need spam cleanup

**EricNoah** · 4th September 2008, 10:54 PM

Couldn't tell if report-a-post is working (timing out) but we need some immediate spam cleanup in Off Topic. Thanks!

**Plane Sailing** · 5th September 2008, 09:54 AM

I think someones done the cleaning

**EricNoah** · 6th September 2008, 01:20 PM

Thanks. There's a new one, however; and again the reporting function timed out on me.

**Adlon** · 6th September 2008, 01:47 PM

Working on the timeouts....

**EricNoah** · 6th September 2008, 09:08 PM

And yet two more in Off Topic.

**EricNoah** · 7th September 2008, 12:56 PM

And another in the Computers/Software forum.

**Adlon** · 7th September 2008, 01:04 PM

Eric, I got the 3 you mentioned...

I'm really loathe to do any moderation, as it's not in my scope, but, that porn one couldn't stay another 10 seconds.

**EricNoah** · 7th September 2008, 01:30 PM

Agreed.

I wonder if there might need to be another level of "moderator" -- not to stop fights, etc, but just a "spam cleanup crew" that can do "soft deletes" in the most spammed forums (like Off Topic)... There are lots of high-post community members who might be willing to take out the trash...

And/or ... maybe there is a technial way to limit brand new members (0 posts) to at least not being able to include pictures and/or links in their earliest posts...

**Adlon** · 7th September 2008, 01:36 PM

I emailed Russ. I really don't want to moderate, but I did. Those porn pics were like all that.....had to go now.

I killed the ad spam block posts as well.....

I THINK they are either testing or now have a method to slow down the registration process, where a registrant must answer a question, or one of those control image thingy's... I'm not sure.....

I DO believe Russ won't shoot me tho....for the thread deletion.....