Mods - Please wake up

musicfan_4201 · Post by **musicfan_4201** » 13 Aug 2008, 19:14

This site is being used for publicity of drugs to control hunger etc. Ther was a posting in the monring. Next could be Viagra!!!!!!!!
Now the latest is ....
Please remove such postings and ban such mischief players.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 13 Aug 2008, 21:04

We are trying to delete them as fast as we can and are working on a process to stop futur spamming.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 13 Aug 2008, 22:17

I have stopped further registrations till we find a solution to this latest menace - spamming.

ram · Post by **ram** » 13 Aug 2008, 22:27

Can you also please delete those IDs that have been spamming till now? Please ignore if already done.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 13 Aug 2008, 22:43

Every moderator of every forum in the world would like to eliminate spammers, of course.

On an other forum where I am a moderator, we have a filter which holds back posts containing certain words, from those below a certain post count. Another way is to moderate all posts from new members.

There will always be posts that get through the net, and there will always be new members who are inconvenienced by whatever measures are taken.

It is a very ugly thing to see in our forum listings, but, one way or another, we should be patient with our moderators.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 13 Aug 2008, 22:53

ram wrote:Can you also please delete those IDs that have been spamming till now? Please ignore if already done.

Yeah, I've already done that. As Nick has pointed out, yes we will be using a list of banned words on the forum too to prevent the most obvious spam from getting posted.

I am also exploring the possibility of putting a CAPTCHA box on the registration form (where you read some characters from an image and enter it into a field to verify that you are a human and not a bot).

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 14 Aug 2008, 00:12

CAPTCHAS are not foolproof, but they require a little more effort, and maybe people may think that our tiny, specialist site is not worth their while.

So, yes... every little helps.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 14 Aug 2008, 01:15

OK the CAPTCHA is in place, and I have enabled the registrations once again. Now let me enable word-censors.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 14 Aug 2008, 06:00

Thanks for the quick follow up action. gobilalitha

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 14 Aug 2008, 20:36

Well done.

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 14 Aug 2008, 21:22

Congrats to the moderators. Looks its all under control.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 15 Aug 2008, 06:49

srkris and all those who contributed to prevent further onslaught by spammers - Thank you for prompt action.