Mark J Posted April 14 Author Report Posted April 14 Suddenly this morning we're being inundated, essentially a denial of service attack. Quote
Mark J Posted April 14 Author Report Posted April 14 +1. Regrettably, these pests are continuing. 1 Quote
difalkner Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 Appears to be a flood; I've reported half a dozen or so. DDoS, maybe? 2 Quote
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted April 14 Popular Post Report Posted April 14 Yep. I got a half-dozen more unreported spammers while cleaning up those you reported. 2 1 Quote
difalkner Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 On 4/14/2025 at 8:25 AM, wtnhighlander said: Yep. I got a half-dozen more unreported spammers while cleaning up those you reported. And they're still coming in; thanks for taking care of these! 2 Quote
Von Posted April 14 Report Posted April 14 Boy they are bad this morning. My observation is they are using more accounts than usual, with just a few postings per account. Quote
Von Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 And they are back and thick this morning. Thanks in advance to the mods for their work. 1 Quote
Popular Post Tpt life Posted April 26 Popular Post Report Posted April 26 I am beginning to regret being an early riser. 4 Quote
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 On 4/26/2025 at 6:09 AM, Tpt life said: I am beginning to regret being an early riser. Same. I'm up at 0400 most days and just quit hopping on here for the endless stream of garbage spam. 2 Quote
Mark J Posted April 26 Author Report Posted April 26 I'm afraid you may not be the only one. After shoveling out the crap there are fewer real posts to read. 1 Quote
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 Question for the Mods Some mornings, I'll wake up and start reporting the endless spam posts, one by one. Is this helpful at all, or does it not matter. I've noticed that they disappear real quick as soon as a moderator is on line. So thank. You all for that. Quote
Beechwood Chip Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 Different mods have different techniques. I log in and ban all the Temu and "Customer Support" spam, and then look at the reports. The reports are helpful for the less obvious spam. 1 Quote
wtnhighlander Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 Absolutely, what Chip said. If three members report the same user, it gets blocked from further posts,so please don't give up! 2 Quote
difalkner Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 I may see a dozen or more spam posts but typically only report one, figuring y'all will see them anyway. Being a mod on so many other forums it's just in my nature to spot spam, so since I can't do anything about it here a report is in order. 2 Quote
Ron Swanson Jr. Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 Thanks folks. I didn't know if i was wasting my time reporting every single one. I'll leave the obvious temu ones to you and keep an eye out for the less obvious. Thanks again, it's a thankless job you do. 1 Quote
Von Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 Based on prior conversations with the mods in this thread I try and report each spammer at least once. I don't try to report each spam post. 1 Quote
Mark J Posted April 27 Author Report Posted April 27 20 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: Absolutely, what Chip said. If three members report the same user, it gets blocked from further posts,so please don't give up! What if a single member were to report three different posts from a particular user, would that user be blocked? Quote
wtnhighlander Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 @Mark J, they way I read the forms, I believe it means of a user account gets 3 'strikes', they are blocked from posting until mods take action. I don't think it matters if those strikes are 3 other members reporting against one post, or one member reporting 3 posts, or any combination. 2 Quote
Mark J Posted April 29 Author Report Posted April 29 I don't know if this is possible, or if it would help. I'm wondering if we could require a new members first 5 posts to be no more frequent than, say, an hour apart. Another thought, temporarily block any new member if an existing member reports any of the first few posts. 1 Quote
Gary Beasley Posted April 29 Report Posted April 29 It looks to me like any new membership applicants need a set of human eyes applied before being allowed to post anything. Apparently the signup is automatic enough that bots and spammers have an easy path to the forum. 1 Quote
difalkner Posted April 29 Report Posted April 29 On the other forums I admin the first 10 posts automatically go into moderation if they contain links or photos. Seems like one of them the number is 5, but either way a mod/admin sets eyes on it before making it to the public forum. It's usually no more than a couple of hours before we see it and approve/spam clean/reject. 2 Quote
Von Posted May 3 Report Posted May 3 Another Saturday morning and another flood of SPAM. Thank you mods. 1 Quote
Mark J Posted May 3 Author Report Posted May 3 With the flood of spam, it seems to me that the flow of actual posts has slowed a lot, even from the forum regulars. 1 Quote
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