stormmaster
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Post by stormmaster on May 14, 2020 4:55:31 GMT
I've noticed for the past week or so every night the same spam keeps getting posted, is it possible to turn off commenting and thread creation for guests, so only people who actually make an acc can post?
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Post by treeslicer on May 14, 2020 5:18:24 GMT
I've noticed for the past week or so every night the same spam keeps getting posted, is it possible to turn off commenting and thread creation for guests, so only people who actually make an acc can post? What spam and where? I missed it.
A day or two back, I exchanged posts with a guest who came in asking about a sword he was looking at, and they wound up buying it. Several decent threads have started with guests. They certainly aren't all spammers..
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stormmaster
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Post by stormmaster on May 14, 2020 5:25:35 GMT
I've noticed for the past week or so every night the same spam keeps getting posted, is it possible to turn off commenting and thread creation for guests, so only people who actually make an acc can post? What spam and where? I missed it.
A day or two back, I exchanged posts with a guest who came in asking about a sword he was looking at, and they wound up buying it. Several decent threads have started with guests. They certainly aren't all spammers.. sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/60944/bi-ch-soi-nhsame guy every night, same time
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Post by Lord Newport on May 14, 2020 6:02:21 GMT
What spam and where? I missed it.
A day or two back, I exchanged posts with a guest who came in asking about a sword he was looking at, and they wound up buying it. Several decent threads have started with guests. They certainly aren't all spammers.. sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/60944/bi-ch-soi-nhsame guy every night, same time What language is that? Vietnamese? Cambodian?
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Post by treeslicer on May 14, 2020 6:09:33 GMT
What language is that? Vietnamese? Cambodian? Vietnamese, it's an ad for some kind of sports betting scheme. I've been seeing similar Viet spam surface on a number of forums. Just ignore it.
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Post by Lord Newport on May 14, 2020 6:19:16 GMT
What language is that? Vietnamese? Cambodian? Vietnamese, it's an ad for some kind of sports betting scheme. I've been seeing similar Viet spam surface on a number of forums. Just ignore it. I will.. just pleased I could recognize the writing...
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 7:41:20 GMT
Report and ignore. Moderators are supposed to be not only reading everything but also emptying the ashtrays and generally sweeping.
It is true, some guest posts are folk genuinely waiting to be approved but there are a fair number of one shot johnnies that just want free advice and appraisal. Those are easily enough ignored. I dislike the whole guest thing as well but Paul set it up that way. If they could be limited to the beginner section, all the better. At leasrt one in ten is actually here to at least read, if not contribute.
Cheers GC
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Post by MOK on May 14, 2020 11:56:51 GMT
Yeah, I just don't wanna forbid all guest activity because of one spammer.
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pgandy
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Post by pgandy on May 14, 2020 13:25:29 GMT
I hadn't seen that, nor will that URL open for me.
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