Constant Spam Threads

[Pauline Tasci]

Honestly, this is getting ridiculous.
Is there anything else we can do than just reporting and getting the thread removed?

[euhlmann]

Originally Posted by Pauline Tasci

Honestly, this is getting ridiculous.
Is there anything else we can do than just reporting and getting the thread removed?

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?

[ASD20]

Originally Posted by Pauline Tasci

Honestly, this is getting ridiculous.
Is there anything else we can do than just reporting and getting the thread removed?

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

[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.

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by ASD20

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

Team 180 might object...

[TheBoulderite]

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

[Pauline Tasci]

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?

Yea I had to do the same, is that still something new users need to do? (also replying on this post makes people think this thread is a valid thread, maybe this is not the place to have this conversation)

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by Pauline Tasci

Yea I had to do the same, is that still something new users need to do? (also replying on this post makes people think this thread is a valid thread, maybe this is not the place to have this conversation)

I'm not sure. For me it didn't apply and my first post was immediate.

[ctt956]

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?

I'm pretty sure I did the same.

[Greg Needel]

I sent a message to Brandon today. The issue is that most of the forums that get hit with heavy spam have very few mods. Like rumor mill only has 13 mods where the general forum has 31. The amout of spam across the site has increased, and the mods do the best job they can, but the Spammer find the sub-forums that don't have many active mods.

also many mods have disabled the email notifications for spam because of the volume which also doesn't help the problem.

[sanddrag]

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

[SenorZ]

Originally Posted by ASD20

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

Reported!

Just kidding.

[ctt956]

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.

[Chris_Ely]

Rather than continue discussion in a spam thread, let's use one of the many prior threads about spam prevention.

Everything mentioned here has already been discussed in those threads. Keep in mind, CD currently runs a very old version of vBulletin (the forum software). CD will be moving to a new software at some point:

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

I have been waiting on some new forum software to be finished before I do anything else. Once it is out of beta, I plan on migrating ChiefDelphi from vBulletin to Flarum. If that happens to be after FRC kickoff, I'll wait until after the season is over.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by ctt956

what if no hyperlinks are allowed in first posts or if the account is fairly new? Spam accounts rarely post more than once.

Edited in. They've gotten around that one long ago.