Please flag the spam !
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yarwell
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The new forums have features to limit spam, like rate of posting restrictions. However to keep the boards easy to access there are no restrictions on signing up and posting, so we still get spam here.
We can now flag the posts and have them disappear if 5 people mark them as spam, so as well as shouting at the screen when you read a spam post please take the time to mark it as spam using the "Flag" feature which appears bottom left of the post :
We can now flag the posts and have them disappear if 5 people mark them as spam, so as well as shouting at the screen when you read a spam post please take the time to mark it as spam using the "Flag" feature which appears bottom left of the post :
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I've been doing! It's actually quite gratifying to be the fifth flagger...**CLUNK**!!! I'd say my main issue now is that it seems I'm doing more work to get the spam out. Before you just reported one or two max and when a mod showed up they'd do all the work removing the spam. Now that it's in our control (as well) I feel obliged to click into each of them just to mark them spam, and like you, hope that four others do as well rather quickly.2
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so 5 wacks and they're gone?3
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »so 5 wacks and they're gone?
Yep! Gone forever!
Haha yeah. Zero replies, no profile pic, strange title
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »so 5 wacks and they're gone?
they go for review by a moderator I think, to avoid people using it incorrectly to get rid of something they disagree with.
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yes I hope they are reviewed by a mod before disappearing forever - was in a thread about milk this morning and some posters, including me, wrote what I thought were very reasonable points about human breast milk - and somebody flagged them as reports.
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Not sure whether the reporter just disagreed with the posts or thought the word breast was inapproriate or the topic was taboo or what???
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Wonderful news. I'll contribute too.1
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I have been the 5th flagger on about 9 posts already............what do I win?7
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With any luck if people abuse this than they will get "In trouble" ie warned etc.
ETA: just used it for the first time...on 3 posts...that was great esp as i was #5 on one of them...bam...gone0 -
They give people the opening to flag posts like they were doing in that thread, for gifs that were fine. Giving the sensitive people the opportunity to pile on other and flag all the posts. But yet there is still nothing to to help stop the spread of endless dribble that some people put out there day in and day out.paperpudding wrote: »yes I hope they are reviewed by a mod before disappearing forever - was in a thread about milk this morning and some posters, including me, wrote what I thought were very reasonable points about human breast milk - and somebody flagged them as reports.
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Not sure whether the reporter just disagreed with the posts or thought the word breast was inapproriate or the topic was taboo or what???
I wish the system would also log the names of those sorry souls.
If flagging something just because you disagree with it is possible, then there should be rules in place that kick you out of the forums permanently for being too sensitive to be fit to participate with the rest of us; flag because of butthurt enough times and you lose forum privileges.
There's just no limit to how butthurt some people can be, is there...5 -
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Please don't comment on the spam threads so that it's easier to spot them (0 replies).3
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In theory it would be nice but then at some point it's pretty much subjective as to if a person is to sensitive. I guess if track record starts to show that a member is just constantly flagging posts because they don't agree with what's said or because someone disagrees with something they said, then the moderators could question that member or warn them but that seems like it's more work for them and isn't very likely.
They give people the opening to flag posts like they were doing in that thread, for gifs that were fine. Giving the sensitive people the opportunity to pile on other and flag all the posts. But yet there is still nothing to to help stop the spread of endless dribble that some people put out there day in and day out.paperpudding wrote: »yes I hope they are reviewed by a mod before disappearing forever - was in a thread about milk this morning and some posters, including me, wrote what I thought were very reasonable points about human breast milk - and somebody flagged them as reports.
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Not sure whether the reporter just disagreed with the posts or thought the word breast was inapproriate or the topic was taboo or what???
I wish the system would also log the names of those sorry souls.
If flagging something just because you disagree with it is possible, then there should be rules in place that kick you out of the forums permanently for being too sensitive to be fit to participate with the rest of us; flag because of butthurt enough times and you lose forum privileges.
There's just no limit to how butthurt some people can be, is there...
The problem I see is that the people who have been around for some time or share factual advice aren't likely to be the ones hitting the flag button because they disagree with someone. They would probably engage the debate. It's the other side that would be quick to the button.
Agree with that of course. I just have a problem with the fact that spam and differing opinions now are in the same boat of sort. There are mods for a reason and currently it seems like users can act as mods.2 -
It still takes five flags to move the post out for moderation. The post would have to be decidedly unpopular I think for that many unique users to flag it. One person having a stick up their butt hopefully won't have that much of an impact2
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It still takes five flags to move the post out for moderation. The post would have to be decidedly unpopular I think for that many unique users to flag it. One person having a stick up their butt hopefully won't have that much of an impact
Thanks for this. It wasn't clear to me whether something got permanently deleted or merely put out of sight.0 -
Felt like this could use a bump today.1
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You would think all the trigger happy flaggers would take the opportunity to flag all the spam.3
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Lasmartchika wrote: »You would think all the trigger happy flaggers would take the opportunity to flag all the spam.
Ya, go figure
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Lasmartchika wrote: »You would think all the trigger happy flaggers would take the opportunity to flag all the spam.
They are the new trolls, they never meant to be helpful.
I did not know the five flag rule (and I am a little scared of it due to the trigger happy flaggers), so I usually ignore the obvious spam titles, but will now help clear them.
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frickin' stupid system - but I still do it
seriously it's not difficult to put spam blockers in place *bangs head against brick wall*0 -
We should be able to flag spammer's profile, I must have flagged 5 posts from the same person just now.2
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sheepotato wrote: »We should be able to flag spammer's profile, I must have flagged 5 posts from the same person just now.
I was wondering if flagging the spam in anyway helped identify the spammers? How the F did they get that many posts in so fast, anyway?!?!
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concordancia wrote: »sheepotato wrote: »We should be able to flag spammer's profile, I must have flagged 5 posts from the same person just now.
I was wondering if flagging the spam in anyway helped identify the spammers? How the F did they get that many posts in so fast, anyway?!?!
Auto bots? They sure are persistent tonight, and hitting a variety of boards not just one.
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As someone else said, I love being the 5th one and watching it disappear into the ethos. So gratifying.2
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