Efestivals spammers

[gibbin82]

There seems to be an increasing number of new members who are posting spam messages on the forum. Threads offering such things as fitted kitchens or illegal movie downloads really have no place on here, but we still seem to keep getting them. Before long I am fairly certain there will be spam threads offering Russian girlfriends, Viagra, or even of a more sinister nature. Does anyone else think it might be a good idea to restrict new members ability to start new threads until they have contributed a certain number of posts to existing threads or been approved by the mods to do so? It might not be possible but I am sure if Neil or Scotty can change things a bit it would stop the spammers that could eventually flood the forum.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

But where will we get our kitchens from if they do that?

Edited July 26, 2013 by Ted Dansons Wig

[Guest]

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[rubenz]

I'd like a Russian girlfriend..

[Spindles]

They've always been here, Neil normally keeps on top of them, but it is the summer, people have real lives, particularly on weekends during festival season, so...

The best thing to do is ignore such threads and let them drop off the page, someone will clean them up when time allows

[Big Vern]

You need to be careful when ordering, I've just returned from blind date with an oven housing.

[UEF]

I'd like a Russian girlfriend..

[ian the worm]

You need to be careful when ordering, I've just returned from blind date with an oven housing.

[bamber]

I am not a new spammer. But I am a spammer still. ~This one is worth it.

Watch this all the way through please.

[ollyrag]

But where will we get our kitchens from if they do that?

[STEVEYBOY]

It's not just on eFest's it is on any forum

[dondo]

Regarding spam e-mails a lot of us get and how to deal with them this book is excellent

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delete-This-at-Your-Peril/dp/1841589195/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374954813&sr=8-1&keywords=delete+this+at+your+peril

[Jackmypie]

But where would we be without spam?

[dingbat2]

There's not more spam these days, just more persistent spammers

What these spammers need to appreciate is that we are not a bunch of retards, we don't appreciate anyone who is trying to attract such free advertising on Neil's website and so will go out of our way to avoid such shit companies. Any company who tries to promote themselves by pitting up a thread selling their wares is clearly a shit company who fails to understand their customer, or potential customers.

I will, like most on the forums, avoid such companies, and encourage everybody else to do so

[Spindles]

Anyone with SEO in their jobtitle is a shyster. Fact.

[Thearg]

I've seen camping spam on here which I can understand that its relative to this forum but kitchens?

[mike46]

Isn't most spam done by a bot rather than human?

Edited July 28, 2013 by mike46

[Inhaler]

Isn't most spam done by a bot rather than human?

[gibbin82]

In all seriousness though spam can and does ruin forums. I have seen it on the old yahoo groups where such innocuous list as the Charlie Chaplin group was swamped by spam, much of it quite offesive, to such an extent that nobody posts about the subject anymore. As suggested earlier in the thread it might be the right time to nip this in the bud before it becomes a major problem, by if possible restricting new members to only posting on active threads until they have reached a certain number of posts to allow them to start new threads. Also the IPS spam service sounds interesting, although I fear persistent spammers probably know how to get around it.

[Inhaler]

In all seriousness though spam can and does ruin forums. I have seen it on the old yahoo groups where such innocuous list as the Charlie Chaplin group was swamped by spam, much of it quite offesive, to such an extent that nobody posts about the subject anymore. As suggested earlier in the thread it might be the right time to nip this in the bud before it becomes a major problem, by if possible restricting new members to only posting on active threads until they have reached a certain number of posts to allow them to start new threads. Also the IPS spam service sounds interesting, although I fear persistent spammers probably know how to get around it.

[dingbat2]

To be fair, these forums are very well moderated, so such spam threads get deleted pretty quickly, look on the boards now and you won't see any spam threads. Until the next one....!

[gibbin82]

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To be fair, these forums are very well moderated, so such spam threads get deleted pretty quickly, look on the boards now and you won't see any spam threads. Until the next one....!

[Morse Code]

Am I being thick here? Have any of these spam threads ever generated any business for the companies they are supposedly promoting?

Seriously, how does it work?

[amfy]

Well its pretty spectacular this morning!

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Kitchen spammers riffing on places beginning with "T".