Re: Spam

12padams · Post by **12padams** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:58 pm

This whole forum seems to have been discovered by an automatic forum poster...

The short term solution = micheal removing these manually...

The medium term solution = micheal giving trusted users the ability to delete spam posts

The long term solution = micheal tracking the ip addresses of these forum posters and blocking them from access of this site.

What do you guys think?

Post by **Summerlander** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:25 am

there will be a solution soon. We just have to avoid those posts and keep discussing the phase and other topics as normal.

Post by **Michael Raduga** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:40 am

I'm sorry for this problem, guys.
To help a little I've gave moderator's rights to most active users:

Summerlander
wiii
Luna
dreamsrock
NOVA
LawPaw

I'm planning to change this board engine to a new one

12padams · Post by **12padams** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:25 am

I'm planning to change this board engine to a new one

Is there any chance that something could go wrong such as lost posts or incompatibilities?

Post by **Summerlander** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:42 am

I used to moderate on Astral Viewers and when there were spambots we used to delete their posts and their accounts. Is it the same thing here, Michael?

Post by **Michael Raduga** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:01 am

12padams wrote:
I'm planning to change this board engine to a new one
Is there any chance that something could go wrong such as lost posts or incompatibilities?

No. Don't worry

Summerlander wrote: I used to moderate on Astral Viewers and when there were spambots we used to delete their posts and their accounts. Is it the same thing here, Michael?

Yes. I would very appreciate this help

Post by **Summerlander** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:58 pm

No worries, I'll get right on it. I check the OBE Forum on a daily basis.

DreamInception · Post by **DreamInception** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:59 am

That sounds great! I think that having various moderators is always best for a forum to avoid the influx of incoming spam. It's easy to spot. Also having users reporting spam would be very helpful for those moderators.

Unfortunately blocking IP's doesn't really help since it's so easy to just get so many different IP's nowadays. I think a community approach would work best.

Thanks for all the help at keep this place clean!