Does the forum have a tool to report spam? It would seem that there would be a button or link for member to report a thread that looks like spam.
For that matter, Why not just have the thread quarantined temporarily Or marked in the summary lists as suspected spam until a moderator can get to it.
Crowd policing this is going to be much more effective addressing the problem.
It probably would be a good idea to limit the quarantine ability to members that have a certain number of posts and membership time to limit vandalism. For example, anyone can report spam. long-time members reports quarantine and mark it (for speedy filtering).
And finally setup a feature that lets members filter out suspected spam.
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Yes. Click on the triangle icon under your avatar.
(On the post that's spam, so it's under the spammer's avatar - - that way, the spam post is reported, and not a post that you made).
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For that matter, Why not just have the thread quarantined temporarily Or marked in the summary lists as suspected spam until a moderator can get to it.
Crowd policing this is going to be much more effective addressing the problem.
It probably would be a good idea to limit the quarantine ability to members that have a certain number of posts and membership time to limit vandalism. For example, anyone can report spam. long-time members reports quarantine and mark it (for speedy filtering).
And finally setup a feature that lets members filter out suspected spam.
Lemme get this straight: you're asking for more moderation? And not only that, you're asking for it from people who might not even be moderators?
I don't know if there's an ISO9001 standard for spam response times, but usually by the time I'm booting up my computer (9-10 AM EST) the day's spam has been dealt with. Heck, I hardly even see spam at night after the rest of you have gone offline.
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I just wanted to add that we mods REALLY APPRECIATE those of you who take the time to report spam!! We would probably see it eventually, but reports really help to speed up spam deletion.
We don't generally take the time to thank spam reporters for their individual reports (too many of them), so I wanted to thank you here and now!
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Lemme get this straight: you're asking for more moderation? And not only that, you're asking for it from people who might not even be moderators?
I don't know if there's an ISO9001 standard for spam response times, but usually by the time I'm booting up my computer (9-10 AM EST) the day's spam has been dealt with. Heck, I hardly even see spam at night after the rest of you have gone offline.
I am amazed at how fast spam goes away.
I'm on the 9AM Eastern time zone shift.
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Khan, we race one another to trash and ban the spam--the last one to catch one is a rotten egg!
Seriously, we do try to beat each other to the button every time spam is reported!
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Khan, we race one another to trash and ban the spam--the last one to catch one is a rotten egg!
Seriously, we do try to beat each other to the button every time spam is reported!
Yes - this is true, you should see the hash marks on the wall in the mods break room. It's only a little twisted - kinda like swatting flies as a competitive sport.
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I just reported my first spammer! I had to hunt around a bit to find out how, so here's a comment to bring the relevant thread to the top again in case anyone else is wondering.
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but that wasn't the poster's name
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