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grapejuice1998
10-28-2008, 02:29 PM
Y'all need to quit fucking around and appoint a couple moderators that have the time and the will to screen all new applicants. The Spammers are too easy to spot and they just walk right in and set up shop every day.

bad360rt
10-28-2008, 02:35 PM
Agreed, I just deleted about 15 threads and banned another spammer. Shit's out of hand.

GoFastGray
10-28-2008, 03:49 PM
For the month of October (mainly the past three weeks), I have been checking new members every mourning before I head to work, when i get home, and on and off when I'm browsing the boards.
73!
That's how many spammers I've deleted in the month of October. That doesn't include how many spammers 4 other moderators (that also have deleted a ton) have taken out this month.
If you view the banned member in the control panel, I'd say at LEAST 90% were banned in the month of October.
I'm not cutting any slack, if I see anything fishy that I pointed out earlier, they're gone.


Turned my computer off after deleting spammers for the mourning, took my 10 minute walk to work. Clock in, head for the shop, start working on equipment... I'd say no more than 30min. after leaving the computer i got an email on my iphone.
A member posted a warning about a porn spammer that started a thread. He signed up and posted in the 30 minute duration.

They're flooding these boards like crazy! About 2-3 new members sign up per day and about 5 spammers.

mtlcafan79
10-28-2008, 03:57 PM
I don't understand why this board has such a bad problem, but none of the other ones do. Are these bots or people that are posting? Doesn't the reply email for new registrations stop any of that? Or can people start posting right away?

GoFastGray
10-28-2008, 04:05 PM
80!

I just deleted another 7 that have signed up since last night and this mourning. I'm all over it. But there's just too many
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grapejuice1998
10-28-2008, 04:27 PM
You're never going to be able to stop it that way, no matter how many moderators you use.

You will HAVE to start a screening process before letting someone on the board. All you have to do is route any new memberships through the moderators e mail, then screen the entries like you and I were talking about in the other thread. You could probably dump 9 out of 10 spammers right there. Hell, maybe (and hopefully) 10 out of 10

grapejuice1998
10-28-2008, 04:31 PM
I don't understand why this board has such a bad problem, but none of the other ones do. Are these bots or people that are posting? Doesn't the reply email for new registrations stop any of that? Or can people start posting right away?

I have a theory that Mr 1,053 hp is behind it somehow, but that's just a suspicion. I think we pissed him off and he sicked them on us somehow. Added our website name to some kind of Spammer website, or list. I could be dead wrong, but that's the first thought that popped into my head when this started happening. It was at about the same time that he stopped posting here too.

mtlcafan79
10-28-2008, 05:32 PM
Some other forums I'm on you have to put in that jumbled letters and numbers stuff before you can register. Keeps the spammer bots out at least.

GoFastGray
10-28-2008, 05:43 PM
You're never going to be able to stop it that way, no matter how many moderators you use.

You will HAVE to start a screening process before letting someone on the board. All you have to do is route any new memberships through the moderators e mail, then screen the entries like you and I were talking about in the other thread. You could probably dump 9 out of 10 spammers right there. Hell, maybe (and hopefully) 10 out of 10

Steve's working on it already. Just making sure everyone is ok with doing it :biggthumpup:

grapejuice1998
10-30-2008, 02:33 PM
It's a Spammy day in the neighborhood.....:jerkit:

jmaack727
10-30-2008, 02:38 PM
No kidding.

I am on the computer from 730-430 in the afternoon for work.

Id volunteer to help out with it.

razman131
10-30-2008, 02:43 PM
holy crap.... gpo away for ~10 minutes and a metric butt tonne of SPAM.....:bs::rtfm::jerkit:

GoFastGray
10-30-2008, 02:50 PM
It's a Spammy day in the neighborhood.....:jerkit:

yea, just banned three spammers that i have no idea how they got in.
Two posted one post, the other 24!!! that was fun cleaning up that mess on aisle's 3-30 :jester:

bad360rt
10-30-2008, 02:51 PM
Sorry guys, we're working on it. We've turned on moderator approval, but somehow 17 new accounts got approved today, and they all look like spammers. We'll get it straightened out :biggthumpup:

jmaack727
10-30-2008, 02:52 PM
yea, just banned three spammers that i have no idea how they got in.
Two posted one post, the other 24!!! that was fun cleaning up that mess on aisle's 3-30 :jester:

I noticed that then the one had like 20 threads.
:rtfm:
If you need some help let me know.

GoFastGray
10-30-2008, 02:54 PM
Sorry guys, we're working on it. We've turned on moderator approval, but somehow 17 new accounts got approved today, and they all look like spammers. We'll get it straightened out :biggthumpup:

Just banned another 7

HOW THE HELL ARE THEY GETTING IN NOW?

I noticed one popped up from 2-3 days ago. I know the past couple days i've monitored the last 3 days worth of people. Or if he gets approved, iss it the day he signed up?

I think we have an insider :jester:

GoFastGray
10-30-2008, 02:57 PM
I noticed that then the one had like 20 threads.
:rtfm:
If you need some help let me know.

24.....i banned him first. Than started cleaning up threads. Didn't want to be following his trail till i caught him :jester:
Like 6 threads were made at 7:23....he moves quick!

bad360rt
10-30-2008, 02:57 PM
Just banned another 7

HOW THE HELL ARE THEY GETTING IN NOW?

I noticed one popped up from 2-3 days ago. I know the past couple days i've monitored the last 3 days worth of people. Or if he gets approved, iss it the day he signed up?

I think we have an insider :jester:

I'm going through recent registrations and deleting the spammers. If accounts were created before we turned on the moderator approval, they can still post, so we have to go in there and clean those up.

grapejuice1998
10-30-2008, 03:56 PM
Just banned another 7

HOW THE HELL ARE THEY GETTING IN NOW?

I noticed one popped up from 2-3 days ago. I know the past couple days i've monitored the last 3 days worth of people. Or if he gets approved, iss it the day he signed up?

I think we have an insider :jester:

Is there any way to go through the memberships and screen for the "spammer signs"?

DOH! Shoulda read one more post. I see you're already on it. ;)

waflhtirider
10-30-2008, 03:59 PM
http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/spam.jpg

chiller2484
10-30-2008, 05:14 PM
http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/spam.jpg

couple slices of that, some creamed corn and some baked beans sure makes a good meal :)

chiller2484
10-30-2008, 05:14 PM
btw, i'll help out in the spam control dept if needed.

grapejuice1998
10-30-2008, 05:27 PM
couple slices of that, some creamed corn and some baked beans sure makes a good meal :)

That would make for a windy night, lol.

razman131
10-30-2008, 06:24 PM
couple slices of that, some creamed corn and some baked beans sure makes a good meal :)

nah.... just fry it up with(or in some) eggs and side of your choice.... :rockwoot::biggthumpup:

grapejuice1998
11-01-2008, 02:21 AM
BTW, good job lately guys!! :biggthumpup:

bad360rt
11-01-2008, 02:57 AM
BTW, good job lately guys!! :biggthumpup:

The moderated registration seems to be doing the trick. Had a few slip through the first day, but now it's catching them all. I just deleted about 20 spammer accounts, it's nice to be able to catch them before they can post. :D