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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      It's a shame that presumably you can't set up a filter to remove any posts that contain numbers ten or more digits long.
      That would zap most of the "Black Magic" spams which all contain an international phone number.
      🙂

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        What if, in a thread, say, about public organisation or broadcasting companies, I post a feedback or call-in number of theirs?
        It's a learned lesson - no automatons!!!

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        • Deleted User
          Deleted User last edited by

          One question: a spammer has a life?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            One question: a spammer has a life?

            It depends on if you think that machines have a life. 🙂 Most of those spam post are made by robots, slave machines.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              I noticed on the last couple of days that some spammers had about 10 posts instead of the regular one or two.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                What if, in a thread, say, about public organisation or broadcasting companies, I post a feedback or call-in number of theirs?
                It's a learned lesson - no automatons!!!

                Well obviously that would get caught by the filter as well, but are you really likely to be doing that here?
                I've never seen a post here with a phone number in it apart from spam posts.
                Automated systems are never ideal of course, they always make mistakes.
                🙂

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  ...are you really likely to be doing that here?

                  It's irrelevant.
                  I have my right to do that.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    In that case so do the spammers unfortunately!
                    I suppose they could make everyone fill in a CAPTCHA before they post.
                    Although that would be a bit of a pain, it would stop the spam robots immediately!
                    🙂

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by admin

                      There's this thread to read.
                      We could consider suggestions made there...

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        There's this thread to read.
                        We could consider suggestions made there...

                        It's not that there was less spam during the day. We are just more likely to catch it rather immediately when we're awake...
                        I agree, though. There should be a set of buzzwords / patterns that need mod approval to show up. I'm getting tired of removing dozens of these senseless posts every day.

                        From the sinking thread.

                        I agree with the above suggestion.

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                        • blackcoder
                          blackcoder last edited by

                          I suppose they could make everyone fill in a CAPTCHA before they post.

                          There is a CAPTCHA when registering. Somehow they are successful at registering - that would be quite good for a bot.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            Right!

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              I didn't realise that there was already a CAPTCHA for registering!
                              My account simply transferred across from the old myopera forum, so I've never had to register here.
                              CAPTCHAs are a pretty good defence against robot submissions, so that would imply that at least the spammers' registering is done by a real person, which is really quite frightening!
                              😮

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                I'm considering to start a special thread like "Constructive Suggestions on A non-Destructive anti-spam Filter" - what do you think?:)

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                                • mp71930
                                  mp71930 last edited by

                                  ooo i hope they dont use CAPTCHA for replies. but if needs be so be it. maybe there will be less spam to cleanup. then the mods can kick back, chillout more. lol?

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                                  • linuxmint7
                                    linuxmint7 last edited by

                                    Phew!!!, well that's that 60 odd posts cleared up and users banned.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      Your face looks worn out.:left:

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                                      • mp71930
                                        mp71930 last edited by

                                        banned good. but they'll be more coming. like a rogue wave sneaking up behind your back. then without realizing it, pow! too late

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                                        • Deleted User
                                          Deleted User last edited by

                                          I have an idea: all new threads to be posted must pass through a moderation formed by users and mods or only mods!

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User last edited by

                                            Not all new. The first post only (of course the user won't be able to post the second till the first's approved) - and only for newbies. Moreover, I suggest there'll be an automaton registering newbies' IPs, and if such a user gets banned, similar or close IPs will form a "grey list" in it. For example, if there's a bunch of guys in India doing a job, using similar words, etc., so after an IP gets greyed, that user's colleagues will automatically fall into that grey list: such first posts will appear in a special, non-public board only for moderators, who then deal with them - should a mistakenly suspended post get there - they'll white it to a (the) relevant public board, after which picking the rest gets eliminated in one sweep. Additionally, there can be a moderator button there to "delete all the relevant accounts" - optional.
                                            Importantly, the first posts are only greyed out if there are buzz words in them (unless the IP is in the grey already, of course): that's a task for that automaton - to maintain such a word list, too.

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