I had no doubt - spammers aren't typically known for high intelligence
.Thank you @chillyinCanada and any other mods who worked on it today. And yesterday. And in advance for the days when it will happen again. Such a pain...
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.Thank you @chillyinCanada and any other mods who worked on it today. And yesterday. And in advance for the days when it will happen again. Such a pain...
broncobowsher
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You guys must be doing a good job. Didn't see anything by the time I got on.
Now my email, I have been offered everything if I just "claim your ..."
Now my email, I have been offered everything if I just "claim your ..."
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Thanks to the mods.
I've reported one message from each of the three waves I've noticed, presuming that reporting the others would just clutter your notifications for no useful purpose. If that's helpful for you, next time I can be more complete.
I've reported one message from each of the three waves I've noticed, presuming that reporting the others would just clutter your notifications for no useful purpose. If that's helpful for you, next time I can be more complete.
We're not responsible for your email, thank God. I've had the same EMail for over 20 years now. It's painful.
Time zones are a biatch!Some of us wakeup long before noontime
How many reports cause you to take action?Yeah, you guys are swatting at them like flies and our Reported Post fills up.Report one, and we'll take care of the rest.
All reported posts go into a mod-only forum called "Unclaimed". All mods get a notice in their notifications when a reported post lands there. Often, more than one mod has seen the report and they act on it simultaneously. Once a mod has spam hammered the perp, they go and move the reported post from "Unclaimed" to "Closed". Depending on the reported post, a Mod might move it to "Claimed" or "Problem Users". Why the different folders? Well, some reported posts are so obvious that we don't need to discuss them. There's nothing to discuss when it comes to a spammer. We click our Spam button which reports them to "Stop Forum Spam", bans there IP address, the spammer, and deletes all of their posts. It also shows us similar posts and other peeps who post from that IP.
However, some reported posts aren't so obvious. We discuss those, and a mod will ultimately "claim" it, move it to the Claimed folder, and while we all can still chime in, they get to make the final decision on our action. Often, we notify the reporter of our action(s)m but not always. It can be a lot of work to clean up a thread, rather than delete it. Same with posts, and there are many mods opposed to editing a problematic thread, so they just delete it.
Often mods will recuse themselves from chiming in when there is a conflict of interest or even a perceived conflict of interest. That includes already being in that thread, having a personality conflict with the poster, etc, etc.
However, some reported posts aren't so obvious. We discuss those, and a mod will ultimately "claim" it, move it to the Claimed folder, and while we all can still chime in, they get to make the final decision on our action. Often, we notify the reporter of our action(s)m but not always. It can be a lot of work to clean up a thread, rather than delete it. Same with posts, and there are many mods opposed to editing a problematic thread, so they just delete it.
Often mods will recuse themselves from chiming in when there is a conflict of interest or even a perceived conflict of interest. That includes already being in that thread, having a personality conflict with the poster, etc, etc.
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