There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
I think it's funny that so many people were volunteering to be mods here when the mods here get treated like ****.
I hope I'm not one of the ones treating you mods or anyone else badly
Sending you mods massive hugs and large slices of cake each
Beauty: RIP 3rd November 2008
Dylan left us 23rd March 2012
PM me any time you need to talk and I'll answer as soon as I can.
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future" LOTR
I think it's funny that so many people were volunteering to be mods here when the mods here get treated like ****.
I'm thick skinned.
Argh but seriously the amount of spam in GC is starting to actually really piss me off.....I go to read a new post in a thread only to find it's 4 or 5 posts of spam - not even different spam usually just the same **** repeated. Gah!
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
Griddlebone I think it is possible to set spambuster mods up so they can't see sections you don't want them to see - I think you do it in the admin control thing - set the group then I think you can mark out somewhere what they can see and what they can't
Beauty: RIP 3rd November 2008
Dylan left us 23rd March 2012
PM me any time you need to talk and I'll answer as soon as I can.
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future" LOTR
It isnt something that is going to happen,thats not how the control panel works.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
I in no way intended to sound like I was ungrateful for you lovely Moddlies and you power and know you get the shiity end of the poo stick! And entirely not your fault that we people who get up when you are going to bed have people spamming then! You all have lives and other things to beside sitting on RYL 24/7 deleting spam! =) That would just be cruel.
And I'm not volunteering to be a mod and know its a big deal to be made one with all the power and horrible things directed at you all.
But for the record you guys are doing an amazing job dealing with all the spamming retards!
xxx
From Nymph to Dragonfly, I know my place.
Call me Bee. =) Like it or Lump it.
‘Cause the passion and pain are gonna keep you alive someday
Harley is around (sometimes), as his Tony (who, if nothing else could suggest to him that he do something). Harley is probably the only one who can secure the site a bit better so that the spam would decrease. Bug him enough until he does something? Or finally gives up on the site and hands it over to someone else?
Last edited by The One Who : 22-12-2012 at 10:38 AM.
Is it bad that I hadn't noticed the spam until SavingGace pointed it out to me....
I just never click threads with titles that don't make sense.
You start life with a clean slate. Then you begin to make your mark. You face decisions, make choices. You keep moving forward. But sooner or later there comes a time where you look back over where you have been and wonder who you really are.
They are also posting in pre-made legit threads, so it looks like real people have commented on threads you've commented in, and you get all excited to see who's offended this time by what you've written (lol) and you find, to your rage, that a spambot has just filled a whole page with like 4 or 5 repeated chunks of bullshit. Grr.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
Currently 21/35 threads on page one of the general forum are spam. I hope Harley is successful.
tu as tant de choses à dire,
mais le tout reste enfermer.
et quand tu ne sais plus quoi dire,
tu te mets à pleurer.
Mais ça ton publique le voit pas,
tu l'incites à rêver, pendant que toi tu le regarde...
Unfortunately XRumer (the software being used to post the spam) is really annoying to try and block. It's now able to defeat things like CAPTCHA and simple questions like What colour is the sky? Allowing it to continue registering accounts and spamming. So many technical methods are ineffective.
Another forum I moderate on we've resorted to IP blocking everyone from outside the UK, however it only lasted a couple of days before the spammer configured a British proxy in order to keep posting. It's absolutely infuriating and I feel sorry for the Mods and Harley because I know from personal experience how difficult it is to keep up with the sheer volume of crap that's being posted.
One method could be to ban any newly registered members with less than 15 posts from posting threads containing links, or make it so they enter a pre-moderation queue. whilst it wont stop the spam completely it would slow it down somewhat.
Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money.
They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with.
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
I have seen sites with newbie forums that are like "sandboxes" in that new members can only post in that forum until they get a post count up. All I know is there are gobs of new accounts this week and the spammy apocalypse is really intensifying.
My computer is not happy so im on ryl on my phone so i cant delete threads....eep!x
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
My computer is not happy so im on ryl on my phone so i cant delete threads....eep!x
Dunno if it was you or someone else, but the 20-some posts in general seem to have been taken care of. Thanks! :)
tu as tant de choses à dire,
mais le tout reste enfermer.
et quand tu ne sais plus quoi dire,
tu te mets à pleurer.
Mais ça ton publique le voit pas,
tu l'incites à rêver, pendant que toi tu le regarde...
.gif "rose")
