Spam Buttons

zppp

Hi there

I wonder if anyone can elaborate why there are no spam buttons on the following boards;

[STRIKE]
Other asset reclaim
[/STRIKE]Correction there are buttons on here
PPI reclaim
Debt Free Wannabe

These three boards have a high chance to be spammed due to claims management companies, debt management companies etc. I went to report a post which I saw on there, and there were no buttons.

I have noticed that there are no spam buttons on the Pensions, Annuities and Retirement Planning board and Debate House Prices and the Economy.

It just makes it harder for us to report the spam to you, to try and keep the forum clean, as it is officially unmoderated.

savemoney

The music board is another one and there are a few others too, it does seem odd

Former_MSE_Forum_Manager

Hi Folks

Initially we limited the places the spam button was deployed so we could gauge it's effectiveness and also observe how people used it (for the right or wrong reasons). We evolved it from being able to only remove threads, to the ability to remove specific posts on these trial boards and tweaked and monitored again.

You are correct though that it could potentially be rolled out to most, if not all boards, and I will mention it to the team for discussion.

Thanks.

fermi

zppp wrote: »

Debt Free Wannabe

There are certainly spam buttons on DFW.

Although, the system seems to be set up in an odd way, so that if a thread is made a "sticky" the spam buttons no longer appear.

Former_MSE_Forum_Manager

fermi wrote: »

There are certainly spam buttons on DFW.

Although, the system seems to be set up in an odd way, so that if a thread is made a "sticky" the spam buttons no longer appear.

Thanks fermi

I'll ask them to check this too

fermi

MSE_Forum_Manager wrote: »

Thanks fermi

I'll ask them to check this too

Thanks.

It's a tad annoying, as many of the spammers (or people posting nonsense to up their posts count) understandably target sticky threads, as they are at the top of the boards.

zppp

fermi wrote: »

There are certainly spam buttons on DFW.

Although, the system seems to be set up in an odd way, so that if a thread is made a "sticky" the spam buttons no longer appear.

Agree, I think it must have been a sticky I looked at with a certain spammer this afternoon. They were only posting on stickys, which means you have to go through the abuse form.

fermi

zppp wrote: »

Agree, I think it must have been a sticky I looked at with a certain spammer this afternoon. They were only posting on stickys, which means you have to go through the abuse form.

I've found what you meant. :cool: (presumably)

lovesgshp

MSE_Forum_Manager wrote: »

Hi Folks

Initially we limited the places the spam button was deployed so we could gauge it's effectiveness and also observe how people used it (for the right or wrong reasons). We evolved it from being able to only remove threads, to the ability to remove specific posts on these trial boards and tweaked and monitored again.

You are correct though that it could potentially be rolled out to most, if not all boards, and I will mention it to the team for discussion.

Thanks.

I reported someone for abuse in a thread I had started, who only knew the word for canned meat and could copy and paste it probably 50 times , but the whole thread was taken down, despite there not being any reason for it. Even an email asking what the reason for the removal was not answered. It was not spam, but it would be nice if you had the courtesy to give a reason.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Hi Geotherm

I've had a look and reinstated the thread.

Here you go

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2964222

Outpost

It would be useful in light of the amount of spamming going on at the moment. I asked the question once or twice earlier.