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Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:06 am
by pcwzrd13
Yeah, nice call on admin approved registrations only. That should stop the spam for now.
I just went through the recent posts and it looks like you only missed one spam post. It's the last post in this thread by SlinnaFar:
http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtop ... 9&start=60
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:39 am
by Impulse
I also changed the security question to a math problem. It seems to have stopped spam in it's tracks
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:35 pm
by pcwzrd13
Just found a couple more spam posts:
http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtop ... =11&t=4102
http://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtop ... =11&t=4101
These are the two members that posted them:
Suisellva
Nisadfksdss
They both joined before your new spam prevention tactics were implemented.
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:46 pm
by madmax2069
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:30 am
by Gary_b
posting links to the spam in here won't really help, thanks anyway though. just flag the posts and we will delete them.
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:50 pm
by madmax2069
Gary_b wrote:posting links to the spam in here won't really help, thanks anyway though. just flag the posts and we will delete them.
well instead of having to hunt for then you can just click to them. enough said.
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:03 pm
by pcwzrd13
madmax2069 wrote:Gary_b wrote:posting links to the spam in here won't really help, thanks anyway though. just flag the posts and we will delete them.
well instead of having to hunt for then you can just click to them. enough said.
I don't think you understood him correctly. He means you can just click the "Report this post" button in the bottom right of each post (The [!] button).
Thanks for pointing that out Gary, I didn't even notice that before.
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:27 pm
by madmax2069
pcwzrd13 wrote:madmax2069 wrote:Gary_b wrote:posting links to the spam in here won't really help, thanks anyway though. just flag the posts and we will delete them.
well instead of having to hunt for then you can just click to them. enough said.
I don't think you understood him correctly. He means you can just click the "Report this post" button in the bottom right of each post (The [!] button).
Thanks for pointing that out Gary, I didn't even notice that before.
Yeah, i have reported them and it wasn't till a long while after they was finally deleted.
so i figured on posting links to them here if the chance they get pushed down, and for them to get noticed.
it was before that whole spam attack i found quite a few un noticed spam posts in some user topics and some spam topics.
I have been a mod before at numerous other forums so i know the motions. posting the links here doesn't hurt but to raise awareness of them.
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:14 pm
by Gary_b
i have to go thru all the post to find new span anyway. so when you post links in here its useless to me. it just makes this one more thread to check the new posts in, instead of helping, it slows me down a little.
Re: Recent Spam
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:56 pm
by elmagicochrisg
A lack of subtlety...
Sometimes even mods suffer from it...