Lets team together and report the spam

FindingAmy77

I love going on these forums but lately a few people have joined mfp specificly to spam the forums with their posts. I keep reporting them but they keep popping up. I am hoping if everyone reports them then the mediators will listen. :flowerforyou: Please report spam

janeinspain

Agreed!
Amazing weight-loss, by the way! Congratulations!!

yarwell

I do report it but the response time is appalling. I think this is because the spammers are in India and the deleters are in the USA so there's several hours delay.

There are technical solutions to this - any post flagged as spam could be rendered invisible until adjudicated or newly signed members could have thier first 5 posts passed through a moderator.

Alternatively MFP could get some European or Asian moderators on board for this task.

Alatariel75

They're automatic bots which join and spam. They aren't real people. The forum is old programming and lacks the requisite security functions on sign up to stop them. They need to upgrade the boards before it will stop.

nutmegoreo

They're automatic bots which join and spam. They aren't real people. The forum is old programming and lacks the requisite security functions on sign up to stop them. They need to upgrade the boards before it will stop.

Yes, and the moderators do a pretty good job of cleaning it up when it happens. Yes it takes them time, but when the boards are spammed to the extent which occurs, it is going to be a time consuming process. It also depends in part on who's on and available to clean it up.

Alatariel75

They're automatic bots which join and spam. They aren't real people. The forum is old programming and lacks the requisite security functions on sign up to stop them. They need to upgrade the boards before it will stop.

Yes, and the moderators do a pretty good job of cleaning it up when it happens. Yes it takes them time, but when the boards are spammed to the extent which occurs, it is going to be a time consuming process. It also depends in part on who's on and available to clean it up.

Exactly, they do a really good job of staying on top of it.

yarwell

Exactly, they do a really good job of staying on top of it.

I guess you're in the same time zone as them. They are really slow at removing it, as in hours.

SunofaBeach14

We're all in this together. You can do it!

CindyB97

I think the moderators are doing the best they can. I'm sure it only takes one of us to report it before it gets their attention, and like some have said there may be a time zone difference.

Have you ever read the crap they posted? Complete gibberish. Does anyone really fall for it and click on their links, enough to make it worthwhile for them to continue posting it? If so, it's astounding to me that anyone can be that foolish. Some of the phrasing in those posts makes me laugh. :-)

Snip8241

I am in. I will report as soon as I see it. I am in Maryland.

rollng_thundr

Incorporating some type of "captcha" programming would probably add time to posting messages.. but necessary? I just don't understand the need to sign up for an account, then spam the *kitten* out of us about some "divorce psychic guru"... please... smart people know that stuff doesn't work!

delicious_cocktail

Personally, in support of ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit, I support the spammers. For every spam post your team reports, I will not report two.

Cranquistador

SonicDeathMonkey80

Derp_Diggler

Spambots are people too you know!


I hope one of these spambots starts a "Why is everyone so mean" thread.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

In

For tag teaming.

AmyP619

What's so wrong with Spam?

Cranquistador

Spambots are people too you know!

jkal1979

At least the spambots aren't BB Coaches.

George_Baileys_Ghost

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we have friend...

Derpes

On behalf of all robots, I am shocked and disgusted by the spam robot SHAMING that is taking place in this thread...you people should be.......ashamed of yourselves!

George_Baileys_Ghost

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aedreana

I was tricked into clicking on a spam here only once; the title appeared to belong to a normal thread. It wasn't till I saw it that knew it was a spam! I personally would prefer the boards junked up with spam than junk where people ask for "advice" on widely-accepted as-unsafe dieting practices, or when people ask really really REALLY stupid questions like, "I hate to eat/drink _____(fill in the blank); how can I learn to like it?", and yet people feed into these threads and they roll for pages and pages and pages....

baba_helly

What did the babas ever do to you? Reported for being unsupportive.

k1ttyk1tty

I think the moderators are doing the best they can. I'm sure it only takes one of us to report it before it gets their attention, and like some have said there may be a time zone difference.

Have you ever read the crap they posted? Complete gibberish. Does anyone really fall for it and click on their links, enough to make it worthwhile for them to continue posting it? If so, it's astounding to me that anyone can be that foolish. Some of the phrasing in those posts makes me laugh. :-)

Butbutbutbutbutbut
Sometimes I need a love spell or potion.
Or a divorce specialist when the spells/potions work too well.
:laugh:

3dogsrunning

What did the babas ever do to you? Reported for being unsupportive.

:laugh:

I saw your name as the last poster in a thread I am in and thought for a second it was a spammer until I opened it.