Influx Of Spam On Forums (This Aint Spam BTW)

[29xTheJames]

Whats going on with all the spam being posted on our brill lil forum? Everything from sorting out loans to watching g/f's cheating to torrent download sites is being posted here on a daily basis.

Does anyone know how to stop this junk?

[kriscoverdale]

Its what happens to all successful messageboards I'm afraid. We update our spam defences, the spammers work round them. I'm going to have a bit more look into ways of stopping it at source, and in the meantime us mods are deleting it as quickly as we are able.

Cheers
Kris

[Sarc]

Is it possible for Mods/Administrators to approve accounts, thats possibly a way, if they have time that is.

[Banky]

What about making some of the regular members User-Mods? That could help in spotting and deleting the spam threads a lot faster.

[Damian]

Is it possible for Mods/Administrators to approve accounts, thats possibly a way, if they have time that is.

I did that with the forum I run for Clearlake and loads of people didn't get the registration e-mails. Gave up and I just moderate as I go along now...

[29xTheJames]

I use to mod for the Ringworld forums (dedicated to the Japanese horror films Ring).

[Ean]

Is it possible for Mods/Administrators to approve accounts, thats possibly a way, if they have time that is.

I did that with the forum I run for Clearlake and loads of people didn't get the registration e-mails. Gave up and I just moderate as I go along now...

While it is an option - I know the LiST is done that way - from reading up on it, it puts people off if they can't post straight away when they join. Plus, if there aren't any admins on hand (I don't think mods have that privilege on this system) a backlog starts to build up and people get bored waiting.

[geordierussell]

I think more mods would help.

[Keith Richard]

I think more mods would help.

I'm more than willing to help out. I see much of this "spam" come through during my daytime, which is mid of night GMT.

[fluffygrue]

Happy to help moderating out the obvious spams.. I think most people can tell the difference between spam and Wildhearts-related natter, anyway, so moderating shouldn't be too tricky.

[29xTheJames]

I think everyone wants to be a mod lol

[Keith Richard]

I think everyone wants to be a mod lol

I was always a rocker

[Zo]

Well I'm usuall up deleting spam at around 6.30 am... and then again during the day at work (workload permitting) and then again at tea time. So if any spam appears it's not usually there for long.

Have to admit tho I've not been online since Friday lunchtime. A girl's aloud a weekend off to go party with her mates tho isn't she?

*nurses headache*

[pete]

yes of course you are

[Trudi]

I also log in and check twice a day (before work and mid-late evening) every day that I'm online...