View Full Version : Spam Reporting Rules!!!! All Read!
right, if there is a spambot having a good old go a tthe forum and there is more than one post from said 'user' and if its got a reported comment below it. DO NOT REPORT EVERY SODDING POST THE BOT MAKES!!!!!!
Any reports after the first one WILL wind up with a 7 day sin bin.
Yes its naziish but I'm getting hacked off with millions emails about the same fecking bot/spammer. I could turn off the report emails yes, but then all of us nazis could and then the place will be nastily over run with rubbish.
So work with us to work with you please.
General Baxter
06-02-11, 11:20 AM
hug lol
Reported.
Are you on about all the ones I've just reported other people have reported? Or just in general?
MattBrown
06-02-11, 11:25 AM
I reported several, and as usual hobbit had his totally retarded attitude on the go.
So I don't bother now, all people try and do is help, and I got a ****ty pm saying my help isn't needed etc.
What about libellous threads?
Danny s-p
06-02-11, 11:26 AM
i normally report them but don't right reported as that classed as a hit to them and brings back more spam
Use some common sense.
I guess thats lacking today..... :wall:
IF ITS OBVIOUSLY A SPAM BOT THEN THERE IS ONLY NEED FOR ONE REPORT INSTANCE. WE WILL GO AND FIND ANY OTHER POSTS BY SAID BOT AND DELETE THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Irritating users just need the one report too.
I have also hassled Kev regarding fixing this too.
Can I be mod nao?
Must.Not.Report.Above.Post.
Southie
06-02-11, 11:36 AM
Wmmmnmnnm, I reported the x27 post spammer on another thread so I suspect this is what Stuarts on about, I reported it twice oooops.
Matt you seem to have issues with Mr Hobbit :roll:
i reported it...but i think i forgot to say i did...oops
i reported it...but i think i forgot to say i did...oops
i tend to do that aswell lol
There is a flaw in this though, if the spammer spams a few threads/forums then its still going to get reported numerous times because people wont see the other reported threads if someone posts in a thread in the same forum pushing the spammed one down.
So basically what you're asking us to do Stu, is check every post the spammer has made (click profile view posts) to make sure no one else has reported a post of theirs, then report it.
Which if someone else is doing that at the same time will end up in someone being banned.
Nazi admin fail ?
I know exactly what Stu means, i woke up to ten emails merrily bleeping away on my bramble, and there were only five threads i think, what Stu means is most times you will get the same thread reported two or three times, yes if there are five threads we may get five emails but ten means each one has been reported twice:p
There is a flaw in this though, if the spammer spams a few threads/forums then its still going to get reported numerous times because people wont see the other reported threads
Nazi admin fail ?
i was just about to say this.
and what if one person has reported, hasnt seen this thread, and doesnt write reported.
then southie comes along and writes reported and reports it, who gets the ban stick. southie for being helpful or the newb for not seeing this post...
I understand what Stu is saying too, but unless someone checks every post the spammer makes then, as Stu puts its, someone will be banned.
I can see this putting people off reporting spam even more, I know I cant be arsed with a 7 day sin bin for trying to help.
, who gets the ban stick. southie for being helpful or the newb for not seeing this post...
the bloody lot of you depending how drunk hobbit is lol
Were not complete muppets you know, the funny thing is with the report is it tells you what time it was sent, so if there are two reports and one was sent before the other (whos sender commented) then imo the one who didnt say they had sent a report:p
Southie
06-02-11, 11:54 AM
I always put reported just so people don't start reporting the same thread.
i still say, what if someone is just doing a good deed. and hasnt seen this post. it would mean in good user being banned, which is stupid.
Exactly,so basically the message is dont report stuff or you will get banned,thus resulting in the site being overloaded with crap til moderators come on and see it.
Southie
06-02-11, 12:02 PM
I'll still report spam if no ones put "reported" after it, I know it's supposed to encourage a way into the site for spambots but to me this is all a lose lose situation, basically if I get a ban for this so be it tbh, it's only the fecking internet.
