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PLEASE DELETE OFFENSIVE POSTS !!!!!
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:42 pm
by TheCollector
PLEASE DELETE OFFENSIVE POSTS!!!!!
Hey mods
I don't know if you have noticed, but over the past few days there has been an increasing number of offensive "sex" and "gambling" posts left of the forum by a variety of GUESTS.
They are left by random guest names such as sdfvdgbdyhbd. If you see any of these on the forums you moderate please can you delete them as soon as you notice them.
I think the only way we will be able to get a handle on the problem is to be vigilant and remove them quickly. Whoever it is posting them will hopefully get fed up soon!
Cheers,
Ian

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:17 pm
by admin
Hi Ian
Thank you for starting this thread.
I've just removed 3 of them.
Whoever it is posting them will hopefully get fed up soon!
Well... i doubt so... these threads are posted by bots/spiders

they will never be fed up
Fanmail

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:45 pm
by TheCollector
Hi Admin
No problem!
I think you are right with the bot situation
However, I did have a lot of similar posts being made a while back on my website, and I just kept deleting them, and eventually they stopped!
I guess it might go in cycles or something, and might just come to a natural end, but in the the meantime I guess we will just have to all be more vigilant!
Cheers
Ian

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:54 pm
by rpbluesman
Hi Ian.
I agree with you. While I personally haven't seen any of these posts, I know that other mods have been pointing them out. And like you said, the only way to combat them is to just delete them.
Daniel

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:38 pm
by TheCollector
Hey Daniel
I don't think we can do a lot else really, it is just that a couple of the posts were pretty explicit and had links to outside websites which were not . . . . erm . . . . family viewing
Earlier today there were about 10+ of these post floating around
Cheers
Ian

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:35 pm
by Joey
I've noticed them too, Ian

I even deleted one recently.
I hope it doesn't become too big a problem.
Joey

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:53 am
by jdp3577
I got rid of one in the sports forum yesterday
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:08 am
by ozzman
I have deleted a few myself in the past couple of days
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:44 pm
by mkainsworth
I've deleted a few too, and have sent PM's to other mods about them before this was posted...
I agree that these people are posting sites that are not "family viewing", I am even afraid to click a link in case it is a virus link

... it has happened to my dad before
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:59 pm
by TheCollector
Great work guys
I have deleted a few today as well. They now also seem to post as responses to threads rather than just starting new posts
Keep a look out for them
If you can't delete them yourself then please contact a moderator on that forum to do this. Otherwise I am now a moderator on most of the forums, so PM me!
Ian
