Free petrol- yawn

jezza2412

Unless MSE do something about this, pretty soon these boards are going to be swamped with spam.

Spam posts are spotted pretty quickly members rather than by MSE, so how about giving a few trusted members the power to delete obvious spam posts instantly? I'm sure there'd be many willing volunteers (I'm not suggesting myself btw)...

andrione1

i am new here but i agree completely, my heart sinks every time i see the 'petrol' headline. it is a real problem. even if just the petrol spam it would help matters.

BigMan

I am not new, but dont post that often because other ppl get in before me with a good answer.

However, I am getting very pi**e* off with the amount of spam.

Could the not have an automated service that once a thread has been reported say 5 times it is automatically removed until someone from MSE has looked at it, and decide on it's fate!

[Deleted User]

It would be even better if we could expedite all the spamming scum on this planet, so we would't receive all their sh*t in the first place.
However, that would be wishful thinking.

chris3349

BigMan wrote: »

I am not new, but dont post that often because other ppl get in before me with a good answer.

However, I am getting very pi**e* off with the amount of spam.

Could the not have an automated service that once a thread has been reported say 5 times it is automatically removed until someone from MSE has looked at it, and decide on it's fate!

That sound like a great idea but i dont get it do people still fall for this spam as he always uses the petrol thing you would have throught he would change his offer. i wish he would just sod off and leave the site for real money savers:mad:

LesD

"Calm down dears"!

Given the number of users on this site, it's amazing the only spam which seems to get through is the petrol-wallah!

I'm sure, soon, he (or she!!!) will be sussed!

Ploddy

These posts really do make me chuckle. It is daily now, the threads are deleted anyway so why continue?

OK new idea, maybe we should run a sweepstake on what user name they are going to use next. Closest person to the actual name wins the pot!!

I'll go first - a chinese flavour - Anoi Ying :j

BusinessStudent

But there must be a way to get free petrol surely?

saintscouple

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mountainchrisriver

There is already a thread on the subject (one of many, but this is the most recent):

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=965997

Garetha

Would it be possible to stop new members from posting messages with links until they have a certain number of posts under their belt?

Also
The text of the petrol spam is easily recognisable - could it be identified and saved until someone has checked it? (to allow for false positives)

Any other ideas?