Constant Spam Threads

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Originally Posted by euhlmann

When I was a new user and I made my first post, wasn't there something like "your post may not appear until moderators approve it"? What happened to that?

(emphasis mine)

Keyword "may".

Originally Posted by ASD20

Well, it's a little controversial, but we could require team numbers.

Not to give them any ideas, but they'd eventually outsmart it, which would be worse.

Originally Posted by Connor McBride

Is there anyway someone can track the IP adress of where these posts are coming from? Just an idea. Don't know if it can happen.

Possibly, but I think they're in different places from different spammers, so it wouldn't stop all of them.

Originally Posted by TheBoulderite

As the Olympic Games are currently occurring, these will probably be posted with increased frequency. Be on the lookout, everyone!

Definitely. It's pretty obvious if it's spam though, as the titles are nonsensical incomplete sentences. Don't get me started on the grammar...

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Happy to mod if he wants me to. I've only been around 14 years....

That's it? I heard that you need to have maintained an active account here for at least 30 years...

Kidding!

The spam is becoming a bigger problem, but even though the mods aren't always able to remove it quickly, I'm not sure how effective it is for the spammers. We all know it's spam, and therefore don't click the links, thus not benefiting the spammers. Is there an email account confirmation? I can't remember. They're obviously bypassing the CAPTCHA...what if no hyperlinks are allowed in first posts or if the account is fairly new? Spam accounts rarely post more than once.