I'm actually on here everyday and deleting spam.

Yeah Mr. Mod!

Ok, this is starting to get really bad. We need another mod or two.

I could do it, I'm on here an unhealthy amount as is.

Yikes... yeah, I just deleted a nasty rash of spam. It was worse this morning than I've seen previously. A couple weeks ago when contacting the other mod, I brought up the possibility of adding another moderator to our ranks, but the final word on that is out of our hands...

so WHO is actually receiving spam reports? whirly AND moderator or just whirly or just mod? however, it makes sense to have one in the US and another one in Europe as they keep spamming us 24/7.

This thread feels like spam, Leave Whirly alone and stop asking bloody questions! There is spam, it is shit and

someone deleted my sarah palin sex tape uncensored thread

iguanapunk, on 01 February 2011 - 07:19 PM, said:

it's just: the situation is shit and we want to have it changed, hm? so asking questions seems to be ok to find out if really another mod is needed. I mean, it is us reporting spam threads and sometimes they're open here for hours.

it is also a shame that palin's uncensored sex tape thread has been deleted.

There you go
Removed video, I know it's a spoof but still not appropriate - Moderator

Ooops, sorry.

Now

BoywiththeGoldenEyes, on 01 February 2011 - 08:54 AM, said:

When someone reports a user or reports a post or thread, there is a general area up top of the forum that moderators including myself can see - so we know where to go to mark it under review, completed, etc.. Any thread that contains a reported post are specially marked on the forum like a bad eyesore so when the moderators are logged in, they are easily noticed.

ThePumisher, on 01 February 2011 - 11:16 AM, said:

Aw, it wasn't me that deleted that - although my first instinct when I saw the title was to get rid of it until I saw that you posted it and it was a spoof! I think in light of all this spam it might be best to use some discretion with the thread titles (ie not use the word sex in conjunction with a celebrity/pseudo-celebrity name)

tits Brian Blessed flange butt crack

Someone just put up an especially bad one!

Its kinda sad when the spam topics aren't even up to date. I mean c'mon. Who hasn't seen the Pam and Tommy Lee sex tape.
btw, thank you whirls and mod for keeping this place tidy.

moderator, on 31 January 2011 - 08:18 PM, said:

mod.....you really are strating to creep me out. your here...but not here...spooky

Rynostar, on 02 February 2011 - 07:21 PM, said:

I haven't!

And who's Kim whateverhernameis anyway? Maybe I'm living too much in my own world but do I have to know her?

Just another wealthy bitch who made a sextape, like Paris Hilton.

And it's true that peir porn catalogue is not the most up-to-date !

Rynostar, on 02 February 2011 - 10:21 AM, said:

You are welcome! Anything for the best band and the best fans in the world!!

About Pam and Tommy. I mean seriously. I haven't thought about that since 1998!

whirly = spaminator!

kill 'em all!

We reached critical mass...

The bloke off the internet, on 06 February 2011 - 05:15 PM, said:

I absolutely agree here. Especially the past few days have been a pain with sometimes up to 6 spam threads open at the same time. This is nothing to blame Mod or especially Whirly for, I am sure they're doing their best to keep our forum clean. Thanks again

However, it's the way the forum is being run that is to blame. We've had a number of brilliant ideas by forum members regarding this topic and how to deal with it. A number of us have also agreed to help as mods, as impossibly Whirly or Mod can be here 24/7, as Whirly has said: there's a time to sleep and as far as I know, she's doing it voluntarily also (being a mod. not sleeping).

So, which action to take unless technical actions are being taken? I agree that this (technical features) might not be that easy, so why not finally "promoting" 3 or 4 or 5 of us, trustworty members that are online quite often/regularly, ideally coming from all over the globe to be here when others are asleep - a bigger number of mods, also available when others are sick or on holiday or do not have internet access or whatever. Is that so very difficult?

If those new mods had limited competence only (e.g. only responsibility for deleting spam threads or entries) that would help enough not to cause a mess with too many mods but to keep the forum clean and help to delete all spam quickly. Think about it, whoever is responsible.

Also, it has proven that every day, we have new "members" with weeeeiiiird names, usually made up from one single word with a number of letters making no sense at all, signing in here and remaining silent for a number of days before starting with their spam shit. How to stop these?

I open this for discussion again as since we've debated the issue last time nothing has happened but more and more spam has shown up.

Cheers, GoldenEyes

Just an update on this issue. I have forwarded the issues we are having to the Tech's of the forum and they did come on this week to read your threads and see what the suggestions were. Right now though we are looking to change the account verification process so that I will have to either approve or deny each new application rather than having the "member" aka "spammer" being able to activate their account. This would mean that no new accounts could post.

As for older accounts I am slowly working to delete those accounts but with this software it's a slow and tedious process and will take some time.

I ask that you continue to have patience and to keep reporting the spam as it appears.

Mod