Spammers!

stickywicket
stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
edited 12. Nov 2012, 08:15 in Living with Arthritis archive
Can someone please get a grip on them. There are currently 16 spam threads on LWA alone and it edges out all the people wih genuine concerns.
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I completely agree with that Sticky. That was a real spate of spam this morning, wasn't it? Someone has reported them, thank you whoever you are, but this amount is unprecedented. Tighten some computery screws AC, please. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • marrianne
    marrianne Member Posts: 1,161
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well said Sticky and DD ,i have been away due to poorly ,couldnt believe what was on a/c this morning ,I was nearly tempted to look at the ugg boots in me sleepy state ,Marrianne :)
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Make that 17 as I've just discovered another on 'Acceptance'. Plus Barry Victor, yesterday's spammer extraordinaire is still with us.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    18 now.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Morning all
    Yep it was ridiculous this morning.....I reported 13 of them {I think} :lol:
    Hadnt had my first cup of coffee :lol:
    Havent seen Barry this morning....reported him a couple of times yesterday :roll: Of course he sticks his on to the end of a thread doesnt he.....I only checked the unanswered posts.
    Love
    Hileena
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I think they're gone - thank you mods. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Yes thanks to the mods......they seem to have gone now....until tomorrow :lol:

    Love
    Hileena
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I messaged the moderators regarding the spams that where popping up, some where obvious others where not so! They are so evil to think they can mess about on AC forum and try and ruin a good thing, but we are on to them now and we're going to P**S on their Party!!! :x
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks, Mods.

    Thanks also Hileena who clearly got to most of them before I did.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Sticky
    Had a bad night last night so was on a bit sharper this morning :wink:
    Do you ever wonder who reports them....somtimes I'm going down and meet someone coming up {or the other way round lol} I do know some but I'm sure there are a lot more
    Love
    Hileena
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 3,635
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    Tighten some computery screws AC, please. DD

    Hello to our lovely members! so sorry your enjoyment of the Forum is being marred by the invasion of spambots. :oops: :(

    We Mods are aware of the unprecedented numbers of spammers... and Ban them just as soon as we come online. :roll: with or without them being reported...

    We have also raised the issue of increased spammers with our webmanager and asked that jamkit do something to block them registering :!:

    We hope that you understand and appreciate that we Mods are doing all we can.....the Forum is as precious to us as it is to you.

    ModeratorIA
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm glad that today's crop of spam mushrooms ( :shock: )has been dealt with - now it's BarryVictor's turn! :wink: DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Moderator wrote:
    We hope that you understand and appreciate that we Mods are doing all we can.....the Forum is as precious to us as it is to you.

    ModeratorIA

    We certainly do and your efforts are much appreciated.

    I can't help but feel a lot of these could be tackled at source by the webpeople.

    As an example, do we really need URLs? Most can be circumnavigated - ie 'Daily Tripe article on How Three Sultanas a Day Cured my Arthritis' doesn't need a URL. Anyone gullible enough to be interested can just google it. Or the poster could invite anyone interested to PM them for the URL. If no URLs were permitted, and this was stated VERY CLEARLY in the application section, most spammers would realise they were wasting their own time, which is clearly more precious to them than ours.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Cor. You'm roight clever, Sticky. Surely that would help towards solving this problem? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That could cure it....we hope!!!
    If jamkit stops them registering surely they'll just use other names to register and so on....I know they do that in the groups I've had....ban them and back they come with a new name :roll:

    Love
    Hileena
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I've just read my own last post and realised I might not have expressed that well :oops:

    What I was hoping for is that, on the forums themselves, it would be impossible to put up a URL because they would automatically be deleted at source/wouldn't 'take'/whatever. Or, maybe only the Helplines would have an 'enabling' key for them? (I write as a 'techie virgin' with no knowledge of how these things can/can't operate.)
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright

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