PLEASE DON'T REPLY TO SPAM POSTS!

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:15 pm

It's not me, I had read this post before and was just giving a reminder:

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... c&start=28

but if it really doesn't matter, never mind

Post by **Dare2** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:01 am

Just some of the issues when there are replies to spam posts (or embedded spam posts)

Threads tend to meander and go off topic. Removing a thread started by a spammer then removes these other posts and some users get peeved.

Picking and choosing which posts to remove from a thread can be a begger and a time waster. And clicking the wrong "X" is likely to have some irate user breathing down a mods neck - and the spam still stands.

So it can add a little extra work and angst.

Netmaestro is right in my (not so) humble opinion.

Please don't respond to spammers.

Thanks!

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:08 am

He!

Over 4,000 posts combined!

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:27 am

@Dare(2),

Good point!

@netmaestro,

Sorry, wasn't meaning to pick on you.

Fortunately I don't have that problem. The first five posts by a new user have to be approved by a moderator before they are visible to the rest of the forum. So what little spam we get nobody sees....

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:21 pm

If bots (or the spammers) were a little smart, they would add themselves to active threads instead of new ones

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:31 pm

Some do. Remember the bot/guy who embedded a popup and kept posting "

" randomly in threads.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:34 pm

Dare wrote:Some do. Remember the bot/guy who embedded a popup and kept posting " " randomly in threads.

Others don't!

smack

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:35 pm

(popup not included)

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:55 pm

Dare wrote:

WOw when i entered this page a popup came up. You must be the bot!

Tipperton · Post by **Tipperton** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:49 pm

thefool wrote:If bots (or the spammers) were a little smart, they would add themselves to active threads instead of new ones

Hey! Let's not be giving them any ideas!