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by **greemble** » Thu May 27, 2010 4:19 pm

Bringing this one back from the depths as it sets out how to treat any spam you may see in these forums

Don't really see any point in repeating what it says - mainly 'cause I'm so lazy :wink:

*Edit - Just found out that I can sticky the thread, so I did

by **incognitii** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:16 pm

Is there a reason we've been advertising Ugg Boots/North Face in the Overclocking and Meeting Place forums for the past week? [check lifengsale 9 Sep] (Didn't want to post a 'rhubarb' on them as Greemble gets upset..... :wink:

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by **greemble** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:23 pm

Yes there is a reason.

And a really good reason too.

I missed them :oops:

- Somehow they were not showing as new posts to me.

Got them now
- As no-one replied to them I could delete very easily and without mercy

by **incognitii** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:41 pm

Thanks, Greemble - nice to have a Donk! :lol:

by **Bluespider** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 11:17 am

by **snowdog99** » Sun May 06, 2012 8:07 am

More Spam here lately than in Monty Python's café. Can be difficult to find the real posts amongst it all.

by **greemble** » Sun May 06, 2012 12:35 pm

What spam? I don't see any...

Sorry, but we cannot be on here all day, every day - what you saw this morning is a small fraction of the stuff we are clearing daily and just recently the forums have been hit by the same two/three spammers which use different logins, via proxies, everytime. Therefore banning them & their IP doesn't help either.

by **snowdog99** » Sun May 06, 2012 2:38 pm

greemble wrote:What spam? I don't see any...

Sorry, but we cannot be on here all day,

I hope you didn't think I was complaining about the moderation of the site in any way. Its the spammers themselves who my ire is directed at.

by **greemble** » Sun May 06, 2012 4:28 pm

Fair enough.

Would be nice to have some way to make it more difficult for the spammers to log on, without being a pain for everyone else too.

by **mrjones** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:55 am

That was a gentle advice. Well, i'm using signature only because it's allowed here I suppose. Don't consider me as spam

by **Josefov** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:58 am

Well, it's not that straightforward. Wearing a link in your signature is something that on this forum is rather earned through contributing first. Every week there are tens of new users here who pretend to write something on-topic, but they're only here to advertise.

It may seem a bit harsh, but if we didn't take those measures, by now there would be noting worth reading on this forum.

Hope you don't mind these rules. Otherwise, enjoy the forum.

by **leeds_manc** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:55 pm

Wow - it's strange reading something you typed and not remembering it, I certainly had my moderator hat on

Hello new and strange Meeting Place people *waves*

by **greemble** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:52 am

*Waves back*

It's somewhat quieter here these days, just see the dates on the postings...

by **Iov1983** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:19 am

Can anyone tell me which is the limit for a comment not to be considered spam?
What is spam?
If I post a comment and my signature appears in the forum means that I spam?
Thank you!

by **Josefov** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:49 am

As it happens, we consider spamming exactly what you have done. Appearing on forum without any contributing posts and using signature links to advertise dodgy websites. Also, for that reason, your other post has been deleted altogether.

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