Site Spamming - Please Read

evil_genius_180 · September 12th, 2006, 02:14 PM

Heya all. There has been an increase in spamming in the forums lately. Someone or someones using multiple membernames has been adding threads with links to buying online drugs, porno and other things that don't belong on the forums. I've been trying to delete these whenever I find them (as have the other mods and admins.) However, we don't always notice them right away.

If you see any thread with these types of items in them, they don't belong here and need to be immediately deleted. So, please hit the report post button whenever you see anything like this so we can get right on that first thing to increase everyone's enjoyment of the forums. Thanks.

Taranis · September 12th, 2006, 03:04 PM

If I see something I let you know

morganzacd5p · September 12th, 2006, 04:03 PM

BATTLE!!! I shall fight it where I can!

evil_genius_180 · September 12th, 2006, 10:33 PM

Thanks, guys. I don't know about you, but I get enough of that spam in my e-mail without reading it here.

Taranis · September 13th, 2006, 01:28 AM

same here .... enough is enough

morganzacd5p · September 13th, 2006, 11:15 AM

here's an idea... Why not spam them back

bLuTm8 · September 26th, 2007, 12:04 PM

trolls are everywhere ....

what about a content parser like this:

IF ($postcount < 10 AND $message contains some special words AND one OR more links to anywhere)
{
delete message;
spank user;
blacklist linkdomain;
}

evil_genius_180 · September 26th, 2007, 09:27 PM

Warrior did something a few months ago to block the spambot that was attacking the forums. We did get a little hit the other day (the same post in 3 threads that was nothing but links) but I think that was an unrelated attack. Heck, that might even have been a person doing that.

But it's been dealt with appropriately.

dzfire · October 25th, 2007, 09:02 PM

New guy on point

bLuTm8 · October 26th, 2007, 10:19 AM

Nice to see ya here too

Slayne · June 8th, 2008, 03:38 AM

Is there no place that's sacred? Spammers...they aught to be lined up and shot...in an um...appropriate manner. Yes, that's it. Appropriate manner. Now if more people would turn to the dark side, then we wouldn't need to worry about that little technicality.

evil_genius_180 · June 8th, 2008, 08:36 AM

M'kay, since this is no longer an issue, I'm closing this thread so it doesn't appear on the front page again.