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TonyRPH said:
I'll bear that in mind, as I reported several this morning, but tried to ensure I wasn't reporting posts from the same user.
But if one report will suffice, that's what I shall do in the future.
For what it's worth - the "anti flooding system" makes it difficult to go back and reply with reported as it makes you wait several seconds - the same "anti flooding system" which doesn't prevent spammers from posting multiple posts from different accounts in quick succession.
Kind of makes the anti flooding system pointless, not so??
But if one report will suffice, that's what I shall do in the future.
For what it's worth - the "anti flooding system" makes it difficult to go back and reply with reported as it makes you wait several seconds - the same "anti flooding system" which doesn't prevent spammers from posting multiple posts from different accounts in quick succession.
Kind of makes the anti flooding system pointless, not so??
Super Sonic said:
Why repost the numbers? If just one persone phones, it encourages the scammers. Why help them?
I'm not reposting the numbers, but the fact that the entire front page is filled with these scammers. At that moment, it seemed that no-one was aware or dealing with it, so it was a visual point to hopefully show the extent of the problem.Again, why shoot the messenger who is simply trying to alert the right people to a problem to try and stop the forum looking dreadful?
Biggles Flies Undone said:
Super Sonic said:
Why repost the numbers? If just one persone phones, it encourages the scammers. Why help them?
I'm not reposting the numbers, but the fact that the entire front page is filled with these scammers. At that moment, it seemed that no-one was aware or dealing with it, so it was a visual point to hopefully show the extent of the problem.Again, why shoot the messenger who is simply trying to alert the right people to a problem to try and stop the forum looking dreadful?
Anyway, thanks for seeing sense and deleting your post.
Super Sonic said:
Biggles Flies Undone said:
Super Sonic said:
Why repost the numbers? If just one persone phones, it encourages the scammers. Why help them?
I'm not reposting the numbers, but the fact that the entire front page is filled with these scammers. At that moment, it seemed that no-one was aware or dealing with it, so it was a visual point to hopefully show the extent of the problem.Again, why shoot the messenger who is simply trying to alert the right people to a problem to try and stop the forum looking dreadful?
Anyway, thanks for seeing sense and deleting your post.
Big Al. said:
RustyMX5 said:
If you're not already, please reply to them with something and then report so that the mods don't get inundated with responses for each thread.
You really don't need to do any of that, just send in ONE report only regardless of the number of threads you see raised. It took me about 10 minutes to kill of all the spammers and remove all their threads, it then took me a further 10 minutes to get rid of all the masses of reports that come in!
I thank you for all your efforts but you really are wasting your time reporting that many threads.
Previously
One "report" per spammer user ID was all that was required
Then respond to the threads either saying reported (or humorous comment AKA Rusty) that should stop other PH'rs also reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process (which none of us can see)
Now
"Just report one post - maybe put something in the comments to say "Spammers - hundreds of em"
Post up in the threads to say reported to help reduce the level of reports submitted?
Have I got that right
EmailAddress said:
Does it even matter. Any 'guidance' is for the five vaguely interested people in this thread and not going to reach the eyes of the users as a whole.
May as well just leave them to it.
Might not matter to you and that's fineMay as well just leave them to it.
If we are creating issues for the mods that take longer to resolve than cleaning up the spammers I'm pretty sure the five vaguely interested people would rather not do that.
B'stard Child said:
OK So this is a change to previous guidance
Previously
One "report" per spammer user ID was all that was required
Then respond to the threads either saying reported (or humorous comment AKA Rusty) that should stop other PH'rs also reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process (which none of us can see)
Now
"Just report one post - maybe put something in the comments to say "Spammers - hundreds of em"
Post up in the threads to say reported to help reduce the level of reports submitted?
Have I got that right
I'm not trying to be difficult here, I'm just saying that as soon as we see "A" single report come in we will act on it "if we're around/". Previously
One "report" per spammer user ID was all that was required
Then respond to the threads either saying reported (or humorous comment AKA Rusty) that should stop other PH'rs also reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process (which none of us can see)
Now
"Just report one post - maybe put something in the comments to say "Spammers - hundreds of em"
Post up in the threads to say reported to help reduce the level of reports submitted?
Have I got that right
All I'm trying to do is to stop you wasting your time reporting every thread.
This is how I works for me, when I come back to my lappy I check the PH members dump (new registration area. Scan that for members who have just signed up and see if any have made a post or raised a thread, check them out to see what they have posted etc. I can see instantly from the members page how many threads/posts each member has just posted.
The limit of posts/threads a noobie can post in the first 24 hours is 5, so lots of new members making 2-5 posts indicates a possible spammers I'll check and ban all those that fall into this category deleting all their posts.
