Please flag the spam !
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Finding an "early morning" do-everything mod would be great... but if there's not one of those around, a spam-stamper or two would be a great improvement on what's happening at the moment. The only way to get rid of the "bots" is to stop them being worthwhile - consistently get the users banned as soon as they start posting.1
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Finding an "early morning" do-everything mod would be great... but if there's not one of those around, a spam-stamper or two would be a great improvement on what's happening at the moment. The only way to get rid of the "bots" is to stop them being worthwhile - consistently get the users banned as soon as they start posting.
For a period of time, we did have a UK and Aussie mod. Unfortunately, due to several reason, they had to leave being a mod. I would hope that we can get other mods from outside the US.0 -
FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.0 -
FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.
I hope your team would consider being flexible on what the mod's duties are (see my previous post). It could be really helpful0 -
FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
Anyone can nominate a moderator. There's a stickie topic for it and you can email staff any time. One problem I ran into is that moderators have a whole slew of time consuming responsibilities, so the users don't necessarily want to do that job. But staff needs the moderators to take on the full moderator roles and responsibilities, and at the time did not seem open to a mod who just does spam swatting. Maybe I misunderstood, or they'll change their minds on this. Or a sneaky stealthy user can join up with the intent of only doing spam
. It needs to be an active member whose awake hours are when they hit hardestFridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.
I had just seen that the announcement, had been closed & thus didn't bother, to click.0 -
Would any of the regulars, that post in this thread & frequently flag the spam, like to be nominated?0
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FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.
Yes, we'd love to have someone in another time zone, as well as US based time zones. Feel free to add yourself or a friend to the sheet for review.0 -
FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.
I hope your team would consider being flexible on what the mod's duties are (see my previous post). It could be really helpful
We aren't paid... its all on our own time. So pretty much unlimited flexibility.0 -
FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.
I hope your team would consider being flexible on what the mod's duties are (see my previous post). It could be really helpful
We aren't paid... its all on our own time. So pretty much unlimited flexibility.
Ah, so they could be a full moderator but really only throw you an assist with spambot killing if they prefer?0 -
FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »Our hyperactive friends are back again. Flagging them, but this approach really isn't working - it needs a moderator around at this time of the day to immediately zap the accounts while they're still posting - make them realise that this is a bad target and move on
I agree! @Nova can you create a nomination, for moderators; solely for this time of day or we should have shift moderator nominations, to ensure that we always have moderators available; no matter the time of day.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10269590/nominate-a-volunteer-moderator#latest
There is where a person could volunteer to be a moderator. We generally are always looking for mods since there will always be turn over. In fact, the mods have a running thread to figure out who we want to bring on board.
I hope your team would consider being flexible on what the mod's duties are (see my previous post). It could be really helpful
We aren't paid... its all on our own time. So pretty much unlimited flexibility.
Ah, so they could be a full moderator but really only throw you an assist with spambot killing if they prefer?
They would have full modding powers. So they could do all modding activities including cleaning spam.0 -
@psulemon are we allowed to nominate mods by tagging people to this thread? I have a few ideas
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zoeysasha37 wrote: »@psulemon are we allowed to nominate mods by tagging people to this thread? I have a few ideas
I am thinking no because I believe they have to nominate themselves, but you can PM me.0 -
zoeysasha37 wrote: »@psulemon are we allowed to nominate mods by tagging people to this thread? I have a few ideas
I am thinking no because I believe they have to nominate themselves, but you can PM me.
Darn
I have a list 0 -
zoeysasha37 wrote: »zoeysasha37 wrote: »@psulemon are we allowed to nominate mods by tagging people to this thread? I have a few ideas
I am thinking no because I believe they have to nominate themselves, but you can PM me.
Darn I have a list
If you follow the Nominate a Volunteer Mod link, it sounds like you can nominate anyone.0 -
zoeysasha37 wrote: »zoeysasha37 wrote: »@psulemon are we allowed to nominate mods by tagging people to this thread? I have a few ideas
I am thinking no because I believe they have to nominate themselves, but you can PM me.
Darn I have a list
If you follow the Nominate a Volunteer Mod link, it sounds like you can nominate anyone.
