Some notes on Spam Control & New Users

[Jemal]

on the subject of Spam, I've noticed a lot of posters in threads that are just copy-pasting a line or two from a post earlier in the same thread in dark text followed by a smiley face.. wutsupwitdat?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Those are spammers.

BTW, Morrus, I was noticing that another site I frequent- GuitarPlayer.com- has a nifty feature: if a post has already been reported, instead of letting the next complainant continue on and file an additional report, they are greeted by the message "This post has already been reported to the moderators." or some such. Then it redirects the would-be reporter back to his or her thread.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Those are spammers.

BTW, Morrus, I was noticing that another site I frequent- GuitarPlayer.com- has a nifty feature: if a post has already been reported, instead of letting the next complainant continue on and file an additional report, they are greeted by the message "This post has already been reported to the moderators." or some such. Then it redirects the would-be reporter back to his or her thread.

that would be nice!

 

[Obryn]

on the subject of Spam, I've noticed a lot of posters in threads that are just copy-pasting a line or two from a post earlier in the same thread in dark text followed by a smiley face.. wutsupwitdat?

The smiley, fwiw, is from a different site.

It may be to harvest data based on how many times the image was accessed.

-O

 

[Scott DeWar]

The smiley, fwiw, is from a different site.

It may be to harvest data based on how many times the image was accessed.

-O

fascinating, like a train wreak

 

[Umbran]

Those are spammers.

BTW, Morrus, I was noticing that another site I frequent- GuitarPlayer.com- has a nifty feature: if a post has already been reported, instead of letting the next complainant continue on and file an additional report, they are greeted by the message "This post has already been reported to the moderators." or some such. Then it redirects the would-be reporter back to his or her thread.

That wold be nifty for spam. It is not so nifty for other reporting. We only need one report of a spam, but we want to know if multiple people have an issue with behavior.

 

[Scott DeWar]

That wold be nifty for spam. It is not so nifty for other reporting. We only need one report of a spam, but we want to know if multiple people have an issue with behavior.

that makes sense - know who the invisible warriors are in the secret war against the dark lords of Spamalia.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That wold be nifty for spam. It is not so nifty for other reporting. We only need one report of a spam, but we want to know if multiple people have an issue with behavior.

Hadn't thought of that.

 

[JamesonCourage]

Maybe a "Spam" button or option once you click on the report triangle? Obviously wouldn't expect it anytime soon, but it might be nice for you guys once everything settles (and we get our visible XP back... ).

 

[Scott DeWar]

Maybe a "Spam" button or option once you click on the report triangle? Obviously wouldn't expect it anytime soon, but it might be nice for you guys once everything settles (and we get our visible XP back... ).

and dice roller.

I like the field for typing things like 'green eggs and SPAM!' or some such like that.