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Spammers
Numpty_Monkey
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Over the last few days there has been spammers with links to a pron site and god knows what else
I've personaly reported (sometimes twice) them and then spent 30 - 45 minutes chasing them all over the boards 3 times today
Just wondering if we could have an extra button next to the abuse button to report spam
Something along the lines of the "deal rater" button
Something that you have to be a trusted member (for want of a better phrase), to be able to use, with a second email link so it goes to spam and not abuse, as abuse have everything else to deal with:T
And maybe have an auto message and bypass the 30 second posting rule
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I've personaly reported (sometimes twice) them and then spent 30 - 45 minutes chasing them all over the boards 3 times today
Just wondering if we could have an extra button next to the abuse button to report spam
Something along the lines of the "deal rater" button
Something that you have to be a trusted member (for want of a better phrase), to be able to use, with a second email link so it goes to spam and not abuse, as abuse have everything else to deal with:T
And maybe have an auto message and bypass the 30 second posting rule
:A PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
DFD 5/1/16Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying. Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: &
for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
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And the pron spammer is back againPROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
DFD 5/1/16Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying . Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: & for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
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Numpty_Monkey wrote: »And the pron spammer is back again
but instead of deleting account they just delete the posts. just proves that mse doesn't ban ip addresses0 -
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The Poster has been doing this on mse for almost a year they went for a while then came back a couple of weeks back. They come on 3-4 time a day (3 times today so far) about 30+ post at a time using new usernames
They dont just spam mse they do plenty of other web sites
Banning will not resolve this. Only assuming they can be traced via IP address to there host. Its geting so bad that every forum is full of it now. I get sick of it as I am sure abuse do, something needs to be donw0 -
Cant we have something like the opposite of thanks. A few people click on a no thanks button and they cant post at least for a while.0
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i dont get why people feel the need to spam! what a waste of time !
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Because they are most likely a scammer trying to exploit your browser security
They are using a script on there web site
Using firefox and the no script plugin stop it from happening0 -
no thanks button
:rotfl: like that idea............0 -
I can see a no thanks button getting abused though?The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread-I just love finding bargains and saving moneyI love to travel as much as I can when I canLife has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters0
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skint-student-nurse wrote: »i dont get why people feel the need to spam! what a waste of time !
They make a lot of money off it. In terms of email spam they only need 1 positive response in 12.5 million emails sent to be profitable."She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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