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Old 30 Nov 2015, 01:51 PM   #1
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Going down the drain

Recently, there is a lot of spam on these forums, which is to be expected, I guess... there do not seem to be many moderators around either, though there are many on the books - one of them will drop around here soon, hopefully...
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Old 30 Nov 2015, 11:55 PM   #2
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If I could delete threads i would clean up round here Dave.. I love this place and always have.....


Yes alot of sites are dying and its quite sad........

GOOD SITES like this should be valued and not abandoned! (This is mucho better than VB4 or 5)
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 03:08 AM   #3
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I do suggest (as a Christmas present to all) Bamb0 should be granted moderator status!
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 04:20 AM   #4
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When I logged in to EMD this morning, I saw a plethora of pap posted.

Disappointing to say the least, that it was happening again.

Also disappointing that, one of these spammers - givemeabreak - had posted 3 times.

Even MORE disappointing, these posts were VIEWED over 190 times!

Hands up all those, so sad that they HAD to read them?
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 04:26 AM   #5
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Sorry, I opened some of them to report as spam to the moderators. Is that wrong? Is there another way?

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Old 1 Dec 2015, 05:52 AM   #6
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Sorry, I opened some of them to report as spam to the moderators. Is that wrong? Is there another way?
Me too (to report spam).
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 05:52 AM   #7
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Sorry, I opened some of them to report as spam to the moderators. Is that wrong? Is there another way?
Not that I know of.

I suspect that Fred's comments were directed at those who viewed the threads and took no action...

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Old 1 Dec 2015, 07:43 AM   #8
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Sorry, I opened some of them to report as spam to the moderators. Is that wrong? Is there another way?
NO not @ all Fenman... Thank you for the reports.... When A staff member logs in they will take action
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 09:52 AM   #9
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I guess this is what's happening when I am on vacation...

Just came back from a month long trip to Australia and New Zealand (great countries to visit!). I guess besides JeffK and me, very few moderators show up for work...
Anyway, it should be clean now. Please continue reporting posting rules violations. Let's keep in neat and friendly!
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 10:02 AM   #10
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Wow!!!

Welcome home my friend........ I really hope you enjoyed it there
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 06:55 PM   #11
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Just came back from a month long trip to Australia and New Zealand (great countries to visit!). I guess besides JeffK and me, very few moderators show up for work...
Time to recruit new moderators?
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Old 1 Dec 2015, 09:15 PM   #12
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Time to recruit new moderators?
I've heard that one before.

The point I was trying to make earlier, was that the forum is attracting spammers, to get their product/point advertised, and quite a few people looked at those spam posts yesterday.

Successful result for the spammers?
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Old 2 Dec 2015, 12:53 AM   #13
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and quite a few people looked at those spam posts yesterday.
the web crawlers count too


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Time to recruit new moderators?
An alternative solution that does not require add-ons/plugins (EMD admin preference) is to send the first few posts from new members to moderation for approval.
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