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spam on the website
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this is not a complaint, but it's just something i want to bring up.
i think the level of spam on this website is extremely high.
when i logged in today, almost every thread at the top was some kind of advert.
i was wondering if you guys were aware, and if so what were you thinking of doing about it.
maybe ading a spam filter or something.
this is a great site, a very good one (probably the best layout of a site i've seen in a long time) i think it's just ashame that the spam is spoiling the experience for so many people.
i think the level of spam on this website is extremely high.
when i logged in today, almost every thread at the top was some kind of advert.
i was wondering if you guys were aware, and if so what were you thinking of doing about it.
maybe ading a spam filter or something.
this is a great site, a very good one (probably the best layout of a site i've seen in a long time) i think it's just ashame that the spam is spoiling the experience for so many people.
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i spoke to helen a couple of weeks ago and they are aware of it and are trying to do something about it
However, I have a master plan... more on it next week. :d
ii think its annoying cos sometimes i come on and think ooh lots of new posts to read when its realy just 3 new posts and 20 threads brought up with a spam post at the end, thank goodness you can see who last posted in the thread so you can usually tell if its spam.
that's good to hear.
i don't mind 1 or 2, but loads of pointless spam messages at once is a total ruin for the rest of us
Helen, can the bulletin board filter include blacklisted web addresses? So even when a manual account bypasses the CAPTCHA etc, the filter will smell a rat as soon as a blacklisted URL is picked up. A bit like a HOSTs file but for the bulletin board. I don't know if it exists though.
Yes it can - but most spammers just use gmail or another generic webmail.
As maybe, but the mods zapp 'em all. :d