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SPAM ! Mods please help.

Is there a mod on this board that can remove all the rubbish, its unreadable.

Although I do chuckle at the time someone has clearly spend spamming a forum with USA phone numbers, not realising that it is a UK forum!

Ta.
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  • Raxiel
    Raxiel Posts: 1,403 Forumite
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    The mods for this board are currently showing off-line. I've hit report on one of each bot's posts hoping it will summon someone though.
    3.6 kW PV in the Midlands - 9x Sharp 400W black panels - 6x facing SE and 3x facing SW, Solaredge Optimisers and Inverter. 400W Derril Water (one day). Octopus Flux
  • They seem to be disappearing now so there is hope !
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,315 Forumite
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    There have been two waves of spam today and all have been deleted. Just keep on hitting the spam button and it will be deleted.
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,872 Forumite
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    Just hit the Spam button - it needs no moderator involvement at all. The reason the spam vanishes is because people press the button.

    It takes more than one person, but you don't have to do it for long to work out how many people it takes to make it go away.
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,611 Forumite
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    Board guides are not "moderators"

    Moderator actions are taken by forum team
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • Thanks all - seems to work.
  • Raxiel
    Raxiel Posts: 1,403 Forumite
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    I thought the "spam" button got removed because people were using it maliciously? (I don't see it on my interface)

    Unless you mean the report button? I was under the impression that worked differently and still needed human intervention?

    Regardless of how it works, I'm glad to see the spam gone and will continue to report when it appears.
    3.6 kW PV in the Midlands - 9x Sharp 400W black panels - 6x facing SE and 3x facing SW, Solaredge Optimisers and Inverter. 400W Derril Water (one day). Octopus Flux
  • I see Report and Spam buttons, after the Quick Reply, Thankyou and 2 Quote mini-buttons.
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,315 Forumite
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    I see Report and Spam buttons, after the Quick Reply, Thankyou and 2 Quote mini-buttons.
    ... moi aussi. :D
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • thorsoak
    thorsoak Posts: 7,166 Forumite
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    I'm also reporting a couple of "spams" every time I log in!
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