New Years Resolution -- More Spam?

[Max]

Originally Posted by WhyYou

We now have moderation controls working. There will be little to no spam posted on the message board from now on. Some of the controls may seem like an inconvenience to new members, however after all the spam mess that we have experienced a little inconvenience is worth it.

Agreed. It's a shame we have to bother new members, but it is worth it without a doubt. Little to no spam seen.

[Max]

I just noticed that there are still plenty of "sock puppet" accounts. I wonder what this is from.

[WhyYou]

Originally Posted by Max

I just noticed that there are still plenty of "sock puppet" accounts. I wonder what this is from.

If by "sock puppet" you mean accounts that do not appear to be active, one of our new controls is the ability to check out new members BEFORE they are actually new members.

We also have a LOT of new members to clean up after the spam mess. With over 4,000 new registrations since the first of the year, it will take a long time to get rid of all the "trash".

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by WhyYou

If by "sock puppet" you mean accounts that do not appear to be active, one of our new controls is the ability to check out new members BEFORE they are actually new members.

We also have a LOT of new members to clean up after the spam mess. With over 4,000 new registrations since the first of the year, it will take a long time to get rid of all the "trash".

is there a new update to the war on spam, do you have a new total of account that have been banned for spamming?

[Max]

Originally Posted by WhyYou

If by "sock puppet" you mean accounts that do not appear to be active, one of our new controls is the ability to check out new members BEFORE they are actually new members.

We also have a LOT of new members to clean up after the spam mess. With over 4,000 new registrations since the first of the year, it will take a long time to get rid of all the "trash".

Yeah what I meant by sock puppet is a blank account that was set up months or even years ago with no with no activity whatsoever. Most of the accounts on this forum are actually sock puppets.

[WhyYou]

Originally Posted by enigma2

is there a new update to the war on spam, do you have a new total of account that have been banned for spamming?

Since the first of this year there have been over 3,500 bans. Total bans since this message board started is over 4,000 which means that we only had about 500 bans before the spam war started.

There are also over 1,000 stuck in the email confirmation loop. There are over 5,600 non posting members (this does not include those stuck in the email confirmation loop). There are only 153 posting members. The total count of members (which you can see in the "Current Users Online" area) is nearly 11,000.

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by WhyYou

Since the first of this year there have been over 3,500 bans. Total bans since this message board started is over 4,000 which means that we only had about 500 bans before the spam war started.

There are also over 1,000 stuck in the email confirmation loop. There are over 5,600 non posting members (this does not include those stuck in the email confirmation loop). There are only 153 posting members. The total count of members (which you can see in the "Current Users Online" area) is nearly 11,000.

3,500 spammers, ha ha ha to them, silly fools, but good job to the Staff for doing there best to rid us of them

[ugo]

Great success of "Moderators" (i think)