Were not complete muppets you know, the funny thing is with the report is it tells you what time it was sent, so if there are two reports and one was sent before the other (whos sender commented) then imo the one who didnt say they had sent a report:p
But what if the spam is in multiple forums and multiple threads?
There are lots of what if's in life...
We have to look through a persons posts to remove all instances, so it dosent take someone else long to look before reporting :p
I know there are a million flaws an in all solutions, eg saying reported brings them back, not reporting makes the place untidy, everyone reporting spams then we get spammed to death via email.
Meh no right answer but I want less weekends of spam on my phone :p
im so tempted to report every single post in every single thread in every single forum now lol
im so tempted to report every single post in every single thread in every single forum now lol
And you would get a permy banhammer.
Southie
06-02-11, 12:17 PM
I was about to report also, just thought I'd hang on a few seconds to see who else did it though, glad I didn't or else I'd of been banned :p lol
be careful everyone i have just reported that spam thread
make sure no one else does it...
also, why dont admins etc verify all new members.
be careful everyone i have just reported that spam thread
make sure no one else does it...
Oh how clever:roll:
Things like that will lead to a....
Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban
If you dont get off your high horse.
how will he sell his overpriced stuff now lol
also, why dont admins etc verify all new members.
Because its been said time and time and time again, The number of spambots signing up every day is in the hundreds, and the number of genuine members is on a good day 3% of that....
I know for a fact I wouldnt go through that lot and not miss the odd spambot or gen member.
I reported several, and as usual hobbit had his totally retarded attitude on the go.
So I don't bother now, all people try and do is help, and I got a ****ty pm saying my help isn't needed etc.
one report is enough!
I wont bother next time then:mad:
no worrys :thumb:
I was only saying the same as Stu?
Dont worry about it Matt, its anti-staff weekend, didnt anyone tell you lol
Yeah lets start an uprising
Yeah lets start an uprising
Here ya go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-1chd8Q9A) :p
I dont get why every gets so upset about the bots, Its not like I drop everything to come on here to delete them. If they are in testing i see them when i log on so they dont need a report. If they have spammed over the whole forum, when i log on i'll see them so...
Here ya go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-1chd8Q9A) :p
I just played that and Donna stuck her head out the kitchen asking if that was her ring tone for her new bramble lol lol lol
Lol i didnt play it i just typed uprising into youchoob lol
Also, bramble messenger pin pls:d
LOL at uprising
i knew someone would post a set lol
Pistol Pete
06-02-11, 01:23 PM
LMFAO @ this.....
All over some sodding spam bots! Really??
I used to report spam when i saw it. Hell it cured my boredom lol
But i got bored of reporting it TBH. They are persistent little fukkers....
I can see why Matt got abit peeved, but on the flip side i see it from Hobbits/Adminz POV. Must get sodding annoying, emails left right and centre about yet another reported spam post.
Must get sodding annoying, emails left right and centre about yet another reported spam post.
This.......
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/Random%20stuff/untitled-1.jpg
Is my inbox, the ebay email at the bottom was friday morning, thats how many spam emails ive had since then lol
Did you take paypals valentines day advice?
and the problem with this is when a "real" report gets sent we might miss it due to the hundreds of other emails.
Did you take paypals valentines day advice?
Nah i told em to 'take themselves to turp' lol
is there no way we could all have thread post control to do the deleting ourselves just in that section?
Its not possible to allow users that capability in just one forum, it would mean everyone had mod powers across the board, its hard enough for us to stop ourselves deleting everything when drunk so im sure most of you would find it harder if not impossible lol
Exactly, i know for a fact chance would delete everything he could see, and you probably would once mortalled:p
Exactly, i know for a fact chance would delete everything he could see, and you probably would once mortalled:p
Nah id just ban stuart and let him see how it feels lol lol
"see you in 24hours"
"Bin the typing"
"How about a vacation?"
lol
Yeah lets start an uprising
I had one when I woke up.
