Mass SPAMing Tonight!!!

[Danny-Darko]

The forum is being SPAMed tonight heavily. May I suggest the new profile must get screened and messages approved by moderators at the beginning to verify they are Bonafide intentions? 

[RadioRob]

That does not stop the spam. It just means the posts are still there for a moderator to clean up that you don’t see. 

The moderators have an “easy” button that lets them flag a user as a spammer. With a click, anything they’ve ever posted is removed, their profile is scrubbed, and the account banned. 

Each post does not need reported. A single report per user is enough so they can be removed. 

[mike carey]

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Each post does not need reported. A single report per user is enough so they can be removed.

This is an important thing for members to be aware of.

[RadioRob]

I’ve also done some banning of email domains since a bunch of accounts used 6 different weird domains.  I’ve gone through all accounts created today and banned a few that had not posted yet but were showing up like the others. 

[BuffaloKyle]

Holy cow it just started up again big time. @RadioRob can't you temporarily block new membership sign up? Maybe implement that for a day to give this time to pass.

[mike carey]

9 minutes ago, BuffaloKyle said:

Holy cow it just started up again big time. @RadioRob can't you temporarily block new membership sign up? Maybe implement that for a day to give this time to pass.

I've just reported one post each for @shoshib and @jashas93.

[BuffaloKyle]

Starting up again. Please block new member sign ups temporarily!

[Danny-Darko]

6 hours ago, mike carey said:

This is an important thing for members to be aware of.

I agree. I didn't know and reported dozens of SPAM posts. Now I know.