[08-Mar-2012] New SPAM mitigation scheme in place

[Jinx]

@goran3

Yeah, deleted or something (didnt get any notice), and my IP got banned, but you can change it with 2 clicks :D

But, bah, its not so important to me, in last weeks I have very little time to participate on the forum. Im just little stubborn (and have lots of email addresses to spair :D )

I'm sure SB will reinstate you, everyone knows you are a genuine member

[brted]

There should be a safety for established members. When using a trackpad, I can accidentally click stuff by tapping instead of sliding. And people could accidentally mark someone as spam. Over enough time, you could build up the enough clicks to be deleted.

[budynabuick]

@brted

There should be a safety for established members. When using a trackpad, I can accidentally click stuff by tapping instead of sliding. And people could accidentally mark someone as spam. Over enough time, you could build up the enough clicks to be deleted.

That would explain why I kept getting "user name or pass word not recognized". Maybe someone did not like my name (or poor punctuation). I was not aware of this. So, how many spam clicks does one have too get before they are "deleted"? So if I get this correctly if someone does not like (for whatever reason) you they can make you go "POOF"? BTW, IMO oldlumen"s idea sounds good. No?

Keith (I don"T like "POOF")

[sb56637]

Hi everyone,
Gorann and all of his aliases are permanently banned now. He wasn’t banned by the anti-spam system but rather by me. He has been repeatedly and deliberately violating the simple rule of avoiding political commentaries here on BLF. He has received many warnings and has been temporarily banned prior to this, but he continues to cause problems. There are many other political and hate speech forums out there on the web, but BLF is not one of them.

[esrevenge]

Sorry wrong post...:(

[brted]

Well, that explains that. Thanks for letting us know.

[sb56637]

@brted

There should be a safety for established members. When using a trackpad, I can accidentally click stuff by tapping instead of sliding. And people could accidentally mark someone as spam. Over enough time, you could build up the enough clicks to be deleted.

Actually, without going into details publicly, there are several different functions in place to protect against this happening. ;) I have been carefully monitoring the anti-spam hits since this new system was established, both for spammers and from users who mark spam posts, and so far so good. It's a pretty robust system that automatically corrects some common mistakes like those that brted mentions, and it also protects against malicious users who try to abuse the system. Thanks again to all of our vigilant users who help control spam. As for abuse of other sorts, such as the recent case of goran*, please keep in mind that the anti-spam system is NOT to be used for this sort of complaint against a user that you don't like. Rather, in most cases, it is best to simply ignore users that you don't like. In the rare case that a user repeatedly and maliciously violates the BLF rules, please contact me personally via PM. Thanks! Have fun.

[jacktheclipper]

Most of us don't have any control over what our government does . We simply try to get along .

[BetweenRides]

@goranx

...And of course that I can reregister with as much usernames as I want and Im not hiding it, If I want to hide Ill chose other username than goran...

You can check with kreisler, I think 'dinoboy' is available now....

[BetweenRides]

@jacktheclipper

Most of us don't have any control over what our government does . We simply try to get along .

+1

Well said, jack!

[Burro]

How do other forums get around the spam problem?