When SPAM attacks!!

LessHeavyVeggie
LessHeavyVeggie Posts: 208 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
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Waah so much spam this morning! I just had to take a screenshot and post it! This is page 1 of this forum. The ones I've made darker are genuine posts, all the rest are spam (yes I've reported them all).

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I like to browse the forums and usually refresh the page every so often to see the recent posts, but everytime I refreshed more of the page filled with spam! It seemed like a joke at first! :laugh:
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  • shereenajc
    shereenajc Posts: 25
    Wow, I saw that too! Crazy!
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    wait, what...? you don't want a black magic solution to your love marriage problems?? I'm.... I'm.... speechless.

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  • LessHeavyVeggie
    LessHeavyVeggie Posts: 208 Member
    wait, what...? you don't want a black magic solution to your love marriage problems?? I'm.... I'm.... speechless.

    Hold on, just jotting down a phone number from another post... :embarassed:
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    Reporting the spam has become my morning workout. I need to remember to stretch out my "Report Post" finger so I don't pull a muscle.

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  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    Dang it. My pic is too big and I don't know how to fix it. :grumble:
  • LessHeavyVeggie
    LessHeavyVeggie Posts: 208 Member
    Dang it. My pic is too big and I don't know how to fix it. :grumble:

    I think you have to resize on photobucket or wherever your photo is.

    (So nearly pressed report post by accident instead of quote because I've gotten so used to reporting today!)
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    wait, what...? you don't want a black magic solution to your love marriage problems?? I'm.... I'm.... speechless.

    Rachel_shocked.gif

    I'm sad, because SOMEONE here must be giving them money, hence giving them incentive to continually post.

    Seriously, STOP giving them money, people, and they'll go away. Either that, or they are very stupid wasting their time, are bad business people, and their children are going hungry. Please, someone! Think of the children, give these people some money to feed those starving babies!
  • ChocoOne
    ChocoOne Posts: 4 Member
    wait, what...? you don't want a black magic solution to your love marriage problems?? I'm.... I'm.... speechless.

    Rachel_shocked.gif

    That's funny!!! Black magic for love...who comes up with this stuff!!!
  • iron_jj
    iron_jj Posts: 446 Member
    Dude's ****ing annoying. Nuff said.
  • mybeesknees
    mybeesknees Posts: 633
    wait, what...? you don't want a black magic solution to your love marriage problems?? I'm.... I'm.... speechless.

    Rachel_shocked.gif

    I'm sad, because SOMEONE here must be giving them money, hence giving them incentive to continually post.

    Seriously, STOP giving them money, people, and they'll go away. Either that, or they are very stupid wasting their time, are bad business people, and their children are going hungry. Please, someone! Think of the children, give these people some money to feed those starving babies!

    I want to yell, "JUST SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"
  • LessHeavyVeggie
    LessHeavyVeggie Posts: 208 Member
    Just found this... seems appropriate.

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  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    spam-636x310.png

    This is all i can imagine when reading
    When SPAM attacks
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    Dang it. My pic is too big and I don't know how to fix it. :grumble:

    I think you have to resize on photobucket or wherever your photo is.

    (So nearly pressed report post by accident instead of quote because I've gotten so used to reporting today!)

    HA! I do that sometimes when I want to reply to someone -- why is that option right by the "Quote" option?

    I grabbed the pic off some random website. Maybe I need to start a tumblr or something with all the gifs/pics I like. Wait. That would be admitting I have an MFP forum problem...
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    In for some Monty Python...
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    Oh... wait... I mean... love problem black magic solution!
  • LessHeavyVeggie
    LessHeavyVeggie Posts: 208 Member
    I grabbed the pic off some random website. Maybe I need to start a tumblr or something with all the gifs/pics I like. Wait. That would be admitting I have an MFP forum problem...

    I actually opened a photobucket account just to post this screenshot! :ohwell:

    ETA: Looks like the forum's been cleaned up already. Those moderators are quick!
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I found the one about getting poop on my teeth rather amusing. This happens throughout the night. Every night, from what I've seen. Spam-bots?
  • ihad
    ihad Posts: 7,463 Member
    Dang it. My pic is too big and I don't know how to fix it. :grumble:

    Here you go!

