Anti spam petition

alanthehamster

This could have gone to Site Feedback: Questions & Suggestions but i agree that the forum for this discussion is this one

heatherw_01

Moving to Site Feedback: Questions & Suggestions

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere(please see this rule) so this post/thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL].

queensway_boy

SmileBeHappy wrote:

i like the ones the reply wth "no it is real" their the best :beer:

And the ones that say"read this from the bbc website,so it must be genuine":rotfl:

jo_b_2

drstonk wrote:

Lets send a message to the dimwits who are determined to destroy this forum by posting referrer and impossible offers. They're getting worse and helping no one. So sign up and register your displeasure!!!

Unfortunately, the types of people who post all this rubbish on the main forums aren't bothered about other people's displeasure or even the basic rules of the site.

People who post spam are banned and the posts are removed ASAP. The problem exists all week long but is more noticeable at weekends as the Abuse Team are employed on a part-time basis and are less prominent at the weekends.

Spam posts are removed by Board Guides, but each Board Guide only has admin rights over the boards that they guide on. In my case, I can only remove spam from the ebay board.

The best thing is to make sure that all spam posts are reported to [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]. One reply stating that the post has been reported is sufficient. It would then be really helpful if people could resist the temptation to reply to spam threads as this only serves to push them up the list and make them more prominent - giving the spammers even more publicity! :rolleyes: