problem reporting spam

newbury · May 29, 2016

Reported one of the "live streaming" posts.
There was a second one by the same user name - tried to report it and got the message I didn't have permission

newbury, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, your account may be awaiting activation.

Scooby074 · May 29, 2016

It was probably already reported and undergoing moderation. Or the user was in the process of being banned.

aczlan · May 29, 2016

Yep, if that happened, the user was probably banned between when you loaded the page and when you went to report it.
That moves the thread out of the forum where it was and to a place where only moderators have access to it.

Aaron Z

rekees4300 · Jun 12, 2016

newbury said:
Reported one of the "live streaming" posts.

I've been reporting those as spam for weeks but the problem continues. What is the point of reporting if nothing is done to fix it?

aczlan · Jun 12, 2016

Things are being done to fix it, the problem is that it will slow down for a few hours or a day after a change, then ramp back up once the spammers find a way around the new system.

Aaron Z

Bird · Jun 12, 2016

Ah, yes. You report'em, the moderators remove'em, and the boss is searching for a more permanent solution. So don't give up.

rekees4300 · Jun 12, 2016

Okay I'll keep report'em

Oldpath05 · Jun 12, 2016

I was wondering what those live streaming post was doing on this forum, thought they was some new annoying TBN feature/addition that I don't want.

Code54 · Jun 12, 2016

What about doing like some forums where your first two/three posts must me approved by Mods before they are posted for the public to view?

rekees4300 · Jun 13, 2016

Bird said:
the boss is searching for a more permanent solution.

Wonder if the IP address could be blocked? Or even a range of IP addresses corresponding to geographical region?

ultrarunner · Jun 13, 2016

Or automatic removal if several high post members report it?

aczlan · Jun 13, 2016

Too many source IPs to play wack a mole by banning IPs.
It looks like it has improved, there have only been 2 spam posts in the 22 hours since Muhammad made the last change...
::knocks on wood::

Aaron Z

newbury · Jun 13, 2016

Well hopefully that worked.

BUT - I had gotten "burned out" reporting these. If whoever kills the spam thread could just AUTOMATICALLY send a PM to the effect - Thanks - it would help. However with no feedback I sometimes just skip them and don't report.

Perhaps TBN could start a contest - something like whoever reports the most spam in a week gets a new M6 or a TBN hat

GPintheMitten · Jun 13, 2016

I reported both of those and a few others. I don't need feedback or thank you. I just want them to be dealt with and I assume they are.

newbury · Jun 13, 2016

GPintheMitten said:
<snip>I just want them to be dealt with and I assume they are.

Assume -

Sometimes I've reported them and they continue to show up. Feedback would let us know a mod saw it.

Code54 · Jun 13, 2016

ultrarunner said:
Or automatic removal if several high post members report it?

That sounds like a great idea!

CCWKen · Jun 13, 2016

LOL.... I was reporting them too. Maybe the moderator got overwhelmed.

aczlan · Jun 14, 2016

The moderators see all of the reported posts. All moderators are sent an email when a post is reported and it starts a thread in the moderators forum (one thread per reported post, with "replies" each time someone else reports it) so it can be marked as taken care of (or debated if its a grey area).
Adding a PM isn't likely to happen (especially if spam ramps back up) unless it is automated as it would be a lot more work to do that.
As for the delay in replies, it depends on who is on (from a computer as it doesn't work well to remove spammers from a phone) and has time.
I think the record response time is under 1 minute, but it can be several hours if everyone is busy tractoring.

Aaron Z.

newbury · Jun 14, 2016

aczlan said:
The moderators see all of the reported posts. All moderators are sent an email when a post is reported and it starts a thread in the moderators forum (one thread per reported post, with "replies" each time someone else reports it) so it can be marked as taken care of (or debated if its a grey area).
Adding a PM isn't likely to happen (especially if spam ramps back up) unless it is automated as it would be a lot more work to do that.
As for the delay in replies, it depends on who is on (from a computer as it doesn't work well to remove spammers from a phone) and has time.
I think the record response time is under 1 minute, but it can be several hours if everyone is busy tractoring.

Aaron Z.

Thanks for the info Aaron.

When I mentioned a PM reply I meant automated after the first mod had seen it.

I used to like spam. When I was in the Army and got it in my C-rats along with cigarettes. But I stopped smoking, salt is bad and spam is bad also

If you (mods) can think of a better way for us to flag what we perceive as spam let us know.

I just started this thread because of the inability to report the second spam.

/pine · Jun 14, 2016

IMO the best way to deal with the spam posts is to learn to discern and ignore them...
The only reason that spam appears is because it works...at least to some degree...

Having to open a post to report it defeats the purpose IMO...