Why so many bot posts?
06-13-2014, 03:52 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
bot/spam
06-13-2014, 07:33 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North Central Illinois
Posts: 848
Really cheap advertising, I suppose, so even if they only get a small response, it must be worth it to them.
I don't know that, practically speaking, there's much a forum can do to get rid of it, except delete it after it appears.
I don't know that, practically speaking, there's much a forum can do to get rid of it, except delete it after it appears.
06-13-2014, 07:49 AM
#7
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern California
Posts: 18,382
As for the spam, it's a pain in the you know what. Mods spend a lot of time deleting it. How to prevent it is something on the admin level (they run the server, etc.). I know they'd like to prevent it but don't know that they can. Mods have also complained about all of the spam to admin but I don't know that they can prevent it with the software we have.
Cal
06-13-2014, 09:03 AM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Cal---Someone took care of that 62 post jokester very quickly after I sent in that alert. I also don't see how you can prevent this Spam from being posted, but it would be nice if the first person that reads it hits the Alert button and notifies the Mods so they can deep six them ASAP. It's simple to look and see if there have been any views and the more there are before they get deleted means they will probably keep coming back under another IP as was mentioned. I go through the entire site the first time I come on in the morning and always hit the Alert button on a bunch of them because most of the time these yahoos post during the middle of the night.
