Spam has steadily been getting out of control, please enact some automated Spam control. I know there is an outstanding plugin for Xenforo, it's "Stop Forum Spam".
https://stopforumspam.com/
https://stopforumspam.com/
Manually trying to control Spam is a whack a mole process and not a viable solution, you'll never be able to control it and it eventually spins totally out of control.Yep, it's out of control, Last few weeks 3-4 pages of it practically, before you get to recent posts.
Seems it's hard to find staff on the time of night they sneak in the door.
All those Blue Pill ad's eh?are you guys out of your minds....it is how I do all my christmas shopping...
Agreed, filters need to be in place....but well, that's all up to adminManually trying to control Spam is a whack a mole process and not a viable solution, you'll never be able to control it and it eventually spins totally out of control.
I know you and Jack are usually still on when I log off at 0300. Someone else is on around 0730 when I get to work in the morning.I, the automated Spam controller have been busy with real life stuff the past few weeks.
My inability to stay awake to 7 am has caused a dozen or so spammers to stay on the forum for an extra few hours.
When someone gets on in the morning we get them and I don't think it's really a world ending experience to have spam on the forum for an extra 3 or 4 hours.
We all know what the spam looks like so your best bet would be for you as a forum member to just avoid clicking on it.
We all know what the spam looks like so your best bet would be for you as a forum member to just avoid clicking on it.
Good question, Khassy.I've been clicking to report. Should I not?
PLEASE PLEASE BY ALL MEANS REPORT THE SPAM!I've been clicking to report. Should I not?
I've been clicking to report. Should I not?
As much as I hate seeing spam clutter the threads, I hate the idea of new folks joining the forum having to wait to be approved by an actual human being
That's why an automated system is needed. The Stop Forum Spam plug in checks a black list of known Spammers and blocks them from even registering.I, the automated Spam controller have been busy with real life stuff the past few weeks.
My inability to stay awake to 7 am has caused a dozen or so spammers to stay on the forum for an extra few hours.
When someone gets on in the morning we get them and I don't think it's really a world ending experience to have spam on the forum for an extra 3 or 4 hours.
We all know what the spam looks like so your best bet would be for you as a forum member to just avoid clicking on it.
BTW how can you type with paws?
Seems it's hard to find staff on the time of night they sneak in the door.
...filters need to be in place....but well, that's all up to admin
What gives? Where's a mod when you need one???
Every morning BUZZKILL BUMP Spammers
What gives??
Where's a mod when you need one???
PS: why the fuck most spam posts now blatantly state 'I'm a spammer ban me'... Beats me...
Nice to know I'm not the only non-moderator doing this. I wish more folks helped clean house.I'm reporting a buttload of spam every fucking morning
Nice to know I'm not the only non-moderator doing this. I wish more folks helped clean house.
Ya had one Mr. Tom, Maybe Sharkvape is availableIt just means you are up to early
A mod from a time zone that is 8 hours behind ours would be nice.
Personally after a few months of reporting more than a dozen Spam's a day I just got tired of it. Honestly I'm not even close to being as active on this forum as I used to, large part is due to so much Spam.Nice to know I'm not the only non-moderator doing this. I wish more folks helped clean house.
PS: why the fuck most spam posts now blatantly state 'I'm a spammer ban me'... Beats me...
When the boner pill spammers use certain words they show up as "I am a spammer ban me" instead of the actual word.
That helps....LOL
Talk to Smokie. That was his fix to the problem.
YOU talk to him, aren't you here to help the members of VU??Talk to Smokie. That was his fix to the problem.
Nope, for example the Stop Forum Spam plugin just provides an api so the forum software just does a query to their database of known spammers when they're creating an account. Then if they are on the blacklist it denies the account creation. Additionally "if" one was to get by the Moderator would when removing their account due to Spammer it would be reported to the Stop Forum Spam. What's being reported is the ISP, Network and email address, no privacy issues.Good idea rossco like it saves the relentless manual effort for the mods, freeing them up to ...well moderate the forums and help people
I once replied to a spam thread almost got banned when I was a nooby still didn't know the don't post rule
Although just one thought I'm not IT expert by any means but do the plugins create other security or privacy issues?
You're still playing Whack a Mole, Spam is getting worse and will continue to do so.Spammers get the hammer but if a regular member posts in the spammers thread Moderators know to delete the regular members post before pushing the hammer button. And I can always reinstate a member if they get caught up in the hammer.
Now i get it... But I'm wondering what the VUbot was trying to sell some time ago, when one of its posts contained the infamous sentence
We already have in place a database of known spammers with a black list.Nope, for example the Stop Forum Spam plugin just provides an api so the forum software just does a query to their database of known spammers when they're creating an account. Then if they are on the blacklist it denies the account creation. Additionally "if" one was to get by the Moderator would when removing their account due to Spammer it would be reported to the Stop Forum Spam. What's being reported is the ISP, Network and email address, no privacy issues.
Do you see any spammers on the forum right now
as we speak
We already have in place a database of known spammers with a black list.
ConfirmedVu Bot has a dirty mind from what other members tell me.
I heard he's in to all kinds of wild sex toys.
He also likes Chinese vendors much more than American ones.
Besides VU Bot...NopeDo you see any spammers on the forum right now
as we speak
Vu Bot has a dirty mind from what other members tell me.
I heard he's in to all kinds of wild sex toys.
He also likes Chinese vendors much more than American ones.
Lol I remember some new member reported Vu Bot a few weeks ago
Personally after a few months of reporting more than a dozen Spam's a day I just got tired of it. Honestly I'm not even close to being as active on this forum as I used to, large part is due to so much Spam.
As I've suggested a few times VU needs to be much more proactive with Spam control. There are a ways to do this, one is installing something like the Stop Forum Spam plugin that provides a API that sync's up with their blacklist of known Spammers.
Depending on Mods to manually delete Spam is just playing Whack a Mole and you'll never ever get ahead of this, fact is you'll just get buried further.