47 second delay

[Branden Ghena]

What was that 5 spam messages reported in a row? Great job!

We should make it a contest, and count the number of reports each person can get. The person with the most is certifiably the biggest CD user.

[tim_reiher]

I noticed that this morning for the first time. (Reported my first spam message...) I guess it's good that I've never had time to report any other messages. Good job patrolling the interweb!

Anyway, I do think the 47 second delay is somewhat annoying, but in the end, necessary. It seems that spammers still manage to post a lot of stuff here. Still, you never know. Maybe some spammer would just go and flood the site with spam if the delay is removed... I mean, at least the spam is manageable now.

[JohnBoucher]

If the reporting function did not count as a message, then it would be easier to report. That 47 seconds seems like a lifetime.

[DonRotolo]

The time delay is adjustable, but the shorter it is, the greater benefit to the spammers. I am the admin in another forum (unrelated to robots) and the only effective way to get rid of spammers was to moderate all new members manually; even then a spammer slips in now and again.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

The time delay is adjustable, but the shorter it is, the greater benefit to the spammers. I am the admin in another forum (unrelated to robots) and the only effective way to get rid of spammers was to moderate all new members manually; even then a spammer slips in now and again.

Strangely I've never witnessed any spam on the other messageboards I post on.
Just this one. For some reason they love coming here and posting their stuff.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Strangely I've never witnessed any spam on the other messageboards I post on.
Just this one. For some reason they love coming here and posting their stuff.

Do your other boards include electronics talk?
Most of the spam I see is electronics for sale.

[Michelle Celio]

When I report things, I normally post in the thread first, then click the report button.

I've never gotten a delay that way.

But for reporting multiple messages....

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

Do your other boards include electronics talk?
Most of the spam I see is electronics for sale.

Movie and sports pages.

[Jay H 237]

It's typical for spammers to hit boards hard on the holidays. Less people on to deal with them, sometimes they time these things.

[tim_reiher]

Well, let's see. As I read it, issue is removing the 47 second delay for those reporting spam, and leaving it in place for everyone else, including spammers.


I think that it might just be easiest to post first, without delay, as Michelle said. However, if it is possible, could the whole process be expedited by making an auto-reply when reporting spam (with the regular "reported" reply)? The 47 second rule could remain, and it would encourage, and ease the process of reporting spam. I'm not completely sure if this can be done, or how easy it might be to implement, but I personally think it might be a good idea.

Well, that's just my $0.02.

[Uberbots]

Originally Posted by tim_reiher

Well, let's see. As I read it, issue is removing the 47 second delay for those reporting spam, and leaving it in place for everyone else, including spammers.


I think that it might just be easiest to post first, without delay, as Michelle said. However, if it is possible, could the whole process be expedited by making an auto-reply when reporting spam (with the regular "reported" reply)? The 47 second rule could remain, and it would encourage, and ease the process of reporting spam. I'm not completely sure if this can be done, or how easy it might be to implement, but I personally think it might be a good idea.

Well, that's just my $0.02.

is it possible to spam the report button?
im thinking it should be a certain-users-without-the-delay sort of thing

[tim_reiher]

Originally Posted by Uberbots

is it possible to spam the report button?
im thinking it should be a certain-users-without-the-delay sort of thing

Like, certain powers just for mods, and possibly other trusted, longtime users? I can see the merits of that, definitely.
Also, if anyone knows- have there ever been any past instances of the report button getting spammed in such a way? (I can't really think of any reason why anyone would spam it like that...)

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by tim_reiher

Like, certain powers just for mods, and possibly other trusted, longtime users? I can see the merits of that, definitely.
Also, if anyone knows- have there ever been any past instances of the report button getting spammed in such a way? (I can't really think of any reason why anyone would spam it like that...)

I don't know of the report button getting spammed but everytime someone hits it an email is sent to all the mods. If you get multiple people reporting it the mods email inboxes become full of notices about the SAME problem. That's why when the first person who sees the bad post/thread posts a message that they're reporting it so other people don't keep reporting it.

The report button might also put a message in the hidden moderator forum on here, not sure about that though.