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  • LucasEVille
    LucasEVille Posts: 567 Member
    I'm sad, because SOMEONE here must be giving them money, hence giving them incentive to continually post.

    Seriously, STOP giving them money, people, and they'll go away. Either that, or they are very stupid wasting their time, are bad business people, and their children are going hungry. Please, someone! Think of the children, give these people some money to feed those starving babies!

    Its usually an automated sign up macro running.... I don't remember MFP having captcha or another anti bot registration feature.
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    I found the one about getting poop on my teeth rather amusing. This happens throughout the night. Every night, from what I've seen. Spam-bots?

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat???!!!


    Also, yes, the mods here are amazing.

    Also, also, thank you ihad, I still haven't figured out how to resize. I'll work on that so I don't derp so hard in the future.
  • George_Baileys_Ghost
    George_Baileys_Ghost Posts: 1,524 Member
    LEAVE BABA JI ALONE!
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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I found the one about getting poop on my teeth rather amusing. This happens throughout the night. Every night, from what I've seen. Spam-bots?

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat???!!!


    Also, yes, the mods here are amazing.

    Also, also, thank you ihad, I still haven't figured out how to resize. I'll work on that so I don't derp so hard in the future.

    The bots do not english well. But yes, the mods rock at cleanup. To the mods :drinker:
  • RHachicho
    RHachicho Posts: 1,115 Member
    Lol yeah I was like ... black magic ... srsly? well ... that's new.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    I'm sad, because SOMEONE here must be giving them money, hence giving them incentive to continually post.

    Seriously, STOP giving them money, people, and they'll go away. Either that, or they are very stupid wasting their time, are bad business people, and their children are going hungry. Please, someone! Think of the children, give these people some money to feed those starving babies!

    Its usually an automated sign up macro running.... I don't remember MFP having captcha or another anti bot registration feature.

    Yep they need something like that. Yeah the mods may be great and all but that particular task of cleaning the daily spam shouldn't exist to the extent it does. Reading at night is a truly poor quality experience and can be the only time i have to catch up during a busy week. Plus since there's participants from around the globe, it must truly suck for those whose primary viewing time coincides with spam time
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member

    ETA: Looks like the forum's been cleaned up already. Those moderators are quick!

    Aaaaand they're back!
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    I freakin jinxed it
  • oneoddsock
    oneoddsock Posts: 321 Member
    True. Reading in the morning (UK time) is pretty annoying because of all the spam flying around, but it coincides with my morning procrastination period.

    Various threads have discussed this, and quite a few international MFPers have offered to act as mods (or some kind of mod-like role with powers to remove spam threads) but unfortunately no response from the powers that be. Ho hum.
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    Is this something that could be fixed (mostly) by adding a captcha thingy to the sign up process?
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    The spam corresponds with my afternoon/evening.

    Yes the mods do a great job and I agree with the person who said they shouldn't have to clean up as much spam as they do, MFP needs to beef up its access protocols.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    This has been going on for over a year know but it has really gotten bad in the last 6 months or so. Back in April in another thread about it, Olivia said that they would be implementing new procedures for dealing with spam in a few weeks. Nearly 3 months later, no sign of anything being done about it.

    It's pretty annoying for those of us not in the US who are the main group using the forums while all the spam is being posted. :grumble:
  • civilizedworm
    civilizedworm Posts: 796 Member
    I just sent the spammer a message...

    "Just so you know... I practice a very dark, dark magic. It's origins are mysterious and powerful. Fact is, I am working up the spells now because you keep spamming these boards. The curse may not come instantly, but the effects will be known to you soon enough.

    Beware the shadows that you can not see and the sounds that you can not hear.

    There are no spells you can cast to protect yourself. My spells turn your spells back against you negatively. Your magic is ineffective against mine.

    You've brought this on yourself. "

    Who knows, if the spammer ardently believes this crap, maybe it will scare him.

    Or I just had fun writing it.

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