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If you see spambots, use the report button at the bottom of the post to let us know there is a problem. This alerts any mod or admin of the spam and is much better than using the pm box (which can get full).
The system only allows a post to be reported once, and a message will display saying it's already been reported.
Then you just have to wait, unfortunately. We can't be on here 24/7, so be patient and the problem will be taken care of as soon as someone logs on and sees the problem.
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Please, don't quote things in a spam message. It preserves what the spammer wants long after we've deleted his post. Some hapless person will click on that link and I don't want to think will happen to them after that, but a Weird Al song comes to mind.
Really, all you need to do is report and move on. There doesn't need to be discussion about who will report the message or any attempt to joke around with the spambot. After you report it, just pretend it's not there. It will eventually cease to exist.
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Though the report button is a little ambiguous, I looked about but didn't see anything that said report. The button's purpose only becomes clear when it's highlighted and it is really small.
Though now we know we can better fight the spam!
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And I was like "You took my only food, now I'm gonna starve"[/patrick]
But then I saw it was about spam bots.
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And I was like "You took my only food, now I'm gonna starve"[/patrick]
But then I saw it was about spam bots.
Agreed. I saw 'don't feed the...' Then i saw DoMaya and immediately thought troll. Oh well at least we have a way of solving this problem now...
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Am I the only mod that feels aroused every time I see the report indicator next to a thread's title?
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Am I the only mod that feels aroused every time I see the report indicator next to a thread's title?
I'm not gonna touch that with a ten foot pole.
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*takes ten foot pole*
FORE-*WACK*
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We do what we can.
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Learning through fun is more efficient than through... not fun. According to some millennia-old Greek dude.
But seriously guys if you see a spambot shoot him a flaming arrow. We'll see the smoke and go shoot the bastard dead.
...The arrow is the report.
...And us shooting means... you know.
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Oh that would explain so much..
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The bots we don't like are indistinguishable from normal users.
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Please, don't quote things in a spam message. It preserves what the spammer wants long after we've deleted his post. Some hapless person will click on that link and I don't want to think will happen to them after that, but a Weird Al song comes to mind.
Really, all you need to do is report and move on. There doesn't need to be discussion about who will report the message or any attempt to joke around with the spambot. After you report it, just pretend it's not there. It will eventually cease to exist.
Thanks to Blinq for the awesome sig. Click the sig, see my stuff.
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Man, you don't know how lucky you are. The moment I saw a new post in the Bar Exam, I was ready to fire the Ban Cannon. I guess the Russian Spam-bots have me on edge.
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Indeed. It is delicious.
Reported, though. I've learned to do so with gusto.
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When we've got a multiple post offender with one username, should we report one or all the posts? I've been reporting all of them at once, but it just occurred to me that that might not be necessary if it's one bot. (Also flood reporting possibly not being much better than flood spamming.)
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When we've got a multiple post offender with one username, should we report one or all the posts? I've been reporting all of them at once, but it just occurred to me that that might not be necessary if it's one bot. (Also flood reporting possibly not being much better than flood spamming.)
When we delete a user we have to option to delete all their posts, so reporting once should be sufficient.
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Think of it as a two for one deal.
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Think of it as a two for one deal.
More like a fate worse then death.
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I actually previously also caught a spam bot in the "New Weapon in the war against spam" topic. They're not smart. Either that, or they have a death wish.
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