Lots of Spam Posts

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by jackrussell, Aug 3, 2021.

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  1. jackrussell

    jackrussell Member

    Wonder if the mods can clear away those spam posts?
     
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  2. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    It's a daily occurrence but the moderators usually take care of it.
     
  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    We do our best, but I went away for a long weekend and was offline the whole time.
     
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  4. Messdiener

    Messdiener Active Member

    So all of these CBD gummies and keto posts have been tons of fun, eh?
     
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  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    If you have a suggestion, we're all ears.
     
  6. Messdiener

    Messdiener Active Member

    I can't speak for the software for this particular site but have heard that some forum software options allow for moderation of posts prior to publication.

    Is that available with our platform?
     
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  7. Rachel83az

    Rachel83az Well-Known Member

    The forum used to limit where and how much you could post without admin approval. IIRC, you had to introduce yourself and then an admin would let you into the rest of the forum. But it was buggy, sometimes not even allowing that initial post, and also kept out legitimate persons (like myself) so I don't know if there's a good answer here.
     
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  8. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    I don't think the spam is that bad. Some of it is actually funny. Post approvals just frustrate some people and probably kept more new members from really posting much, so to avoid that a little bit of spam is tolerable.
     
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  9. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Chip is looking into improving our filtering. We'll see what he finds and whether that helps. Believe me, no one dislikes this more than MC and I do!
     
  10. Rachel83az

    Rachel83az Well-Known Member

    I was a fan of the Esperanto spam. Who is searching for fax services (or whatever it was) in Esperanto?

    I can't imagine it's fun having to deal with a dozen spam messages every few hours. Ouch!
     
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  11. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    LOL, a good question, but I assume the answer is "Google", in that this is all SEO trickery.
     
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  12. Messdiener

    Messdiener Active Member

    Wait! We had Esperanto spam? I would have actually enjoyed reading those posts! :D:p
     
  13. Rachel83az

    Rachel83az Well-Known Member

    I liked it so much that I took a screenshot of it before it was deleted! I had to dig around to find the screenshot, but here you go. ;)
     

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  14. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Apparently the technical situation for mitigating this is pretty complicated. We're going to try a few different antispam plugins, but we have to do so cautiously, and when Chip has time, so please bear with us for a while.
     
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  15. Messdiener

    Messdiener Active Member

    Brilliant, Rachel83az! Thanks for sharing that. :D
     
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