"Listen to this important message by...." STFU!
 

There seems to be a new wave of this type of spam attacking message boards everywhere. Is there something you can do to prevent this from happening? Can you impose a rule that does not allow the new member to post threads for the first 3 days of joining the forum, or limiting how many threads can be started in one day? I noticed a similar attack happened last night and there wasn't a mod or admin around to stop him. Should we recruit more mods/admins? What is the current power does a mod have, because I think it would make sense to allow a mod to close threads, if not, allow them to erase what is written in the thread until an admin or super mod can delete/ban them at least.

they were all erased yesturday, I pm'd boostd7 about them again.
I am sure when they ban them they ban the ip address they are using but if they use another computer they have to ban that ip address too. Kind of a never ending battle until they run out of ip's.

I doubt they can run out of ip's. Their ISP probably asisgns them a random one every time they log on.

I agree these attacks are unacceptable, but Omicron had one such attack cleaned up in 5 minutes flat yesterday. It's nice our moderators are effective, but it's a shame it makes extra work for them.

Anyone ambitious enough to try to track down their location and *ahem* have a word with them in person?

The clear solution is to give me power to delete shit like that. I'll be the bad cop, to the other mods good cop.

haha! like that would ever happen.

Because you're online all the time? ;)

pretty much. I see everything. It's easy when you work at home and get to surf the net in between simulations running.

It's funny you mention that. I swear BlueEyes is a machine sometimes because I see him posting at all times of the day. The guy doesn't need sleep! :Eyecrazy: I'd elect BlueEyes for mod with power to remove spam.

Gosh....I want to be a MOD!! :wavey:

I'd elect Raz for mod as well because he is a cool guy and a photoshop guru.

Whoa Raz is back? From that "other" website... get out of here! woohoo!

Where ya been? I've been posting my little azz off!

Yeah, that other place had all them boring political discussion. <hurl>

Besides that.....everyone is nice and treats each other with respect.....no fun at all, I tell ya. :rock:

Yeah, raz and me for Mods!

they need to add that annoying text recognition check before signing up so bots can't sign in

you know a picture of text garbled you need to type out

:rollingla

Yeah, I was a little worried about Raz too. I mean, he can't see pictures.

Yeah....petty tyrannies. They took Hannibal Lecters drawings away too. I still have my imagination. :rock:

http://www.mazdanow.com/temp/hanniraz.jpg

id vote for raz :)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...rs/RSDmask.jpg

ROFLMAO
:lol:

:smoker: :yelrotflm

That's 3 so far. This movement has really started to pick up steam!!

:D:

^ yes, by 2024, you may have enough votes to become moderator "houseboy"!!!


btw, your christmas thread is absolutely amazing!!!!

Funny you should mention that. I've had 20 or 30 MODs email me, giving me their support. Additionally, the Salvation Army has pledged 37% of the revenues collecting by their bell ringers in front of Wal Marts to be donated to my campaign. I'm expecting a letter of endorsement from Warren Beatty and the Muppets are doing a two hour special, endorsing my cause. I've ordered 100,000 campaign buttons and MazdaUSA called me last night, offering the use of their Irvine, CA corporate meeting spaces for fundraisers and Razpewton for Moderator conventions.

This thang is geting BIG I tell ya......HUGE!

I'm still working on it. It will double in size by tonight.... :rock:

holy "growth" batman (pun intended and also not intended)

we had the same problem on our local club forum. Some dude for an online casino was posting a bunch of random crap all over. We had to get rid of him. It is really annoying. People with nothing better to do i guess.

Somebody is doing that here?? :eek:

The best way to handle the SPAMMERS is to report them as soon as you see them, using the report button in the top-right-hand corner of the post. I think the MODs get these messages and take action as soon as they receive the report. They're pretty good about jumping on these guys pronto.