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I retract my previous opinion.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 09:49 AM
We need to put the time before new members can post back. I don't know how long it needs to be to keep these spammers away, but if possible maybe just 5-10 minutes, and possibly give new members a message letting them know why they can't post.

This problem is either a lot worse than I thought it was or it's getting a lot worse. This is nuts how much spam we're getting. Looking through the new posts is getting to be like sorting through all of the crap in my e-mail.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 10:07 AM in reply to !King_Amazon!'s post "I retract my previous opinion."
Talking about e-mails, I wonder if it's possible to put a Spam filter on the forums... something that takes into account the time the poster has been a member, and then scans the new thread they have posted for key things, such as medical drugs, porn sites, long lists of links... and so on.

And they are either automatically trashcanned, or sent to a new, no-postcount forum in which people can ridicule the adverts and advertisers.

In fact, not trashcanned because the filter is liable to make a mistake and trashcan a thread that is innocent. At least if it's put in a forum it can be taken out and put back in the original forum it was in.

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Posted 2006-12-15, 10:44 AM in reply to !King_Amazon!'s post "I retract my previous opinion."
Well, we're starting to get multiple-spaming users, so it wouldn't help against them anyway, since they make visits to re-spam us after their spam gets deleted, it would follow that they would wait to spam if needed. As for filters, there's a URL list method, but obviously, there's new URLs every day. Alternately, there's the number of links method, but many of the current spam is just one link.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 11:29 AM in reply to WetWired's post starting "Well, we're starting to get..."
Could you possibly make it where nobody with under, say, 50 posts, can make a post that contains links at all?
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Posted 2006-12-15, 11:43 AM in reply to !King_Amazon!'s post starting "Could you possibly make it where nobody..."
Some of the advertising doesn't have any links, though.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 12:59 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "Some of the advertising doesn't have..."
The only advertisements I've seen without links are the ones where the mods removed the links. An advertisement out a link is pretty silly. Kinda like an infomercial without a phone number.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 01:04 PM in reply to !King_Amazon!'s post starting "The only advertisements I've seen..."
I had an idea that WW implemented. You shouldn't see spam anymore.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 02:39 PM in reply to Grav's post starting "I had an idea that WW implemented. You..."
Wanna share your idea with the class?
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Posted 2006-12-15, 02:41 PM in reply to Grav's post starting "I had an idea that WW implemented. You..."
Is it finding out where they are posting from and one of the mods flying over and ass-raping them silly?
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Posted 2006-12-15, 04:57 PM in reply to !King_Amazon!'s post starting "Wanna share your idea with the class?"
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Wanna share your idea with the class?
I made spam invisible.
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Posted 2006-12-15, 05:02 PM in reply to Grav's post starting "I made spam invisible."
But how's it done? What are the filters looking for?
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Posted 2006-12-15, 05:04 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "But how's it done? What are the filters..."
The filters are looking for spam
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Posted 2006-12-19, 04:05 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting "The filters are looking for spam"
How can the filters discern spam from ordinary bullshit threads?
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Posted 2006-12-19, 05:50 PM in reply to Atnas's post starting "How can the filters discern spam from..."
The filters are sentient; they're alive. They grow and learn just like you and me. Well, like me at least.
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Posted 2006-12-19, 05:59 PM in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "The filters are sentient; they're..."
Ah. That's a scary but useful asset to give a computer. =|
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Posted 2006-12-19, 08:27 PM in reply to Medieval Bob's post starting "The filters are sentient; they're..."
good one, Bob
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Posted 2006-12-19, 11:25 PM in reply to WetWired's post starting ":haha: good one, Bob"
Your post needed moderation, you spammer you.
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