Mods - please do something about these spammers!

[plastic penguin]

The forum is swamped with them. They seem to be increasing by the day.

They're a ruddy pest.

 

[simonlewis]

The spammer is being a bit cheeky by trying to promote other forums, cabincrew.com for example.

 

[Andy Clough]

We're on it. We tried reducing the spam filter to its 'normal' setting so fewer people got the 'captcha' verification box when posting, but unfortunately this happened so we'll have to turn it back up to max again. Can't win!

 

[simonlewis]

We're on it!

*good*

 

[MajorFubar]

Many amateur (enthusiast-run) forums need to have all their posts approved by the mods. Is that not possible to implement here as a last line of defence in addition to the captcha and spam filter settings?

 

[Andy Clough]

Given the volume of traffc we get we simply don't have the resources for full manual moderation I'm afraid, and that would lead to even longer delays between users posting and their comments appearing online.

 

[Xanderzdad]

Couldn't you just remove the need for 'captcha' if a user has more than say 50 posts and keep the higher security? Should allow most legit users through.

 

[Anderson]

I believe part of the problem here is that this isn't a small board owned and managed by a dedicated owner. It's managed by IT Services over in corporate headquarters and it's not as easy as 'flick a switch' and it's done. We've all worked with IT you know what they're like lol

Probably need to provide a formal change request that needs to get sent to a manger who doesn't care and even if it does get signed off you need the security team to audit the change. Audit teams always take FOREVER!

 

[simonlewis]

*cray2* Not a good day.

 

[Petherick]

I'm sure the advertisers are thrilled! Since they seem to be the main focus of WHFSV's efforts to 'improve' this website, I really think there's no hope for any of us.

 

[Series1boy]

Home cinema section has been taken over by spammer, have you seen all the posts?

 

[MajorFubar]

Given the volume of traffc we get we simply don't have the resources for full manual moderation I'm afraid, and that would lead to even longer delays between users posting and their comments appearing online.

lol I didn't mean every post forever, that would be impractical as well as damn annoying for all parties. Usually just the first eg five posts. Do you guys not actually use other formus in your 'real lives' outside work and get an understanding of how they usually operate?

 

[tinkywinkydipsylalapo]

Do you guys not actually use other formus in your 'real lives' outside work and get an understanding of how they usually operate?

They don't even use this one that much!

 

[brownz]

I've given up trying to post about a Lehmann Black Cube I bought in the Hifi Section, keeps on telling me I'm a spammer. I like the good black forest schinken, and am a fan of salami, but I've never knowingly touched or passed on any spam in my life !! ;-)

 

[plastic penguin]

Gawd! Persistant, give them that. Why do they bother when its not in English?

Not sure why you guys have so many problems with 'verification'. Touch wood I've never had this issue.

 

[RobinKidderminster]

The REPORT option is not available for first posts - but would a report (from a few forumites) allow for automatically removing the spam? No idea how they get past the verification - is it possible to only give access to new posters after 'human' permission? Annoying but pointless.