Please flag the spam !

usmcmp

@juliet3455 I am no longer a moderator, sorry I can't help you with this.

juliet3455

@usmcmp Sorry I just copied one of my previous posts - I will cut you. I am guessing that you got tired of the limited action from MFP tech support?

35dollars

@juliet3455

That gets me to their profile, but then what? If the profile had a "report spammer" button or link that would be great (though possibly open to abuse), but I don't see anything there that would help.

I still feel that the better option would be an automatic temporary ban and refer to moderation on having multiple posts flagged

juliet3455

@35dollars
I agree it would be a better option - unfortunately they have not built that into the system so we have to deal with what limited tools we have available. Copy and paste - not the best.

35dollars

Back again today
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10407062/사설경마이트-사설경마사이트사-t119-me-일본경마사이트#latest

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10407061/에이스경마-w119-me-온라인경륜#latest

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10407060/인터넷경마사이트-t119-me-경정예상지#latest

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10407058/마권판매사이트-w119-me-토요경마#latest

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10407054/토요경마-일요경마-w119-me-온라인경륜#latest

MelodyandBarbells

^^^ surprised the top one was still there after so many hours. They're all gone now

35dollars

119.me crowd out in force again this morning

sugaraddict4321

@psulemon, @kgeyser, @JustSomeEm, @darkon, @Nova

More mass spamming by these users:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/usercard/1005010815
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/usercard/1005010835
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/usercard/1005010883
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/usercard/1005010970

juliet3455

After reading through a post today on the use of Flag ( Spam, Abuse, Report) I now just use the Report feature for the Spam Bots ( ie Asian W119/T119 ) as this gets to the moderators/MFP staff without 5 Flags and they seem to react pretty fast.

35dollars

Whatever system is being used, it just isn't working - the boards are getting inundated with spam every morning.

There really needs to be an active moderator working late Asia/early Europe hours for a while to nuke these messages as soon as they appear - might discourage the bots if the posts disappear and accounts get blocked within a few minutes

Hearts_2015

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Getting Started section could use some flaggers just an FYI

You too can have you very own smiley like the one above from the spammer too!
I didn't ask...I just stole one.
:laugh:

35dollars

They're back in force again this morning. I've flagged 20+ threads already.

On the plus side, just how satisfying is it to be the 5th flagger and collapse the thread!

Hearts_2015

35dollars wrote: »

They're back in force again this morning. I've flagged 20+ threads already.

On the plus side, just how satisfying is it to be the 5th flagger and collapse the thread! :)

It feels pretty dang awesome to be the 5th flagger!!! @35dollars ...makes me feel powerful to delete that spammers thread!

MissusMoon

Hearts_2015 wrote: »

35dollars wrote: »

They're back in force again this morning. I've flagged 20+ threads already.

On the plus side, just how satisfying is it to be the 5th flagger and collapse the thread! :)

It feels pretty dang awesome to be the 5th flagger!!! @35dollars ...makes me feel powerful to delete that spammers thread!

I'm with ya. There is something very satisfying about watching that thread collapse.

35dollars

Tiresome 119.me folk are back again - 7 so far this morning, posted in the last few minutes

35dollars

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

DeficitDuchess

35dollars 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.

tiptoethruthetulips

European staff members will be on shift soon, it was arranged that they would keep an eye on the spam, not sure how well it is working though.

I am in Australia (early evening now), it really needs a moderator or staff member with member blocking rights for this time of the day.

MelodyandBarbells

FridayApril01st2016 wrote: »

35dollars 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 hardest