Pistol Pete
06-02-11, 01:53 PM
Handstand wee FTW
Seeing that screen shot Spud, brings me back to what i have always said. Surely a review of how new members are activated needs to be done?? Would that cure the amount of spam?
It depends on what we could do as i think the idea has been to stay away from admin activation for members or anything like that as it means you can sign up one day and if there are no admin present, then you may not be activated for a while, i know when i signed up to ctor, there was only one guy who activated everyone, and he works away on rigs i think, five months it took to be activated, i was put out by this so never really bothered to post on there lol
Pistol Pete
06-02-11, 02:02 PM
But there are quite a few of you....lol you could be selective in who you activate aswell!!
I think if we did do that then it would be an admin only power tbh, and that lessens the people who could/would do it, and unfortunately you cant tell from a username and or location who is going to be a spakker and how isnt, oh sorry you meant spammers right lol
I think if we did do that then it would be an admin only power tbh, and that lessens the people who could/would do it, and unfortunately you cant tell from a username and or location who is going to be a spakker and how isnt, oh sorry you meant spammers right lol
Jack would love that job lol
Pistol Pete
06-02-11, 02:19 PM
Lessens the people who could do it??....like i said there are a fair few of you..
and yes, i meant spammers. They username would be abit obvious, no?
Just be patient for the spambot 'fixes'
Pistol Pete
06-02-11, 02:34 PM
lol along with the update yeah ;) :p :d :thumb:
To save spambot issues we will ban all users with more than 2 posts in their post counts lol
Pistol Pete
06-02-11, 02:36 PM
Sweet. The new iron fist lol
also, why dont admins etc verify all new members.
As has been said, we get about 1000 new members a day. You need Admin rights to approve new users, and there's only 5 of us if you include Ian, 6 with Stu. Even if Mods could do it, it still would mean a delay before people can get on and there's always the chance we'd miss some legit ones, especially if nobody is on for a few hours. Imagine post-VBOA, 2-3 days with no admin/mods, we'd have a new user list the size of Stuart's bumhole lol
i still say, what if someone is just doing a good deed. and hasnt seen this post. it would mean in good user being banned, which is stupid.
You're missing the point of this thread.
There is a flaw in this though, if the spammer spams a few threads/forums then its still going to get reported numerous times because people wont see the other reported threads if someone posts in a thread in the same forum pushing the spammed one down.
So basically what you're asking us to do Stu, is check every post the spammer has made (click profile view posts) to make sure no one else has reported a post of theirs, then report it.
Which if someone else is doing that at the same time will end up in someone being banned.
Nazi admin fail ?
No, what we're saying is if the spammer has made, say, 10 posts, all you need to do is report one of them. If ten people each report one post, thats 10 emails we get. If those ten people report every post the spammer has made, thats 100 emails. You see our point?
Its possible to configure the registration process to give spambots a hard time, but that requires Kev input. Oh dear lol
spammer ahoy in temporary testing lol
Just to add my opinion, the spam on here properly fukks me off, i come on here to browse nova-age, it annoys be a little when i find spam in wips. I do report quite a bit, but use my common sense and only do it once. (ok i am guilty of starting a few uneccesary spam threads) I do understand where stuart is coming from though as i to would be peed off with the constant barrage of emails. It is my personal opinion that the spam issue needs addressing, Perhaps appoint a new mod just to sort the spam? :)
Sorry, can't tidy up as I can only hand out one day bans on my fruit based smart phone, and I would so forget to permy them when I got in from work.
Still don't get why it "properly fukks you off" though. They're not really causing much trouble playing in testing lol
He means when they do it in peoples w.i.p's and for sale threads
Sorry, can't tidy up as I can only hand out one day bans on my fruit based smart phone, and I would so forget to permy them when I got in from work.
