A spam blocker on my account - REALLY

203846930

I posted twice in separate threads within 2 minutes and then when trying to post again I got a spam blocker imposed on me and had to wait 5 minutes before posting again.

Surely I am a regular poster and that kind of stupid action should be reserved for new posters or is MSE wanting to stop people posting on the forum completely?

sarah1972

Dont worry, I have alerted the forum team, Its just while they are doing some tweaking on the forum as we had a spam problem last night. 

It will get resolved.

One-Eye

This problem dates back years, and was also mentioned (and ignored) in the wishlist prior to launch of the new forum.
Why do posters with years of experience and thousands (even tens of thousands) of legitimate posts have to be hit by the same blunt instrument as fly-by-night spammers?

You have posted 2 times within 240 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again.

redfox5

I've been hit with it a couple of times today while posting comps. 
I've been made to wait 10 mins before posting again. 
Echoing One-Eye, regular posters should not be having this happening to them! 

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duncanthedog said:

I posted twice in separate threads within 2 minutes and then when trying to post again I got a spam blocker imposed on me and had to wait 5 minutes before posting again.

Surely I am a regular poster and that kind of stupid action should be reserved for new posters or is MSE wanting to stop people posting on the forum completely?

You probably need to slow down Duncan - you're running your dad ragged! 

One-Eye

We've suffered with this for a week now. It is not a fault, but DELIBERATE ACTION BY FORUM MANAGERS

PLEASE STOP TORTURING REGULAR POSTERS

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prowla

You have posted 2 times within 240 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again.

Well that's one way of stopping people posting.

203846930

it happened to me a couple of weeks ago and I started a thread about it as well but yet to get a response from Towers.

sarah1972

The forum team are aware that it is happening on a handful of accounts. They are working on it but for the time being, please bear with them and if possible give it a bit of time in between posting. 
Please also ensure that you have emailed the team so they are aware of each individual at forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com

One-Eye

sarah1972 said:

The forum team are aware that it is happening on a handful of accounts. 

I think this is actually a global parameter on the forum and is thus happening to everybody if they post twice within 4 minutes (and then try to post a third time). I appreciate that its purpose is to discourage spammers, but it is collective punishment and actually hits the forum's most prolific posters hardest.

As a global setting it should take only a few seconds to change it back to something more reasonable.
In the longer term we need something that takes into account how long someone has been a member and/or how many posts they have made.

avoidtheupsidedownbottles

Better to vet new account applications more thoroughly in the first place to foil the spambots