Spam?

[sb56637]

@teacher

Did Sb make it where after a certain number of reports the Spam post or thread is ‘Auto Deleted’??

That would save him a lot of work if he did, or could; do that….

Yep, it’s always been like that. Even the spammer’s entire account can get automatically disabled. You can read about it here:

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

Hi everyone, As you are all painfully aware, we've been under attack by spammers recently. First of all, my apologies for not taking measures sooner. For one thing, I was traveling for a few days and couldn't quickly intervene to delete the spammers and their posts. And secondly, I have been researching the available options for fighting spam. I have implemented a new SPAM mitigation system. I'm not going to mention the details of how it works in public so as to not tip off the spammers or oth…

So the past 8 hours saw significantly less spam than the previous period the night before. The few that got through were absolutely beaten to a pulp by many of you. :confounded: So thanks again for your vigilance. It looks like the few that got through this time were almost surely completely manual human posts, which are almost impossible to keep out. But at least the “Chinese firehose” spamming operation appears to have ended.

[tatasal]

@sb56637

The few that got through were absolutely beaten to a pulp by many of you. :confounded: So thanks again for your vigilance. It looks like the few that got through this time were almost surely completely manual human posts, which are almost impossible to keep out. But at least the “Chinese firehose” spamming operation appears to have ended.

We are patrolling the area, sir.

:+1:

[sb56637]

@tatasal

@sb56637

The few that got through were absolutely beaten to a pulp by many of you. :confounded: So thanks again for your vigilance. It looks like the few that got through this time were almost surely completely manual human posts, which are almost impossible to keep out. But at least the “Chinese firehose” spamming operation appears to have ended.

We are patrolling the area, sir.

:+1:

Here’s some badges:

[teacher]

@sb56637

@teacher

Did Sb make it where after a certain number of reports the Spam post or thread is ‘Auto Deleted’??

That would save him a lot of work if he did, or could; do that….

Yep, it’s always been like that. Even the spammer’s entire account can get automatically disabled. You can read about it here:
[08-Mar-2012] New SPAM mitigation scheme in place

So the past 8 hours saw significantly less spam than the previous period the night before. The few that got through were absolutely beaten to a pulp by many of you. :confounded: So thanks again for your vigilance. It looks like the few that got through this time were almost surely completely manual human posts, which are almost impossible to keep out. But at least the “Chinese firehose” spamming operation appears to have ended.

OK… thanks for the info & the link Sb. :+1: … I see, mine just happened to be the report that made them Auto Delete on the couple that I mentioned. Nice feature…