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Come on Mods - please delete 10 pages of SPAM !

Genuine threads are lost amongst this cr*p
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  • picklepick
    picklepick Posts: 4,048 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I've emailed the forum team about 4 times now! It's ridiculous.
    What matters most is how well you walk through the fire
  • go_cat
    go_cat Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I know!

    I think 10 pages was an underestimate , I got bored after that
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    they have already done one lot of deletion when it started just after lunchtime today when i reported both user accounts, not that I'm claiming that success was down to my report!

    As it soon returned, maybe deletion of a user account is not instant and it won't take effect until some sort of update process runs
  • I think they may suffer from Asbergers syndrom.............Repatition is a sure sign.....
  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Surely the system needs controls to prevent someone making so many posts in such a short time - no genuine user is going to start around 200 new threads in around 2½ hours, especially as a new user joining today.

    Trouble is, with them starting the threads the ignore list doesn't seem to work - at least not for me :-(
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    there has been 4 of these :spam: bots on this board today, the first 2 seemed to get taken down quick enough but for some reason the second 2 have not.
  • Surely a limit of 10 new threads per person per day would be suffice for even the hardcore posters?
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    Hands up if you have stopped chasing the :spam: button
    :naughty: :whistle:
  • HB58
    HB58 Posts: 1,787 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    torbrex wrote: »
    Hands up if you have stopped chasing the :spam: button
    :naughty: :whistle:

    That's the problem, isn't it? it is just too much to try and mark each one as spam in te hope that they will be automatically deleted :(
  • MrsAtobe
    MrsAtobe Posts: 1,404 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I reported the two users at about 5pm, and they are still posting :(.

    And yes, I've stopped pressing the spam button too.
    Good enough is good enough, and I am more than good enough!:j

    If all else fails, remember, keep calm and hug a spaniel!
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