Message to Adminstrators

[Virtually9-5]

I have probably woken up this morning grumpy but very annoyed at the member who is spamming the e com area can the administrators do something - I visit new posts everybody else's have been messed up because of this I have come in to ecom and the same - I am sure that there are plenty of others who feel the same

 

[Decalz]

I agree, perhaps a couple of moderators could be employed to delete the spam posts. Its hard for one person to keep ontop of??

 

There is more than one moderator, they do have businesses to run along with families!

You can report spam or other bad posts using the "Report" function - this will alert the moderators/administrators.

 

[DuaneJackson]

Hi Both,

I understand your frustration. There is more than one person here who can delete spam. We're not employed though - we do it on a voluntary basis.

So on a Saturday morning - odds are we're either spending time with our families or catching up on work in our respective companies.

I see Tin has deleted the spam from this morning. Do feel free to use the link to report spam - this sends an email to all the mods to alert us that spam needs dealing with. Even is we're not checking the forums, one of us is usually online.

Duane

 

[DuaneJackson]

If only I could be as succinct as you, Carl!

I'd also better correct myself - It was Jacqui(Creacom) that deleted teh ecomm spam. Tin had also deleted a load of other spam.

You'd be amazed how much spam gets posted here on a daily basis and is zapped by a mod before anyone sees it.

 

[Kent Accountant]

One of the reasons that makes UKBF so usable is the lack of spam and we all owe a debt of gratitude to the unpaid moderators for the time that they put into the forum

 

[Scott-Copywriter]

I should be made a moderator. I have no life, no family, nothing. I can just sit on here like a drone 20 hours a day

 

[asonda]

I'd quite happily be a MOD too....

 

[DanMartin]

The moderators all do a fantastic job. Like Duane says, they do the job on a voluntary basis so need some time off! Any spam postings are deleted as soon as humanly possible.

 

[asonda]

How can somebody become a forum moderator? I'm quite happy to help... with nearly 800 posts behind me, I'm clearly dedicated to the forum and the users using the forum...

 

[stugster]

Dan, perhaps it would be worthwhile investigating the benefits of implementing a more stringent security check on registration?

I have seen some spam on the forums, and am unsure if they're being posted by real people or by spam bots. If it's the spam-bots, I'm sure this could be prevented easily by a slight modification to register.php (or the vbulletin derivative).

Do you know if they're real people?

 

[DuaneJackson]

I've not seen anything that indicates the spam we get is from spambots.

 

[stugster]

Are the spam messages being followed up by the ISPs of the originating IP address?

 

[DanMartin]

Many thanks for your comments stugster. I will pass them on to our technical team.