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#245259 - 04/24/12 06:17 AM Influx of Advert Acounts
Frisket Offline
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Registered: 09/03/10
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Seems every time I open ETS up there is another acount made to advertise crap, What gives? Will there ever be a way to lower this number?
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#245260 - 04/24/12 06:19 AM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
Phaedrus Offline
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Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3148
Loc: Big Sky Country
I see that. Really annoying.
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#245261 - 04/24/12 06:19 AM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
Frisket Offline
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Registered: 09/03/10
Posts: 640
Alright this is scarey i just looked at the newest guys registration date.

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Registered: Wed May 19 2010
Posts: 1


2010?????????????? Wtf was this a friggen sleeper cell acount? Jesus how desperate.
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#245272 - 04/24/12 12:44 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
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Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3819
Loc: USA
Every new registration request is manually processed by me or one of the other admins. We're working hard to prevent spam accounts from being allowed to register and we're quick to ban users who spam -- I banned alfredm123's account permanently this morning. By the way, we really pay attention to message notifications, so please don't hesitate to press the Notify link at the bottom of a post if you think we need to look at it.

It would be nice if the forum software would allow us to truly moderate the first, say, five posts from a new user -- to approve or deny an individual post before it hits the board. We cannot do that, unfortunately.

Other than setting up an entrance application with an essay question I'm at a loss as to how we can do better with the tools we have. If you have suggestions or constructive criticism, please share it in this thread or PM me.


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#245273 - 04/24/12 12:47 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: chaosmagnet]
hikermor Offline
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Actually, your current procedures are quite adequate, and your prompt response is appreciated. The spam is merely a temporary annoyance; it doesn't do any permanent harm.
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#245274 - 04/24/12 12:54 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
chaosmagnet Online   content
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Registered: 12/03/09
Posts: 3819
Loc: USA
Thanks for the kind words, hikermor.

I did a little research. We have over 2700 accounts that have a post count of zero. That's out of a current count of 4573. Another 700 or so have posted less than five times.

Undoubtedly, some of those folks who aren't posting read the board avidly and do so with an account (instead of as a Guest) in order to have the board keep track of unread posts for them. Nuking accounts based on low post count isn't something I would want to do.


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#245276 - 04/24/12 01:13 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
unimogbert Offline
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Registered: 08/10/06
Posts: 882
Loc: Colorado
My experience has been that notifying the moderators gets a VERY prompt response.

So think of that button as your way to personally kill spam.

(There are many other boards that desperately need that feature.)

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#245281 - 04/24/12 04:19 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: unimogbert]
MDinana Offline
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Registered: 03/08/07
Posts: 2208
Loc: Beer&Cheese country
Originally Posted By: unimogbert
My experience has been that notifying the moderators gets a VERY prompt response.

So think of that button as your way to personally kill spam.

(There are many other boards that desperately need that feature.)

Agreed. I hit "Notify" on 2 threads yesterday (whoever did that 3-fer of identical posts). Someone beat me to #3.

But, yeah, the mods are on spam accounts "like white on rice." Kudos.

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#245285 - 04/24/12 04:49 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
I think the mods are doing a great job of quickly taking down the spam or Google bomb posts, particularly when they are notified. While the active members may notice the spam posts, I wouldn't be surprised if people who don't drop by daily don't even realize there's a problem because the spam posts get cleaned up so quickly! smile

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#245286 - 04/24/12 05:12 PM Re: Influx of Advert Acounts [Re: Frisket]
Denis Offline
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Registered: 01/09/09
Posts: 631
Loc: Calgary, AB
I must have good timing because I haven't noticed any spam posts lately. Good work mods!
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