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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    edited 19 February 2016 at 9:36AM
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  • torbrex
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    Browntoa wrote: »
    Ive found the page "hangs" because of the Korean text , given up clicking any of them

    Best thing you can do, the more clicks, the higher they get rated.
  • redfox
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    edited 19 February 2016 at 10:24AM
    Good grief it's now 8.40am and there's still loads of spam there. Is nobody from MSE on duty yet? Surely someone from the FT covers the forum overnight....

    obviously not :(

    If they gave some BGs the power to zap these wretched spammers they wouldn't last very long because we are obviously more active at all hours than the 9 to 5 that seems to be covered ATM.
  • Misslayed
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    torbrex wrote: »
    Best thing you can do, the more clicks, the higher they get rated.

    Does that mean that by clicking on them to press spam button we are inadvertently doing their dirty work?
    I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Competition Time, Site Feedback and Marriage, Relationships and Families boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com All views are my own and not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
  • fermi
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    torbrex wrote: »
    Best thing you can do, the more clicks, the higher they get rated.

    Not really true. That's not going to affect search engine rankings on them.
    Misslayed wrote: »
    Does that mean that by clicking on them to press spam button we are inadvertently doing their dirty work?

    No. Please click.
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  • Misslayed
    Misslayed Posts: 15,385 Senior Ambassador
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    Phew, thanks fermi, I've been clicking for 2 and a half hours!
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  • fermi
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    Misslayed wrote: »
    Phew, thanks fermi, I've been clicking for 2 and a half hours!

    Ouch!

    Honestly @MSE, that is not your user's job.

    Spam button is fine for some small scale or sporadic stuff, but users should not be having to do this just to be able to have the board they like in a useable state!
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  • roddydogs
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    Why does "Digital Spy" not get this problem?
  • Misslayed
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    edited 19 February 2016 at 9:58AM
    https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12688183_10154478031182646_5969778053107803794_n.jpg?oh=7f9a0fa085a5bde94c4a27a04e119aea&oe=576F2F66

    That was supposed to be a funny about Spam! My techno skills let me down.
    I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Competition Time, Site Feedback and Marriage, Relationships and Families boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com All views are my own and not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
  • Misslayed
    Misslayed Posts: 15,385 Senior Ambassador
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    In my head I'm singing the Monty Python Spam song. All together now Spam, spam, spam, spam, Spam, spam , spam, spam
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