What's with all the spam ads lately?
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RacerEks
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Each ones seems to be from a different user, so you can't just ban someone.
Maybe the moderators of the forums could set any message with a web link be automatically deleted/rejected unless the user is above a certain rank.
It seems to be getting worse.
An extreme solution would be to prohibit any new members from joining. At least until the spammers go somewhere else.
Maybe the moderators of the forums could set any message with a web link be automatically deleted/rejected unless the user is above a certain rank.
It seems to be getting worse.
An extreme solution would be to prohibit any new members from joining. At least until the spammers go somewhere else.
RacerEks
Member
The Spammers/Scammers are back (I guess they don't take Christmas off)
I don't know how many new (non scammer) members you guys get a day. Would banning all new members from posting until you can personally verify that they are not spammers be feasible? Or a new members first post or two be inspected by a human before it actually shows in the forums?
I don't know how many new (non scammer) members you guys get a day. Would banning all new members from posting until you can personally verify that they are not spammers be feasible? Or a new members first post or two be inspected by a human before it actually shows in the forums?
There's an average of about 10 a day, with peaks of 15 or more...
Having to check those before admitting is very time consuming, i check multiple times a day (depending on the time i have) and delete those reported and those in the "new posts" section.
Mods cannot alter anything to the way new users subscribe AFAIK. But Janne is aware of the issue and we are trying to find a solution...
Having to check those before admitting is very time consuming, i check multiple times a day (depending on the time i have) and delete those reported and those in the "new posts" section.
Mods cannot alter anything to the way new users subscribe AFAIK. But Janne is aware of the issue and we are trying to find a solution...
RacerEks
Member
The same goes for me.
Heh, to early to celbrate. Spammer is taking a day off, or hangover.
I deleted a few yesterday but it's certainly looking better than before.