This is what I get for not reading the thread. It does look like you can nominate people.
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Lots of W119.me spam hitting the boards right now.0
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@psulemon, @kgeyser, @JustSomeEm, @darkon, @Nova
W119 Spam Asian ;
Posted by plus001 I hope they will kill his profile.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10411498/일본경마사이트-w119-me-경정예상지#latest
Posted by faiqiwgw. I hope they will kill his profile.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10411490/일본경마사이트-w119-me-경마사이트#latest
Posted by huhujanan
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10411491/에이스경마예상지-t119-me-일본경마#latest
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They're really going for it today - more IDs, on earlier, and still posting. So far, user IDs palay001, hahwjaj, manisasin, fqjqjabava, plus001, faiqiwgw
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I just spent about half an hour adding my flags to all those I saw. It's too bad we can't search for posts by usernames. That would make flagging much faster.1
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sugaraddict4321 wrote: »I just spent about half an hour adding my flags to all those I saw. It's too bad we can't search for posts by usernames. That would make flagging much faster.
This is the link I've always used: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/search?author=
Then add the username at the end of the link. Example
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/search?author=sugaraddict4321
It's actually faster on my phone than searching because I created a keyboard shortcut for it...1 -
Fab! Thanks JaneiR36!
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I find it easiest to just use the Recent Discussions view - takes 2 or 3 minutes to flag 20+ spam threads each morning1
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I find it easiest to just use the Recent Discussions view - takes 2 or 3 minutes to flag 20+ spam threads each morning
Agreed! I use that method to browse posts normally, so when there's a bunch of spam I just keep going to page three of Recents or thereabouts. But if someone posts here saying CaptainSpamALot is up and about, then I try to just find posts by that user, too. I used to quickly switch back and forth between "followed categories" and "all categories" to flag spam, but last I checked, vanilla broke that and both views will only show sub forums I'm following. So if a spammer is in the Recipes or Gaining weight section, I wouldn't see those spam messages in my "Recents" view without further action of some sort.1 -
I noticed 1 night, possibly last night; there wasn't spam. Then I noticed that Nova, posted something; at approximately 1:00 A.M. So I figure that's why, possibly Nova's been given; a night shift.0
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@psulemon, @kgeyser, @JustSomeEm, @darkon, @Nova
Wish there was someone on night shift right now. Our T119 Spam Gang is back in force.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412381 by kaduhung multiple posts
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412380 by jajgmgdmgtg multiple posts
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412378 by wanian001 multiple posts
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412377 by cathicleod Spam Advertising
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412375 by jajgmgdmgtg multiple posts
My personal viewpoint is that all of these are actually one user with multiple accounts and they jump from one account to the next to get past the Maximum # posts/minute rule that MFP has. For me the give away is the time on each posting is offset from the other similar posts.1 -
Yes Jane! You Can have these! I just saw you pop on Nice Job Girl! 
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412381 1 flag needed
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412380 1 flag needed
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412378
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412375 1 flag needed
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10412377 1 flag needed
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/104123931 flag needed0 -
@Hearts_2015 , my understanding is that first link is still a spam bot that generated a post containing meaningless gobbledegook, and therefore spam flagging is very okay. The post still needs to be auto deleted and the account banned. I think the "advertising" that should be reported is actually a legit account, possibly a long standing account with decent posting history where the user has created an inappropriate link to an external site that could be considered advertising for personal gain. They wouldn't want to delete a legit account so that shouldn't make it to the spam account chopping block1
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@Hearts_2015 , my understanding is that first link is still a spam bot that generated a post containing meaningless gobbledegook, and therefore spam flagging is very okay. The post still needs to be auto deleted and the account banned. I think the "advertising" that should be reported is actually a legit account, possibly a long standing account with decent posting history where the user has created an inappropriate link to an external site that could be considered advertising for personal gain. They wouldn't want to delete a legit account so that shouldn't make it to the spam account chopping block
OK, I'll go with that, I flagged it and it only needs one more. For a bit there I was getting a number of reminder PM's for flagging those type inappropriately so I'm probably just being overly cautious now. lol0
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