Still don't get why it "properly fukks you off" though. They're not really causing much trouble playing in testing lol
Yes i mean when i browse through wips to find please play at my casino posts. :)
Which imo are the only ones that need reporting as they are the ones we're likely to miss. The ones in testing are ok. Poor little spambots need love too. lol
Yes i mean when i browse through wips to find please play at my casino posts. :)
You also get teasy about the ones in testing! lol don't make start copy and pasting your reports lol
I'm just a grumpy old git too :p lol
Ones in testing shouldn't be reported, Just ones elsewhere.
Ones in testing shouldn't be reported, Just ones elsewhere.
Would save easily 50 percent of the reports we get and keep Stuart happy ish lol
No, what we're saying is if the spammer has made, say, 10 posts, all you need to do is report one of them. If ten people each report one post, thats 10 emails we get. If those ten people report every post the spammer has made, thats 100 emails. You see our point?
Its possible to configure the registration process to give spambots a hard time, but that requires Kev input. Oh dear lol
Sorry for the late reply on this (been at work 13:30-22:30)
I understood what was said and what it meant, but what I meant is, if the spammer has spammed, say, three different forums and, say, three members are viewing them three forums at the same time and each report the posts withing minutes of each other, then people are going to end up being banned.
I can understand the frustration from staff in having their in-boxes full of "reported post" mails but if, as I said, three people report posts within minutes or seconds (unlikely I know) of each other then people will end up with an unfair ban.
I do have sympathy for the staff having to deal with some of the crap that goes on here (scammers, idiots posting in temp testing, people like me) which may put them in a foul mood then having to deal with petty crap and thinking, **** you, you **** BAN, I'm forgetting what I wanted to say as the Polish beer has just headbutted me but I think I've said what I wanted to.
If not, sorry, long, arduous, crap days in a **** job followed by potent beer is bad for the brain.
So, long and short is.
DON'T report posts in temp testing?
Report posts elsewhere?
Does double posting = ban yet ? Blame the Tyskie :cry:
MattBrown
07-02-11, 12:12 AM
Dont worry about it Matt, its anti-staff weekend, didnt anyone tell you lol
Not at all.
Maybe I came accross as a Cnut, it was kinda annoying though, as I do spend a lot o time with the forum open at my pc, so do have a good view of the spam etc.
Not at all.
Maybe I came accross as a Cnut, it was kinda annoying though, as I do spend a lot o time with the forum open at my pc, so do have a good view of the spam etc.
Ditto that, 3 days a week at work ftl, and even more so now they've canceled ALL the overtime people had in due to a labour overspend :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
So, does png need a mod for 4 days a week including all nights til silly am? lol
Wouldn't it be better if no one reported spam at all ?
And get kev to do the extra registry bit ?
Then no bans are needed ?
I'm on here quite alot and tbh one of the mods/admin are normally on here all the time if not a few hours later, then the spam is cleared
MattBrown
07-02-11, 12:22 AM
Can certain (responsible) members be given the powers to "quarenteen" posts?
Temp remove them, for a mod to look at and decide weather to delete or reput into the thread?
Just give them the power to do that, not loads.
I understood what was said and what it meant, but what I meant is, if the spammer has spammed, say, three different forums and, say, three members are viewing them three forums at the same time and each report the posts withing minutes of each other, then people are going to end up being banned.
Nononono. Three separate people reporting the same thread at the same time (or even at different times), fair enough. What we're saying is, if the spammer has more than one post, one person shouldn't report EVERY post of theirs.
Wouldn't it be better if no one reported spam at all ?
And get kev to do the extra registry bit ?
Then no bans are needed ?
I'm on here quite alot and tbh one of the mods/admin are normally on here all the time if not a few hours later, then the spam is cleared
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Nononono. Three separate people reporting the same thread at the same time (or even at different times), fair enough. What we're saying is, if the spammer has more than one post, one person shouldn't report EVERY post of theirs.
Point taken.
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