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Spam slipping through (edited post)
Thanks for reporting spam. there have been half a dozen over the past couple of days – that I know of.
All but one were old accounts that registered more than a year ago. It seems the bots create the accounts and then use sleeper acvcounts for posting
spam in a timer basis. We have a bit of a resurgence at present. It has happened before: a cyclic thing.
The other account was a "window" registration. When a mod opens an account for a new member it is possible for a spambot to register in the short
period while registrations are open. Totally an opportunistic thing. We expect a few of these and deal with them accordingly.
[Edited on 6-8-2020 by j_sum1]
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Belowzero
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I am betting this is not hardcore chemistry 
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This is the second one to slip through recently. I absolutely am not criticising the mods just for the record. I am curious to know what access
request looks like from what is presumably a bot? If it isn't too much trouble, I would be curious to see tracycn69's request for a login. AND Thank
you very much to all who are responsible for keeping the crap out of this amazing forum!
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Is it possible to remove any account older than a year with minimal activity? If they registered a year ago and haven't posted or only a couple times
they probably aren't coming back, or a bot. If they are real and lost their account, sorry.
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B(a)P
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Would it help to have a rule that people do not replay to a post that is quite obviously spam? This might make it easier for mods to identify and
delete them fast?
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j_sum1
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Take a look at the registration dates of any spam that appears. It is all late 2018 or early 2019 at the moment.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of sleeper accounts on the system. If it was up to me I would clean up the database but that is quite a job
I know.
And a cleanup based on activity creates its own problems. We recently had a member registered and inactive for five years suddenly make his first
post. (And it was a good one too.)
As forums go, this aint no ordinary place.
For the spam, just report it. No real need for replies or conversation. It makes it a bit quicker to clean if nothing else is in the thread.
Today was an exception. But I can usually clean up the spam before the first report anyway. Like I said there is a bit of flux at the moment. But even
that is only 3-4 per day.
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squirting from reflux condenser
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tracycn69
Out of curiosity why is your username have no hyperlink and it says unregistered.
That's j_sum1?? Or something the mods do to post?
Edited on 6-8-2020 by j_sum1
Sleeper accounts damn spammers are persistent for a website that doesn't have much traffic from the general public
Also thanks for explaining the most efficient way to help get rid of spam.
Interesting I found what they were using sucks they couldn't be a way to block them from registration maybe disable the cut and paste function in
registration portion of the site I found what is used by copying the user name and pasting it into Google was hoping to find out if they used it for
other sites.
Here is what they used.
https://jooko.info/faq
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_email_address
It seems like the mods have the spam problem under control.
[Edited on 7-8-2020 by symboom]
[Edited on 7-8-2020 by symboom]
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B(a)P
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Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  | Take a look at the registration dates of any spam that appears. It is all late 2018 or early 2019 at the moment.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of sleeper accounts on the system. If it was up to me I would clean up the database but that is quite a job
I know.
And a cleanup based on activity creates its own problems. We recently had a member registered and inactive for five years suddenly make his first
post. (And it was a good one too.)
As forums go, this aint no ordinary place.
For the spam, just report it. No real need for replies or conversation. It makes it a bit quicker to clean if nothing else is in the thread.
Today was an exception. But I can usually clean up the spam before the first report anyway. Like I said there is a bit of flux at the moment. But even
that is only 3-4 per day. |
How do you go about reporting a spam post? Apologies if this is something obvious that I have missed.
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symboom
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No worries glad others can help in fighting off spam.
On every post in the upper right corner there is a blue button that says report then in the discription type the reason just type spam.
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B(a)P
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| Quote: Originally posted by symboom | No worries glad others can help in fighting off spam.
On every post in the upper right corner there is a blue button that says report then in the discription type the reason just type spam.
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Thanks, I had never noticed that!
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