Anyone else seeing this?

[DND_Reborn]

 

[bedir than]

It's a spammer. you can report it to speed up its removal or be patient

 

[Dausuul]

If you don't want to wait for the mods to clean it up, ignoring the user will hide the spam threads.

 

[Helldritch]

Thanks for the little trick

 

[DND_Reborn]

Ah, thanks... I never even realized it was the same poster. Duh me, right? LOL!

 

[Azzy]

Probably a parting gift from one of the recently banned sock puppets.

 

[South by Southwest]

Probably a parting gift from one of the recently banned sock puppets.

I suspect that's right. They look more like deliberate defacement attempts than actual spam/phishing behavior.

 

[Lanefan]

I wonder if the source is Canadian - a surprising proportion of the colleges and universities in the "thread" titles are in Canada.

 

[Helldritch]

I wonder if the source is Canadian - a surprising proportion of the colleges and universities in the "thread" titles are in Canada.

Don't you dare speak against us.

 

[beancounter]

I've seen post like this for the past couple of days. I'm surprised it hasn't been dealt with.

 

[Lanefan]

I've seen post like this for the past couple of days. I'm surprised it hasn't been dealt with.

It's like whack-a-mole...or dandelions - get rid of some here, they pop up again over there.

 

[billd91]

They crop up periodically, particularly if you're posting late into the evening in the US (when the UK is long asleep). I think they get posted by spam bots and get cleaned up. It's been going on for years, though the particulars do change a bit from time to time.

 

[Morrus]

I've seen post like this for the past couple of days. I'm surprised it hasn't been dealt with.

Sometimes we sleep.

 

[beancounter]

It's like whack-a-mole...or dandelions - get rid of some here, they pop up again over there.

Years ago, a forum owner once claimed that he had the ability to shut off IP addresses from very specific locations, so even if someone tried to circumvent banning by creating multiple accounts, as long as they came from the same area, the spammer was locked out.

 

[beancounter]

Sometimes we sleep.

Yea, I know. On a forum I was part of years ago, mods were selected from different parts of the world to provide us with as much 24/7 coverage as possible. Also, granting one or two mods "super moderator" status that gives them some owner/admin powers can be helpful in that regard.

 

[Umbran]

Probably a parting gift from one of the recently banned sock puppets.

Nah, just a normal spammer. Spammers outnumber disgruntled former posters like a zillion to one. Do not ascribe to personal vendetta what is adequately explained by impersonal greed.