Chinese?

mjm3346

I just started reporting the new ones see if it makes any difference

Defoe

All look the same to me - dupes. I'll send a merge request to BG.....:)

Misslayed

I've just done 5 pages of spam duty. Looks like the tactics are changing, the posts are getting really long - so it takes longer to scroll down to the spam button. I agree limiting how many posts newbies can make might help. Hope the techno bods are up early!

BlueBella

I cannot be bothered to search through all the spam post to find comps this morning! I'll come back later when hopefully they have gone!

fire**fly

Misslayed wrote: »

I've just done 5 pages of spam duty. Looks like the tactics are changing, the posts are getting really long - so it takes longer to scroll down to the spam button. I agree limiting how many posts newbies can make might help. Hope the techno bods are up early!

am posting on site feedback Site Feedback
big spam attack
with 'find all threads'
ie:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=70154489&postcount=17
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=70162132&postcount=34

fermi

mjm3346 wrote: »

earlier post in the thread (apparently it helps with search engine ranking)

It does. It sounds bizarre, but it does.

These people are not daft, and know exactly what they are doing and why.

torbrex

The big things that you need to remember are that every time a spam thread is opened, it is boosted up the search engine ratings and also that this is not the first time that MSE forums have been attacked like this, there have been dozens (if not hundreds) of similar attacks.
You guys on the comps board are just seeing it for the first time.

BlueBella

torbrex wrote: »

The big things that you need to remember are that every time a spam thread is opened, it is boosted up the search engine ratings and also that this is not the first time that MSE forums have been attacked like this, there have been dozens (if not hundreds) of similar attacks.
You guys on the comps board are just seeing it for the first time.

If we don't open them and report them as spam will they still get removed?

They are annoying now!

fermi

torbrex wrote: »

The big things that you need to remember are that every time a spam thread is opened, it is boosted up the search engine ratings and also that this is not the first time that MSE forums have been attacked like this, there have been dozens (if not hundreds) of similar attacks.
You guys on the comps board are just seeing it for the first time.

As said on the other thread, that is not really true.

Thread views by us are either not taken in account by search not/algorithms, or if they are are only a very minimal component.

By far the biggest part is the number of distinct appearance in separate links, which is one reason why they mass spam like this with multiple threads and users.

Anyway, clicking spam on them is far better than just leaving them, and doesn't aid the spammer at all.

torbrex

BlueBella wrote: »

If we don't open them and report them as spam will they still get removed?

They are annoying now!

let the board guides an especially Towers do their job.

I stopped clicking on mass spam attacks ages ago, if Towers cant stop them, why should I do their job.