SPAM!!!!!!

Discussion in 'Site Questions' started by Anthony brown, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. Anthony brown Chatty!

    Can we get rid of the Spam accounts posting rubbish on here! I've reported the offenders to the forum using the feature in the tapatalk app for iPhone, just want to know if it's being heard???
    Anthony brown, Jun 21, 2012
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  2. Matt Davis Administrator

    We get to it as quick as we can. There were 7 this morning that got cleaned up. Now I've logged in again,there are 3 reports this afternoon. Unlike some forums, the admins here are jobbing, working people who do this when they can.
    Matt Davis, Jun 21, 2012
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  3. Donald Ong Chatty!

    haha i agree. Its very annoying.

    Also, i didn't know what Hugo Boss and perfume had to do with video. :p
    Anyway, thanks Matt.
    Donald Ong, Jun 24, 2012
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  4. Andrew Hollister Chatty!

    Lisa Brown, vivian58 and brorm2tsmac clogging up the Sony Alphas/NEX section with post-vertisements for brorsoft and pavtube converters. Sad how low these companies will go.
    Andrew Hollister, Jul 1, 2012
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  5. Matt Davis Administrator

    All gone now.
    Matt Davis, Jul 1, 2012
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  6. Andrew Hollister Chatty!

    with great power comes great responsibility

    + thank you
    Andrew Hollister, Jul 1, 2012
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  7. Donald Ong Chatty!

    More spam in Canon DSLRs sub forum.

    mostly from 'bbcbird11'
    All post-vertisements
    Donald Ong, Jul 7, 2012
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  8. Matt Davis Administrator

    Aye, the morning chores - mop and bucket in hand...
    Matt Davis, Jul 8, 2012
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  9. Donald Ong Chatty!

    Great, thanks.
    How come Dvinfo isn't infected with all these spam? Why us?! haha
    Donald Ong, Jul 8, 2012
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  10. Matt Davis Administrator

    I'm sure DVinfo.net gets just as much spam - Chris Hurd and his team work really hard at it. I'm only checking in now and then - I get to see Spam alerts, I can check the 'What's New' thread for recent suspicious activity, but there's no bell that rings or emails that go ding when a spammer hits us.

    Having said that, once we do have a Spammer, this board is great at the clean-up.
    Matt Davis, Jul 8, 2012
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  11. Donald Ong Chatty!

    Ah well, keep up the good work :D
    Also, i have a mini-grudge with DVinfo as 3 of my attempts to register there failed. they refuse to activate my accounts. haha. any ideas why? I used my real name, proper email...no idea why. ah well.
    Donald Ong, Jul 9, 2012
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  12. Matt Davis Administrator

    This is PROLLY why they don't have as much spam (ignoring what I just said). It may be that each member must be manually checked through the gate, and each request is stuck in a long queue of 'things to do/urgent' with a time-to-die on the request. Yes, there are back end systems that will take a request/trouble ticket, give it x days to be sorted and if it's not picked up, the whole request is deleted - if it's important someone will post it again.

    I think some of these more draconian measures have been instigated as SysAdmins update the back-ends which come with lots of new features to keep security up. I do hope Chris gets round to you soon.
    Matt Davis, Jul 9, 2012
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  13. Donald Ong Chatty!

    Ah that makes sense. Oh well...
    So, any plans on installing such a system here as well?
    Donald Ong, Jul 10, 2012
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  14. Donald Ong Chatty!

    MORE SPAM

    this time by preety7799and he/she's posting it everywhere.... the act of desperation.
    Donald Ong, Jul 14, 2012
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