give an infraction!
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04-01-2011, 05:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBlazingAugust
Yes, I have noticed that there are a few that are controlled by humans, (ex. not the abc1234 ones, which are automated spam bots) So we are going to have to be more careful, as in reporting the post if it looks like spam, instead of giving infractions. Of course, if it is obviously spam, then slice away and give an infraction!
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I would say that if they have these links and they are new users who have not been previously taking part then don't worry about using the infraction button even on those you think are controlled by humans.
If it's a user who has been genuinely taking part before they later decide to use a spam link then yes, it's best NOT to use an infraction and to just report the post.
We also say that we would rather you don't use the infraction for users being rude or abusive (although the software has infraction options for that). Doing so is likely to upset the situation more, so just report those posts and a moderator will try and diffuse the situation and decide what level of intervention is needed.
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