I'll them go into the Mods forum and check on the number of reports that have come in this morning for instance there was about 40, I'll reply to a couple and close and then delete the rest as it just clutters up the forum.
So to sum up we only really need one report from one spammer, not one report for each thread he's raised.
Hope that clarifies and again thanks for all your help.
Big Al. said:
I'm not trying to be difficult here, I'm just saying that as soon as we see "A" single report come in we will act on it "if we're around/".
All I'm trying to do is to stop you wasting your time reporting every thread.
This is how I works for me, when I come back to my lappy I check the PH members dump (new registration area. Scan that for members who have just signed up and see if any have made a post or raised a thread, check them out to see what they have posted etc. I can see instantly from the members page how many threads/posts each member has just posted.
The limit of posts/threads a noobie can post in the first 24 hours is 5, so lots of new members making 2-5 posts indicates a possible spammers I'll check and ban all those that fall into this category deleting all their posts.
I'll them go into the Mods forum and check on the number of reports that have come in this morning for instance there was about 40, I'll reply to a couple and close and then delete the rest as it just clutters up the forum.
So to sum up we only really need one report from one spammer, not one report for each thread he's raised.
Hope that clarifies and again thanks for all your help.
Thank you for your tireless efforts to remove these posts.All I'm trying to do is to stop you wasting your time reporting every thread.
This is how I works for me, when I come back to my lappy I check the PH members dump (new registration area. Scan that for members who have just signed up and see if any have made a post or raised a thread, check them out to see what they have posted etc. I can see instantly from the members page how many threads/posts each member has just posted.
The limit of posts/threads a noobie can post in the first 24 hours is 5, so lots of new members making 2-5 posts indicates a possible spammers I'll check and ban all those that fall into this category deleting all their posts.
I'll them go into the Mods forum and check on the number of reports that have come in this morning for instance there was about 40, I'll reply to a couple and close and then delete the rest as it just clutters up the forum.
So to sum up we only really need one report from one spammer, not one report for each thread he's raised.
Hope that clarifies and again thanks for all your help.
In reality however, PistonHeads management is exploiting your goodwill and willingness to do this and while you and other mods continue to do so they have no incentive to fix the problem. As many people, me included, have highlighted, it's relatively trivial - regardless of how archaic the codebase is - to implement something in code to stop the majority of the posts.
Big Al. said:
B'stard Child said:
OK So this is a change to previous guidance
Previously
One "report" per spammer user ID was all that was required
Then respond to the threads either saying reported (or humorous comment AKA Rusty) that should stop other PH'rs also reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process (which none of us can see)
Now
"Just report one post - maybe put something in the comments to say "Spammers - hundreds of em"
Post up in the threads to say reported to help reduce the level of reports submitted?
Have I got that right
I'm not trying to be difficult here, I'm just saying that as soon as we see "A" single report come in we will act on it "if we're around/". Previously
One "report" per spammer user ID was all that was required
Then respond to the threads either saying reported (or humorous comment AKA Rusty) that should stop other PH'rs also reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process (which none of us can see)
Now
"Just report one post - maybe put something in the comments to say "Spammers - hundreds of em"
Post up in the threads to say reported to help reduce the level of reports submitted?
Have I got that right
All I'm trying to do is to stop you wasting your time reporting every thread.
This is how I works for me, when I come back to my lappy I check the PH members dump (new registration area. Scan that for members who have just signed up and see if any have made a post or raised a thread, check them out to see what they have posted etc. I can see instantly from the members page how many threads/posts each member has just posted.
The limit of posts/threads a noobie can post in the first 24 hours is 5, so lots of new members making 2-5 posts indicates a possible spammers I'll check and ban all those that fall into this category deleting all their posts.
I'll them go into the Mods forum and check on the number of reports that have come in this morning for instance there was about 40, I'll reply to a couple and close and then delete the rest as it just clutters up the forum.
So to sum up we only really need one report from one spammer, not one report for each thread he's raised.
Hope that clarifies and again thanks for all your help.
Clear to me - as per previously laid down guidelines
One "report" post per spammer user ID
Then "if we have the time respond to the other threads from that spammer either saying "reported" (or humorous comment AKA Rusty)
That should stop other PH'rs duplicate reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process
Fore Left said:
Big Al. said:
I'm not trying to be difficult here, I'm just saying that as soon as we see "A" single report come in we will act on it "if we're around/".
All I'm trying to do is to stop you wasting your time reporting every thread.
This is how I works for me, when I come back to my lappy I check the PH members dump (new registration area. Scan that for members who have just signed up and see if any have made a post or raised a thread, check them out to see what they have posted etc. I can see instantly from the members page how many threads/posts each member has just posted.
