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Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 4:31 pm
by altipueri
I see similar things on other forums be they photography, games, computers.
So I look to see how many previous comments a new thread writer has - there are so many bait type new threads that waste a lot of time of people who write often long helpful answers.
How about a new member cannot originate a new topic until 10, 20 answers on other threads?
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:19 am
by Rebel Yell
Orm wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:29 am
I find it sad that the obvious spam remains so long on the forum. I can understand when it is posted during the weekend that it might not be removed until a weekday, but now it remains a couple of weekdays before it is removed. To me it signals that there is no interest for this forum from Matrix.
+2
What does and doesn't get quickly moderated around here is often surprising.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2024 12:59 pm
by Platoonist
Orm wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:29 am
To me it signals that there is no interest for this forum from Matrix.
I hope not but I kinda wonder if it isn't indicative of the way things are headed in general. Most web forums seem to be going the way of the dinosaur, outside of a few larger holdouts like Something Awful. Social media platforms have dominated for a while now. Seems like the choices are increasingly Discord, Reddit, or screaming into the void of Twitter/X. I've tried Discord but the stream-of-consciousness style there is something I often find annoying. It also seems like a place where documentation and useful info go to hide in a walled garden.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2024 3:01 pm
by VPaulus
Orm wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:29 am
I find it sad that the obvious spam remains so long on the forum. I can understand when it is posted during the weekend that it might not be removed until a weekday, but now it remains a couple of weekdays before it is removed. To me it signals that there is no interest for this forum from Matrix.
Sorry guys, but most of our staff is on holidays. Please note that the office will only open in 2nd of January.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2024 6:42 pm
by Lobster
So now we spam about spam.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:50 pm
by zakblood
as always the best advice it to report everything and then wait and not comment on the spam page itself, then less work for staff to remove etc, and everyone needs a break, happy new year everyone

Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 5:04 pm
by Orm
Hence this spam thread.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:29 pm
by RangerJoe
What would be nice if there were filters on posts, especially for brand new users . . .
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:50 pm
by PipFromSlitherine
It's something we're talking about right now. It's hard to prevent actual people from bypassing our restrictions, but we'll always keep trying!
Cheers
Pip
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:25 pm
by Orm
Thank you for cleaning the place up. It is really appreciated.

Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:10 pm
by RangerJoe
Yes, thank you.
I reported one this morning and it was taken down very quickly.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:35 pm
by RangerJoe
PipFromSlitherine wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:50 pm
It's something we're talking about right now. It's hard to prevent actual people from bypassing our restrictions, but we'll always keep trying!
Cheers
Pip
A question for you.
Is there a way that your filters can block certain IP and MAC addresses? If it is the same people posting from a certain area and using pretty much the same computers, that might help to stop the spam. Forwarding information to any
Powers That Be who might be able to use legal methods to stop the spam would be helpful. Especially when they post pornographic pictures, it would be nice for them to face legal consequences and have a judge then tell them that they should not do things like that again.
Re: OT: Vent your frustration here on SPAM
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:07 pm
by PipFromSlitherine
RangerJoe wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:35 pm
PipFromSlitherine wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:50 pm
It's something we're talking about right now. It's hard to prevent actual people from bypassing our restrictions, but we'll always keep trying!
Cheers
Pip
A question for you.
Is there a way that your filters can block certain IP and MAC addresses? If it is the same people posting from a certain area and using pretty much the same computers, that might help to stop the spam. Forwarding information to any
Powers That Be who might be able to use legal methods to stop the spam would be helpful. Especially when they post pornographic pictures, it would be nice for them to face legal consequences and have a judge then tell them that they should not do things like that again.
We can block IPs etc, but unfortunately that is a very blunt tool, and easily bypassed.
Cheers
Pip