Users To Be Removed â€“ Spammers

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:55 pm

I just looked at a couple of users who are obviously spammers, they don't have an email address on display, there is the option in the profile to hide your email address, they could very well be doing that. Only admin would be able to see their email addresses

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Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:58 pm

The ideal forum I would use these days is YABB www.yabbforum.com It is far more admin/mod friendly than this PHP, fro example, on YABB you have 2 types of moderators, Global Moderators and Mini Mods. Global Moderators can access the admin control panel (admin controls what they can do) but the can also access users profiles without having access to the admin control panel. This way they can edit/delete users, reset passwords, change usernames etc.

Mini Mods are individual forum moderators, for example, someone could be assigned to check/edit/correct step by step guides before they are put into an archive forum

All of this is standard on YABB meaning no modification is required, however installing modifications on YABB is much easier than on PHP

clubman_dan · Post by **clubman_dan** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:45 pm

Added - VBB

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:11 pm

New member Added - VBB website is cr@ppy gift/shopping website.

Wonder what percentage of 'new members' are just spammers these days?

Stu.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:30 pm

stu chacks wrote:
New member Added - VBB website is cr@ppy gift/shopping website.

Wonder what percentage of 'new members' are just spammers these days?

Stu.

Probably 9 out of 10

hjkort · Post by **hjkort** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:59 am

Added - VBB

websites only link to pharmacy

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:51 pm

The list is getting long now, need admin to remove them. It seems that most spam is posted overnight the only time i remove stuff is in the morning

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:55 pm

Added - VBB

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:24 pm

AnreeLivingston

Not even posted yet, but just registered so must be a spammer. Should we be calling this "Volvo/Spammers club Europe" ?

Stu.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:50 pm

stu chacks wrote:AnreeLivingston

Not even posted yet, but just registered so must be a spammer. Should we be calling this "Volvo/Spammers club Europe" ?

Stu.

They posted earlier while I was online so a few seconds after they had posted it was deleted, they were advertising viagra. Still forgot to add it to the list.

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:58 pm

xstetxx , MrJigsaw

How annoying is this starting to get? It's putting me off visiting the Wastegate

And as i don't really know that much, i've got no-where else to hang out

billy5000 · Post by **billy5000** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:33 am

Hi all

not sure if its been said already but a site i visit has a good system where by the bloke(you/me)registers and is moderated during your first 15 posts and the usual email confirmations etc

having the first 15 moderated would surly put them off spamming as they would be nabbed after the first attempt:)

just an idea as these are getting more and more spam around here these days:)

steve

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:53 pm

billy5000 wrote:Hi all

not sure if its been said already but a site i visit has a good system where by the bloke(you/me)registers and is moderated during your first 15 posts and the usual email confirmations etc

having the first 15 moderated would surly put them off spamming as they would be nabbed after the first attempt:)

just an idea as these are getting more and more spam around here these days:)

steve

That is doable and there is a modification to do that or to moderate the posts of every member for that matter, its more commonly used on forums for people who misbehave, like the last step before being banned. The point with spammers is 99% of the time they have a dodgy ID/website/email address/occupation making them easy to spot. I still think the way forward would be the admin/moderator approves the account but I will install that mod on my forum and check it out see how complicated it is

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Macaroon · Post by **Macaroon** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:32 am

Here's a simple and easy way to spot dodgy posters, if it is technically feasable with this message board host.

On the forum lists top levels (i.e. General, Wastegate etc) can we display the member's total posts next to their name? e.g. supersexygirl (1)

Anybody posting in the Wastegate for their first post with any vaguely suspect thread name will be instantly obvious to users so nobody even bothers to click on the thread to read it let alone following a link to some dodgy website.

Of course this won't actually prevent spammers posting and, granted, sdome spammers are obvious anyway but it would instantly flag brand new members and allow us to take a cautious approch to reading such posts.

Comments? Gaz? Anyone?