Spambots

Mandelbrot

roddydogs wrote: »

Look like they are learning, no spam at 6AM, but by 7am, loads so instead of doing it at night, they now hit it at 7!

Or maybe they wait until it's office hours and the MSE staff are there to witness it ...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411445
(Perhaps they just like to rub it in ...)

ETA: Deleting posts by a spamBOT on an individual post basis seems an odd tactic ...

ETA2: And another one joins in the fun ...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411455

ETA3: And more join in, hitting 3 new boards ...

Lube

The spambots controls are not working now time to do something else Silk had best idea "first post approval"

Lube

Another one

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411458

Silk

Mandelbrot wrote: »

Or maybe they wait until it's office hours and the MSE staff are there to witness it ...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411445
(Perhaps they just like to rub it in ...)

ETA: Deleting posts by a spamBOT on an individual post basis seems an odd tactic ...

Agreed !


It's unrestricted, this one http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411450


posted 13 posts in less than 10 minute,s lots of others posting 6 and 4 etc etc and yet were still just left with reporting and deleting posts. It needs stopping at source, not cleaning up all the time.

Mandelbrot

Lube wrote: »

The spambots controls are not working now time to do something else Silk had best idea "first post approval"

I personally would go with an 'intelligent' content screener/filter, rather than FPA.
With checks on how rapidly posts are submitted - that sort of thing.
"Know your enemy" being the important guide.

Mandelbrot

Silk wrote: »

It's unrestricted, this one http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411450

posted 13 posts in less than 10 minutes

All, it seems, with a particular telephone number embedded in the content.
How hard is it to pick up on that? :think:

It needs stopping at source, not cleaning up all the time.

Well it might be a bit hard to stop them actually sending them ...
But I fully agree that the MSE software should be dealing with the bulk of it before sticking it on the boards, with an MSE techie to oversee things and tweak the software as necessary.

Silk

Mandelbrot wrote: »

I personally would go with an 'intelligent' content screener/filter, rather than FPA.
With checks on how rapidly posts are submitted - that sort of thing.
"Know your enemy" being the important guide.

The problem with content filters and posting intervals is it's complicated to implement and affects the genuine posters.


FPA is simple, effective and the facility is already there to implement and does not affect the regular posters.

Mandelbrot

Did someone miss this one? :think:
(Previously reported by Lube.)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2411458
Their posts are still there.

canterswest

Mandelbrot wrote: »

"Know your enemy" being the important guide.

The site's owners do, according to Patrick Altoft


https://www.branded3.com/blog/moneysupermarket-1-billion/



'They buy links from several members of the DP forums and use article submission to get greate rankings.'


If they bought links, they know the enemy.

Silk

canterswest wrote: »

The site's owners do, according to Patrick Altoft

That's about 8 years old