phrasespot Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The forums seems to be turning into the spammers' playground again. A few dozens I have seen this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bruno Leveque Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The forums seems to be turning into the spammers' playground again. A few dozens I have seen this weekend. I'm deleting them one by one and we will take care of them this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 clayton29657 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 that's great to hear I have reported them as I been seeing them trying to help you all out in case you're busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 phrasespot Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) They seem to be winning the battle. Posts appear faster than one can report. Edited September 11, 2012 by phrasespot (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 clayton29657 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 They seem to be winning the battle. Posts appear faster than one can report. hey phrasespot anyway we can get their email that they used to sign up with if so I can report them and if they do have a website google will blacklist it for spam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 phrasespot Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) They can just easily re-cycle email addresses. What one needs is active community managers and moderators. Failing that soliciting help of 100 from the community with rights to nuke a SPAM post on the spot. If the posts made by this scum are not living longer than a few seconds they will eventually give up. And yeah ability to nuke a post may be abused but it is trackable/recoverable and only happens once and preferable to the problem we have now. A lot of other forums are managing just fine, so there is a solution. Edited September 11, 2012 by phrasespot (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 phrasespot Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Unbelievable... here are the stats for a link within one of the spam posts made: http://goo.gl/#analy.../9E5KQ/all_time 1745 clicks from PS forums (sigh). No wonder these morons are so persistent to get a post in. People, wake up...stop clicking on every link you see Persian forum 10 real post v 50 spam posts makes one to question does it really worth to have a separate forum for every conceivable language. Edited September 12, 2012 by phrasespot (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Patric Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Hi, We enhanced the spam filter. Hope it will be effective. Persian forum 10 real post v 50 spam posts makes one to question does it really worth to have a separate forum for every conceivable language. People who do not speak English should be able to find help about PrestaShop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 phrasespot Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 We enhanced the spam filter. Hope it will be effective. Looks like it is so far. True test will be during weekend People who do not speak English should be able to find help about PrestaShop. True, true. Maybe more vigilant moderation of the forums then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bruno Leveque Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Still a few ones succeeded to post, but we are doing better and better We will continue to improve the filter during the next coming days, thank you for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 clayton29657 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Unbelievable... here are the stats for a link within one of the spam posts made: http://goo.gl/#analy.../9E5KQ/all_time 1745 clicks from PS forums (sigh). No wonder these morons are so persistent to get a post in. People, wake up...stop clicking on every link you see Persian forum 10 real post v 50 spam posts makes one to question does it really worth to have a separate forum for every conceivable language. Wow and I just checked how many have clicked now 2766 just from Prestashop wow these people who click these links may want to stop or we will keep getting hit here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nadie Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 For now, I see that indeed, has been reduced and now appear not spam messages, which is good news, although I must say that these days ago, has been a disaster. Sorry for my English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 clayton29657 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Ok Someone must stop all the Spam it's only getting worse. It's sad that these people do not have a life other than to spam a forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nadie Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Today, I think it was the biggest wave of spam. I think this is happening is very serious. Sorry for my English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 clayton29657 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 yes that's the person and they even change names a few times only a letter missing or changed to make new spam as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Burhan BVK Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I think there should be a minimum number of posts before new members can start a new topic and/or post links. A lot of forums do this, you would have to be active for a little while before being a full member. With such a system you can use stricter SPAM filters for new members, and less for active members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MEG Venture Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/188415-farkli-desenler-83bolum-izle-16-eylul-samanyolu-tv/ http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/188416-farkli-desenler-83bolum-izle-16-eylul-samanyolu-tv/ http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/188417-farkli-desenler-83bolum-izle-16-eylul-samanyolu-tv/ Those are spam posts by user edertwnever Hope that helps to your battle!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Patric Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hi Caglar, This user has been banned this morning and his posts deleted. The best way to report such messages is to use the Report button located at the bottom left of each post. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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