47 second delay

[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.