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Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:41 pm
by HiHoRushden&Diamonds
I thought there was meant to be some sort of RDFC question upon joining the forum.
Not complainig, just wondering...

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:44 pm
by DiamondNutter
Some people have better things to do in their lives than spending all night on here. Im sure it will get sorted soon

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:51 pm
by Mad Dog
We need a clear out of the list of users. Some are blatant spammers and others are legitimate users that haven't registered yet.

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:53 pm
by HiHoRushden&Diamonds
DiamondNutter wrote:Some people have better things to do in their lives than spending all night on here. Im sure it will get sorted soon
Yeah hopefully. I'm not demanding it gets removed, i'm sure the moderators on the forum have blocked before and will continue to do so in the future, and i appreciate it's not easy trying to work out who genuine fans are. To be honest i find the spam laughable, literally hundreds of words that don't make sense and that nobody is interested in.

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:00 pm
by DiamondNutter
HiHoRushden&Diamonds wrote:
DiamondNutter wrote:Some people have better things to do in their lives than spending all night on here. Im sure it will get sorted soon
Yeah hopefully. I'm not demanding it gets removed, i'm sure the moderators on the forum have blocked before and will continue to do so in the future, and i appreciate it's not easy trying to work out who genuine fans are. To be honest i find the spam laughable, literally hundreds of words that don't make sense and that nobody is interested in.

Well if your not demanding it gets removed, and that you dont care, why make a thread about it? Its not a laughable matter, its just annoying and sure it will get dealt with.

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:04 pm
by StaceyH
You guys have no idea of the huge number of posts that have been removed nor the number of users that have been banned in the last week or so, most of them you will never even have seen. I agree that it is very irritating but we're doing our best to keep them off the board and, unfortunately, as has already been said, we can't be on here 24 hours a day.

I would ask that you all please resist the temptation to reply to any of it as it makes it easier for us to identify the posts quickly. Thanks :D

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:06 pm
by Oundle Diamond #2
Diamondsforever wrote:You guys have no idea of the huge number of posts that have been removed nor the number of users that have been banned in the last week or so, most of them you will never even have seen. I agree that it is very irritating but we're doing our best to keep them off the board and, unfortunately, as has already been said, we can't be on here 24 hours a day.

I would ask that you all please resist the temptation to reply to any of it as it makes it easier for us to identify the posts quickly. Thanks :D
We all appreciate all you do DF :)

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:07 pm
by HiHoRushden&Diamonds
DiamondNutter wrote:
HiHoRushden&Diamonds wrote:
DiamondNutter wrote:Some people have better things to do in their lives than spending all night on here. Im sure it will get sorted soon
Yeah hopefully. I'm not demanding it gets removed, i'm sure the moderators on the forum have blocked before and will continue to do so in the future, and i appreciate it's not easy trying to work out who genuine fans are. To be honest i find the spam laughable, literally hundreds of words that don't make sense and that nobody is interested in.

Well if your not demanding it gets removed, and that you dont care, why make a thread about it? Its not a laughable matter, its just annoying and sure it will get dealt with.
I wasn't laughing, and i agree with you, hopefully it will get removed. I was just wondering how the spammers got on the forum, it's not really a big deal.

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:11 pm
by Mad Dog
HiHoRushden&Diamonds wrote:
DiamondNutter wrote:Some people have better things to do in their lives than spending all night on here. Im sure it will get sorted soon
Yeah hopefully. I'm not demanding it gets removed, i'm sure the moderators on the forum have blocked before and will continue to do so in the future, and i appreciate it's not easy trying to work out who genuine fans are. To be honest i find the spam laughable, literally hundreds of words that don't make sense and that nobody is interested in.
Actually it does make sense from my perspective. I think they may be doing it for a thing known as Search Engine Optimisation(google it if you want to find out more) not to get anyone to click on those links or look at the content even.

One thing that may deter them would be to check if links posted on this site are made nofollow (this is do with SEO). If they aren't he needs to find out how to add this.

Re: Spammers...

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:12 pm
by DiamondNutter
Well lets hope you weren't laughing then, as you clearly said you find it laughable. I'd suggest stopping with the comments now as it isnt helping the moderators in doing their job.