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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:15 pm
by netmaestro
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
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:01 am
by Dare2
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!
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:08 am
by Dare
He!
Over 4,000 posts combined!
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:27 am
by Tipperton
@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....
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:21 pm
by thefool
If bots (or the spammers) were a little smart, they would add themselves to active threads instead of new ones
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:31 pm
by Dare
Some do. Remember the bot/guy who embedded a popup and kept posting "
" randomly in threads.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:34 pm
by thefool
Dare wrote:Some do. Remember the bot/guy who embedded a popup and kept posting "
" randomly in threads.
Others don't!
smack
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:35 pm
by Dare
(popup not included)
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:55 pm
by thefool
Dare wrote:
WOw when i entered this page a popup came up. You must be the bot!
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:49 pm
by Tipperton
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!