We are getting a lot of forum spam at the moment. It's taking me quite some time to identify and then ban the perpetrators. If you spot a spam message, report it by using the button which you will see above a post if you are logged in. That will create a report that myself or Support can action. The buttons should look like this (Unless you are using Tapatalk):
Let me know if I'm the only one that can see these
Present spam schemes appear to be:
1. Generic spammy looking text telling you to reboot the config/ reset the cache/ clear the errors from your "specific" software/ download the latest version or other very generic and rather useless info.
2. Generic "I agree." or "Me too." messages from new forum members. If you mouse over them you may find an incredibly small hotpot with an URL configured. I believe these are designed to be invisible to moderators, but to be picked up by SEO software to improve the ranking of the specified URL within search engines. There is an example here between the first two letters of the alphabet which leads to a well known web site: ABlue Iris forumB.
If you have never seen any of these on the forum, that will be due to my OCD
Forum Spam. Report it.
Forum Spam. Report it.
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Re: Forum Spam. Report it.
I'm not seeing the buttons in the image you showed.
I've wanted a button to report spam posts for a long time, but it's never been visible. The image below shows what users of the forum see, and no Report buttons are visible.
I've wanted a button to report spam posts for a long time, but it's never been visible. The image below shows what users of the forum see, and no Report buttons are visible.
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Re: Forum Spam. Report it.
Dang ! Fell at the first hurdle. Well carry on letting me know when you see them
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Re: Forum Spam. Report it.
I’ve just reported this thread as spam
Re: Forum Spam. Report it.
No report found
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There is another thread I want to report about some guy addressing some LEDsTimG wrote:No report found
Re: Forum Spam. Report it.
Hmm, malicious posting eh ? Looks like somebody is going on the naughty list
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