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Again, Please DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:35 pm
by SriramK
Why's there a sudden influx of spam in the forum?

Can the admins trace the IP to see if it's from one person or many? Is this some sort of revenge due to butthurt?

Re: Spam in the forum

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:37 pm
by dr.jayakumar
some pervert.
dr.jk

Re: Spam in the forum

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:25 pm
by goodboy_mentor
Whenever anyone finds any spam, please report that by clicking the exclamation mark within the triangle in upper right hand corner of the post.

Re: Spam in the forum

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:00 pm
by Vikram
Gentlemen,

As I keep repeating, these posts are made by SPAM Bots. Is they see a reply, they go mental and unleash a deluge. As such, we have been getting too much of late. If you see a SPAM post, please report it instead of replying to it.Thank you all for your help and especially to Skyman who reported 7 such posts today.Helps in keeping the board clean.As GBM says,there is a report button in every post.You can report it by simply clicking on it.


Best-
Vikram

Re: Spam in the forum

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:28 pm
by SriramK
I forgot all about the report button! Thanks for reminding :) Will make sure to report them asap when I spot one :D

Re: Spam in the forum

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:18 pm
by Skyman
I am.....Spaminator!!!!

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:43 am
by dr.jayakumar
guess what this spam is now on rd dreams forum.won't give up i think.
dr.jk

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:08 pm
by Moin.
The "Looking for a Good Man" was quite intersting and the lady very pretty :) :).....I thought we had our first Lady IFG member.... :mrgreen:

Re: Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:09 pm
by Moin.
Skyman wrote:I am.....Spaminator!!!!
Oh you had it going there Skyman.. You like Spicy lollzzzz......

Best
Moin.

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:27 pm
by Skyman
Come now....we are all searching for an appropriate jodi for you!!

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:44 pm
by Moin.
Skyman wrote:Come now....we are all searching for an appropriate jodi for you!!
Thank you Sir, you are kind. Try avoiding these Russians, I'd prefer an INSAS to an AK anyday :) :)

Regards
Moin.

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:39 pm
by Skyman
Why, when the rest of the world has it the the other way around? ROTFL

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:04 pm
by Vikram
Moin. wrote:The "Looking for a Good Man" was quite intersting and the lady very pretty :) :).....I thought we had our first Lady IFG member.... :mrgreen:
Not pointing a finger at any one, but replying to that one post just made the spam count shoot up.A reminder again.Please do not reply but just report.Thank you all.

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:14 pm
by target shooter
Please somebody explain ... I didn't get it.

Re: DON'T REPLY TO Spam in the forum

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:38 pm
by timmy
Target Shooter:

It works like this: people have set up software programs that register and log in to websites like this one. Once a login has been established, the people who control web based computers can "push" posts to all the sites they have logins on.

A vendor then buys so many postings for their product from these people who have set up all of these logins. The vendors pay a very small amount for each post, but because the people who have the logins have many thousands of them controlled by computers, they can make some money this way. The vendors can get a lot of advertising out for very little money.

But the people who set up these computer controlled logins (the computers that control these networks are known as "bots" which is short for "robots") are very clever and smart. They set up their bots to watch the postings their bots make: if someone responds to one of their posts, they know that the site is not a 'dry hole" i.e., they can get responses by posting, so then the program in their bots floods the site with advertising spam.

You must realize that there is no person listening or watching for responses to the posts their bots make. Responding to these bot posts is. like going down to the corner and talking to a post box. You might as well talk to a stone, because there is no human being monitoring. The person who has set up the bot is far to busy to eve look at any post. Hey are busy writing more programs for their bot computers to spread more spam across the Internet.

That said, I am understanding that spamming has picked up considerably across the Internet. Perhaps this is because we have entered a major shopping and buying season

Whatever, it is VITAL that nobody should respond to spam posts. Your moderator team has been absolutely swamped, clearing out all of those trash posts so that you all can enjoy the site without wading through a bunch of sewage.