Reporting and Moderation

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Strange, why are there smilies on the palette that don't work. That <_< was supposed to be :left:

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Here we come again:

Post held for moderation

Guess it was spaaam - I had even TWO [](link)s in my post! Definitely it was spam (the links were to other threads in that same section both).

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hey, it held one of mine too. Admittedly it had spam words in it, but that was the topic. But at least I get to approve my own posts ...

Steve, was it an antibaba filter implemented?
If so, I hope its tuning won't take ages <!-- and kilometres of our nerves -->.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

How many of those have you seen today? Seen a supplement spammer get through though ...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

That's another question. Still needs tuning anyway.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

Re: the filtering, kudos to the forum folks for at least trying! And thank you...!

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Here we go again:

Your post has been flagged for moderation, and will appear once it's been approved.

It was just a single ![](gif) in.

Are we not "allowed" to post images? I hope you tune that up soon...

[digmed]

digmed last edited by

Here we go again:

Your post has been flagged for moderation, and will appear once it's been approved.

It was just a single in.
Are we not "allowed" to post images? I hope you tune that up soon...

I can't reveal exactly what triggers it, but in this case your post was flagged as spam due to a word you used. Please be patient with this filter, and keep in mind that the forum is currently almost free from spam. An occasional post/comment wrongly marked as spam is the price we pay for that.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

O'k, still Andreas, you're going to tune it up, aren't you?

I'll see about that word and be guessing. What I can - actually repeat - now is your machine needs a couple of more parameters to consider. Wanna know?:sherlock:

1. Some data about THE POSTER: like if s/he's a monkey or not - which can go with other badges (or rather data behind them) as well.
2. If it's being posted in the lounge: we can 'endure' a bit more frivolousness there*;)*

Don't rush it, of course. All I can say in case you have something concerning about it, is we always have the moderators and the report button - to deal with, well, certain marginal occurences*;)*
:cheers:

[digmed]

digmed last edited by

Some data about THE POSTER: like if s/he's a monkey or not - which can go with other badges(or rather data behind them) as well.

We will be whitelisting admins, moderators, and possibly server monkeys as well. We could also look at amount of posts, eg whitelist someone with 500+ posts. No promises though.

If it's being posted in the lounge: we can 'endure' a bit more frivolousness there

We will have the same spam filter in the lounge as elsewhere in the forum.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

...
We will have the same spam filter in the lounge as elsewhere in the forum.

[Deleted User]

Deleted User last edited by

You guys are doing a great job and we appreciate your hard work. I've noticed that spam is considerably down in the forums... a very nice break for all of us. Thanks.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Post held for moderation

Oh you tricky bastards*:D*
I typed "shit" with a Russian letter in place of "sh" - and it's still holding! :lol:

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Does that make you ... constipated? :p

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Does that make you ... constipated?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Constipated = unable to defaecate.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Huh?

Ah, maybe you meant it was a joke.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Of course. Using "sh*t" in the same post with "still holding" ...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Gosh! you must be a specialist in the area! :lol:

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I would presume the filter thinks anything with mixed encoding is spam (Russian letters in English words), since it is a common approach spammers use to try to fool keyword filters.