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must wait at least 300 seconds before attempting to post again.  :o 
lol, only posted a comp today & a some  thanks for peeps posting their wins to keep us motivated, 
now i'm classed as a spammer? lol must be admitting mse is not happily friendly much now  :/


please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




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  • thingamaBob
    thingamaBob Posts: 21,232 Forumite
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    edited 17 June 2020 at 11:38PM
    This was introduced about 3 weeks ago in response to a large amount of spam attacks. 
    There is a thread about it on Site Feedback here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6149721/a-spam-blocker-on-my-account-really/p1 although they do seem to have changed the conditions slightly.
    Hopefully they will soon find a better way to stop the spammers and let the genuine posters get on with it.
  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    This was introduced about 3 weeks ago in response to a large amount of spam attacks. 
    There is a thread about it on Site Feedback here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6149721/a-spam-blocker-on-my-account-really/p1. Hopefully they will soon find a better way to stop the spammers and let the genuine posters get on with it.
    thanks bob  :) didn't see the thread so have just been to it, hopefully they will sort it soon as no wonder sadly reg posters are so frustrated with the site as it is now  :/
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • Blulu
    Blulu Posts: 7,841 Forumite
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    Ouch! Hope they will sort this out too, and hope all you lovely posters will get your bans lifted, and permanently so,

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  • Mouse400
    Mouse400 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
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    edited 18 June 2020 at 3:05PM
    Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear this. Hardly a nice message to get when you're being helpful and kind by posting comps 😟.I hope it gets sorted soon.xx
  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    Misslayed said:
    If it happens to you, please email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com  it helps them to be able to differentiate between valuable contributors and the spammers who have been attempting to flood the boards in the wee small hours recently.
    thank you Misslayed will do that  :)
    please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly. k2u58ioz4c8e.png




  • 203846930
    203846930 Posts: 4,708 Forumite
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    Misslayed said:
    If it happens to you, please email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com  it helps them to be able to differentiate between valuable contributors and the spammers who have been attempting to flood the boards in the wee small hours recently.
    I did but I still get blocked
    Maybe that they just don't like me of course :(
  • redfox5
    redfox5 Posts: 25,055 Forumite
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    This was happening to me but I posted a few times today and didn't get blocked so figured it was fixed. 

    I did email though. 
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  • lizd31
    lizd31 Posts: 25,216 Forumite
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    I've just got the same thing now & I'm blocked because I posted 3 of the Your Cat July comps in 4 minutes. The same thing happened last month. I struggle sitting for long at my computer which is why I don't post much or do the daily thread anymore so it's really hard for me. I wanted to post all of them quickly & then go & rest but I can't, I have to come back in 10 minutes & post 2 more then wait a few more minutes & do some more. It's ridiculous. Also when I did a search to check nobody had already posted them I got a bad gateway message something about Cloudflare & Vanilla. I've had this message before on MSE since they changed the website. I don't get it on any other website so does anybody know what it is please?
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