Spam Deterrent ?

I think having the first few posts approved or having a moderator whose sole function is to do that would be a good move.

I sort of believe that a quick shut down of their website is appropriate and turnabout as being fair play .

if you can't handle it then why dish it out .

Wisdom from by older brother when i was seven ....Hit them back twice as hard and they will remember not to screw with you ever again .

Wow. I just spent the better part of 40 minutes marking the 200+ spam posts from our latest ringmeat muncher.

He was a busy little grape gargler.

Yeah I was marking like a dog in heat! We need some mods up in here!!

I felt like this:

Did You notice the Time was the same on many Posts? Do they use a Auto Post system?

I think this is spambot

How come spam so often contain Gucci shoes?

I must have hit "Mark as SPAM" about 200 times tonight. Not only is the nasty paisley annoying, but it makes a mess of BLF even after the spam is long gone.

I have seen the name , How does it work?

They use spambot to spam their site...

Maybe there could be some kind of CAPTCHA. They have gotten better, not just blurry words. The one I have on Flashlight Wiki makes you pick out pictures of cats (from pictures of dogs or cats). It isn't foolproof, because a real person can authorize the account and then put the spambot to work, but it is a step. So a second step is they have to email me or send a PM. It is such a strong system that hardly anyone ever signs up, however. That may not be what we're after either.

Could also be that you have to do a CAPTCHA for the first few posts or days, giving members a chance to determine if the person is a spammer.

Just put a filter in place to block any posts with the words “gucci” or “handbags” andi think it will catch 90% of the spam.

actually, that's a pretty good point

i bet a poll would show that 99.99% of flashaholics don't mind a total ban on the word gucci lol

Unless Gucci started making flashlights I can’t imagine anyone objecting to blocking the word. LOL!

GUCCIFIRE!!!!

sounds like, koochie...

I'd buy a KoochieFire.

Why not just have the users account suspended (for review once the admin is available) once five posts are marked as spam (or 5 people mark the same post as spam)? I don't see why anybody should have to mark 100 posts as spam.

Adding mods, account activation, or other stuff would be unnecessary, and they add more issues.

+1 Good Idea. I just hope we don't overreact and make new users go through confusing hoops like over at CPF. I am not in favor of adding a bunch of moderators. I like the open environment here and the fact that it is pretty much self-moderated by users.

Another good idea in the same vane.

And another...

Can that be cured with penicillin?