The limit of posts/threads a noobie can post in the first 24 hours is 5, so lots of new members making 2-5 posts indicates a possible spammers I'll check and ban all those that fall into this category deleting all their posts.
I'll them go into the Mods forum and check on the number of reports that have come in this morning for instance there was about 40, I'll reply to a couple and close and then delete the rest as it just clutters up the forum.
So to sum up we only really need one report from one spammer, not one report for each thread he's raised.
Hope that clarifies and again thanks for all your help.
Thank you for your tireless efforts to remove these posts.All I'm trying to do is to stop you wasting your time reporting every thread.
This is how I works for me, when I come back to my lappy I check the PH members dump (new registration area. Scan that for members who have just signed up and see if any have made a post or raised a thread, check them out to see what they have posted etc. I can see instantly from the members page how many threads/posts each member has just posted.
The limit of posts/threads a noobie can post in the first 24 hours is 5, so lots of new members making 2-5 posts indicates a possible spammers I'll check and ban all those that fall into this category deleting all their posts.
I'll them go into the Mods forum and check on the number of reports that have come in this morning for instance there was about 40, I'll reply to a couple and close and then delete the rest as it just clutters up the forum.
So to sum up we only really need one report from one spammer, not one report for each thread he's raised.
Hope that clarifies and again thanks for all your help.
In reality however, PistonHeads management is exploiting your goodwill and willingness to do this and while you and other mods continue to do so they have no incentive to fix the problem. As many people, me included, have highlighted, it's relatively trivial - regardless of how archaic the codebase is - to implement something in code to stop the majority of the posts.
I personally quite enjoy bashing a spammer. Makes me feel like I’ve achieved something that day
Fore Left said:
Thank you for your tireless efforts to remove these posts.
In reality however, PistonHeads management is exploiting your goodwill and willingness to do this and while you and other mods continue to do so they have no incentive to fix the problem. As many people, me included, have highlighted, it's relatively trivial - regardless of how archaic the codebase is - to implement something in code to stop the majority of the posts.
This is something I don't understand either. The forum software is somewhat outdated, and various (major) bugs have been reported by PH'er over the years.In reality however, PistonHeads management is exploiting your goodwill and willingness to do this and while you and other mods continue to do so they have no incentive to fix the problem. As many people, me included, have highlighted, it's relatively trivial - regardless of how archaic the codebase is - to implement something in code to stop the majority of the posts.
And yet all they do is keep patching it with band aid, and intrusive software (being unable to post anything remotely resembling SQL statements for example and also the anti flood system, another pointless addition).
B'stard Child said:
Yep
Clear to me - as per previously laid down guidelines
One "report" post per spammer user ID
Then "if we have the time respond to the other threads from that spammer either saying "reported" (or humorous comment AKA Rusty)
That should stop other PH'rs duplicate reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process
The one report per spammer was precisely what I did this morning, along with trying to mark the post as reported (but the anti flood system made that difficult as I was forced to wait around 10 seconds or so before I could post after reporting).Clear to me - as per previously laid down guidelines
One "report" post per spammer user ID
Then "if we have the time respond to the other threads from that spammer either saying "reported" (or humorous comment AKA Rusty)
That should stop other PH'rs duplicate reporting reducing the clean up needed in the reporting process
The Rotrex Kid said:
With due respect, you don’t know what is happening or the hoops being jumped through.
I don't but I do know there hasn't been a single post on this thread from a PH person.The Rotrex Kid said:
I personally quite enjoy bashing a spammer. Makes me feel like I’ve achieved something that day
Again, thanks for doing it. I'm happy that you're happy 
Fore Left said:
The Rotrex Kid said:
With due respect, you don’t know what is happening or the hoops being jumped through.
I don't but I do know there hasn't been a single post on this thread from a PH person.The Rotrex Kid said:
I personally quite enjoy bashing a spammer. Makes me feel like I’ve achieved something that day
Again, thanks for doing it. I'm happy that you're happy Ignore the last little bit
If the cleanup effort on the part of the mods is greater then the spam removal itself, then surely there’s a cast-iron case for just turning this on its head and doing what many have suggested and putting all new accounts into an approval queue.
The mods’ still have to put in the graft, but not one spam post makes it through and we don’t need to report anything.
There simply cannot be that many genuine new accounts who might need to wait 10-30 mins before posting to make any difference.
The mods’ still have to put in the graft, but not one spam post makes it through and we don’t need to report anything.
There simply cannot be that many genuine new accounts who might need to wait 10-30 mins before posting to make any difference.
The Rotrex Kid said:
I personally quite enjoy bashing a spammer.
I SO hope that isn't a euphemism...P.S. Everyone moaning about this - we have a (largely) great community which offers help, advice and much more.
And it's free. Let's not moan.
Maybe buy a few new mirrors for the mod's scooters?
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