Deleting Repeat Spammers
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I agree. There definitely should be a way for moderator's disable spammer accounts.
I just added it to my to-do list!
I just added it to my to-do list!
Yeah, the repeaters are really, really *really* annoying!!
Especially when they come in here, like last night? And leave six or seven or eight spams, all over the place, all at once.
It's like coming home and finding out the dogs emptied all your trash cans and chewed up all the kleen-x's and now everything's all over the floor.
Especially when they come in here, like last night? And leave six or seven or eight spams, all over the place, all at once.
It's like coming home and finding out the dogs emptied all your trash cans and chewed up all the kleen-x's and now everything's all over the floor.
Practitioner of the Nerdly Arts.
Yes, I agree that spam is down. Efforts of those who report spam and the moderators to remove it should be applauded. 
Happily shopping Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut
Can we get owreyfordolym deleted please? 12 posts - all spam
Also, Loveit just joined. First 3 messages all spam - something about cash back. Now they have started a thread in general chat about saving money which will probably turn into spam.
Also, Loveit just joined. First 3 messages all spam - something about cash back. Now they have started a thread in general chat about saving money which will probably turn into spam.
Kim
Here's another one to delete:
nstanalafran
Member Since: 10/21/2011 02:06PM
Last Activity: 12/31/2014 03:42AM
All 3 posts have been spam
nstanalafran
Member Since: 10/21/2011 02:06PM
Last Activity: 12/31/2014 03:42AM
All 3 posts have been spam
Kim
Here's another one:
owheldontere
Posts: 12 (all deleted)
Member Since: 10/02/2013 02:55AM
Last Activity: 01/01/2015 05:44PM
owheldontere
Posts: 12 (all deleted)
Member Since: 10/02/2013 02:55AM
Last Activity: 01/01/2015 05:44PM
Kim
I don't understand why only a spammer's posts are deleted. Why not delete the account? Are member numbers important for some reason? Are they needed for securing more advertisers/revenue? If not, it would cut down on the work if the member's account was zapped along with the posts, right?
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
Probably because it's the moderators who delete the spam and not Jacob. In a post he made farther up this page he said "There definitely should be a way for moderator's disable spammer accounts."
The last one I posted in this thread (and flagged) was still here a couple of days after I reported it. Can say for last night because I didn't look. And LoveIt still has that thread in general chat. Their first 3 posts were page-long spams
Personally, I would love that button. I usually log in at night after work (around 4am) and that's when they seem to be the most active.
The last one I posted in this thread (and flagged) was still here a couple of days after I reported it. Can say for last night because I didn't look. And LoveIt still has that thread in general chat. Their first 3 posts were page-long spams
Personally, I would love that button. I usually log in at night after work (around 4am) and that's when they seem to be the most active.
Kim
Probably because most of them are in Nigeria or somewhere on the other side of the world.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
Lots of new spammers this morning......
And he was back today. Please ban this one!
@kimmiemae wrote:
Here's another one:
owheldontere
Posts: 12 (all deleted)
Member Since: 10/02/2013 02:55AM
Last Activity: 01/01/2015 05:44PM
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
How is this coming along?
@JacobJ wrote:
I agree. There definitely should be a way for moderator's disable spammer accounts.
I just added it to my to-do list!
Kim
It's been done for a while now.
@kimmiemae wrote:
How is this coming along?
@JacobJ wrote:
I agree. There definitely should be a way for moderator's disable spammer accounts.
I just added it to my to-do list!
Oh good. So the repeat spammer that was referenced a few posts above should have been deleted, right?
@JacobJ wrote:
It's been done for a while now.
@kimmiemae wrote:
How is this coming along?
@JacobJ wrote:
I agree. There definitely should be a way for moderator's disable spammer accounts.
I just added it to my to-do list!
Kim
This one is still active...and not deleted.
owreyfordolym
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Posts: 14
Member Since: 10/22/2012 08:58PM
Last Activity: 02/02/2015 08:32PM
owreyfordolym
View all posts by owreyfordolym
Posts: 14
Member Since: 10/22/2012 08:58PM
Last Activity: 02/02/2015 08:32PM
Kim
I'm really getting tired of the spammers and the trolls.
What if all new members had to have their first 5-10 posts approved by a mod before actually showing up? Is that possible? Wouldn't that nip this nonsense in the bud?
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
What if all new members had to have their first 5-10 posts approved by a mod before actually showing up? Is that possible? Wouldn't that nip this nonsense in the bud?
LJ, I believe it would take some planning to make that work. If there were no time frame on the first five to ten posts, it wouldn't work at all. A troll could come on stream, immediately make five or ten acceptable posts, and then be off and running amuk in no time flat. Same old problem. I agree with you wholeheartedly, though. The same old snake popping up over and over with a new name is sure getting old. I'd personally like to see repeat whiners removed but that's just me.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
You're right about the ones hell-bent on trolling, but what about the spammers? I think they'd move on quickly to a new forum and the same goes for the trolls that just get flamed quickly and post without thinking. You know, the trolls who flare up like a hemorrhoid and can be easily be soothed with a little Preparation M(oderator).
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
LJ,
That's what I thought about the spammers - they would move if they were banned from posting. I get on at night when there seems to be a lot of spammer activity. I see some spammers that have been reported still logging on - that's why I asked what I did above if the moderators have the ability to disable spammers accounts. The one that I referenced above still logs in regularly and so does designer gowns. They must really like us. I bet it was the stupid thread.
That's what I thought about the spammers - they would move if they were banned from posting. I get on at night when there seems to be a lot of spammer activity. I see some spammers that have been reported still logging on - that's why I asked what I did above if the moderators have the ability to disable spammers accounts. The one that I referenced above still logs in regularly and so does designer gowns. They must really like us. I bet it was the stupid thread.
Kim
That must have been it, Kim. LOL
At least there's a silver lining. Getting annoyed here has caused me to spend more time in my old forum I had been neglecting. For some reason, I have never seen spam there. I don't know how they do it.
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
At least there's a silver lining. Getting annoyed here has caused me to spend more time in my old forum I had been neglecting. For some reason, I have never seen spam there. I don't know how they do it.
I wonder if they mistake Mystery SHOPPING forum for a bunch of people who like to shop and get deals so they spam it. I don't know.
Kim
I think that's what's going on. This forum is open to the public and crawled by the google bots so anyone googling "shopping" or "shop" will find us. Google "shopping forum" and we are the second item on the list.
Time to build a bigger bridge.
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