posting rules, spam - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:24:53 pm
content: are there really no stops in place to prevent something like "allanhit" signing up and the same day doing ~80 spam posts?

author: timeandfrequency
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:33:25 pm
content: Just sent a PM to Halcyon (global moderator)

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:48:42 pm
content: Many forums limit the number of posts you can make with time. It should be longer.The commie spammer bot is averaging one post/minute.

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:51:10 pm
content: I have watched this SPAM attack grow. There is a 30 second delay on posting so that has slowed its progress. Talk about aggressive spamming though ! Have not seen such here before. I wonder if IP blocking can prevent the perpetrator repeating the “attack” or will they just change IP via a VPN

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:51:42 pm
content: Quote from: timeandfrequency on May 04, 2025, 06:33:25 pmThe 'Report to moderator' link works best as all mods get informed. PMing a specific moderator doesn't take into account their availability and timezones. I'm sure many of us have reported it by now.

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:54:21 pm
content: pamphleteer robot

author: Simmed
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:54:45 pm
content: it must be sunday

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 06:56:03 pm
content: I wonder if one day drones are going to try to fly into apartment buildings to put up pamphlets for Chinese foodlike flying printers or graphitti bots

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 07:07:18 pm
content: Yay, free drones.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 07:14:25 pm
content: Do not give them ideas

author: edpalmer42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 07:15:39 pm
content: Quote from: Fraser on May 04, 2025, 06:51:10 pmIdeally, a new user should have a variable timeout. The more they post, the longer the timeout between postings. But I'd be surprised if the forum software has a feature like that.Is it possible for new users to have a daily limit on the number of posts?

author: unseenninja
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 07:29:42 pm
content: Where on earth are the moderators? This Russian has been spamming the forum for hours now. Joined 16:38 today, 128 spam messages all over the forum so far.

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 07:38:03 pm
content: It's the weekend, mods are on holidaysHopefully the commies haven't hacked into the server to do this.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 08:09:01 pm
content: Quote from: langwadt on May 04, 2025, 06:24:53 pmThis kind of nonsense happened regularly on usenet, and wasnotlimited to the infamous Canter and Siegel.There was a good solution: usenet readers had filters which allowed you tocompletelyignore posts matching your chosen filter. "Completely" means "do not see this post nor any replies to it".In that regard, usenet was an improvement on its successors.Shame the "ignore subthread" filter doesn't work on this forum.

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 09:36:38 pm
content: The commie bot is still going strong 205 posts nowHopefully the admins are not locked out. Very scary.

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 10:07:29 pm
content: I have just seen that Dave is on the forum so hopefully our Russian ‘friend’ will soon be banned.Update : I just checked and all has returned to normal with the perp deleted along with all the Spam posts. Great job

author: Vincent
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2025, 10:29:59 pm
content: Welp, it's over then. Move along, nothing to see!