SPAM?????

[bsshog40]

It seems we have been getting a lot of spam threads lately. I wonder if NGC has been checking in to this?

[newprepper]

I wonder if they get any business from it

[cpm9ball]

I would think that the mods could be able to delete the thread if nobody posted to it. Even if one person posts "SPAM!", the thread remains there and the spammer has achieved at least one goal.

 

I know there are other sites that delete this crud even if someone has posted to it. Why can't the mods, here, do this?

 

Chris

[coinman_23885]

I would think that the mods could be able to delete the thread if nobody posted to it. Even if one person posts "SPAM!", the thread remains there and the spammer has achieved at least one goal.

 

I know there are other sites that delete this crud even if someone has posted to it. Why can't the mods, here, do this?

 

Chris

 

NGC usually does.

[Conder101]

They do delete them even after posts are made to them, Usually I see them appear early Sat and/or Sun morning, apparently when there are few or no moderators online. They usually disappear by early Mon morning. This week there have been some appearing at other times.

 

The problem with posting to those threads it it keeps them up at the top of the page where they have to chance to keep exposing more people to the spam. If you just hit notify at the bottom of the post to notify the moderator andv don't post to the thread. It will rapidly drop down and off the front page.

 

So by posting to the thread all you are doing is helping the spammer.

[johnny9434]

i used to get that ATS but rarely do anymore. i guess they took care of it. they should here as well. jmo

[bsshog40]

They do delete them even after posts are made to them, Usually I see them appear early Sat and/or Sun morning, apparently when there are few or no moderators online. They usually disappear by early Mon morning. This week there have been some appearing at other times.

 

The problem with posting to those threads it it keeps them up at the top of the page where they have to chance to keep exposing more people to the spam. If you just hit notify at the bottom of the post to notify the moderator andv don't post to the thread. It will rapidly drop down and off the front page.

 

So by posting to the thread all you are doing is helping the spammer.

I keep forgetting about that button. I never had a reason to use it.

[newprepper]

They use that button a lot in "the water cooler" and not for spam. Call it "humping the button" haha

[cpm9ball]

They do delete them even after posts are made to them, Usually I see them appear early Sat and/or Sun morning, apparently when there are few or no moderators online. They usually disappear by early Mon morning. This week there have been some appearing at other times.

 

The problem with posting to those threads it it keeps them up at the top of the page where they have to chance to keep exposing more people to the spam. If you just hit notify at the bottom of the post to notify the moderator andv don't post to the thread. It will rapidly drop down and off the front page.

 

So by posting to the thread all you are doing is helping the spammer.

 

I keep forgetting about that button. I never had a reason to use it.

 

I've come to that conclusion, Bobby. You always post to the spam threads.

 

Chris

[bsshog40]

[Nutmeg Coin]

Too bad it is so hard to fight back against the spammers, they never stop.

 

[wygold]

so that's what that button is for. glad to know for future spammers?