Spam crap everywhere

[Lochton]

Could this be combated with adding the 10 post rule to creating new threads?

I think @chaud once tried to explain that. I can't recall the answer but sounds like a good idea but would push the link post cap to 15-20 then.

[Lochton]

It's not the mods fault. Sometimes you just can't stop these bots.

You can't indeed. Hard to filter them and it'll be a too tight a grip on the site if you have to fully stop it.

[Deleted]

You can't indeed. Hard to filter them and it'll be a too tight a grip on the site if you have to fully stop it.

Turn everyone with 10k+ posts into a mod, you'll be surprised at how fast it gets cleaned up then.

[Scrotch]

Maybe they could add a captcha or other anti-bot test in order start a new topic.

[Flarelaine]

You can't indeed. Hard to filter them and it'll be a too tight a grip on the site if you have to fully stop it.

Would IP filtering help with this? It's not like we get much legit traffic from India anyway.

[Lochton]

Turn everyone with 10k+ posts into a mod, you'll be surprised at how fast it gets cleaned up then.

Sadly wouldn't be the best call. Though, at a certain amount, you are able to apply to become a moderator if you have enough activity within one sub-forum.

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Maybe they could add a captcha or other anti-bot test in order start a new topic.

Again, I would suggest you to take this to the Suggestions and Feedback section.

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Would IP filtering help with this? It's not like we get much legit traffic from India anyway.

Wouldn't be fair, we do have some legit ones too.

[Nathanyel]

Wowhead has gamified the hunt on spam threads: you get site reputation for reports that are accepted, and when a thread gets a certain number of reports as Spam/Advertisement, it is automatically hidden until it gets evaluated by a mod.

[Nyel]

I mean some of those spams are at least helpful, I was looking for a Black Magic specialist for years now.

[Lochton]

Wowhead has gamified the hunt on spam threads: you get site reputation for reports that are accepted, and when a thread gets a certain number of reports as Spam/Advertisement, it is automatically hidden until it gets evaluated by a mod.

Indeed, they do have a more community fueled system and I would suggest you to share it in the Suggestions and Feedback section. Could be a doable thing. Though, might mean the site would need to be restructured.

[namecraft]

some good suggestions posted here
shouldn't be too hard to fix this

[Lochton]

some good suggestions posted here
shouldn't be too hard to fix this

People should be sure to echo the ideas on the Suggestions and Feedback subforum so the ideas don't go lost.

[Heeresman]

Don't those Indians have any better places to spam than a site dedicated to games?

What better way to enjoy a shitty curry whilst spamming mmo champ with crap

[Lochton]

What better way to enjoy a shitty curry whilst spamming mmo champ with crap

Hey, they do have good curry, though! Even so, don't think you feed spambots with curry.

[FelPlague]

WTH is wrong with you MMO? Day after day after day we have these crappy spammy love adds and such all over the place.

This site has gone right down the sh1$$3r.

What?
the threads are made, and after abit when a mod gets on they are removed
what the fuck are you complaining about
yes you are on the forums when THE LEAST mods are on and when THE MOST "adverts" are on, just report them then ignore them, it has allways been like this, not much they can

[Justpassing]

I mean some of those spams are at least helpful, I was looking for a Black Magic specialist for years now.

Yeah I'm thinking of starting my own black magic shop too. Bigbabaji, Professional Black Magic Specialist!

[FelPlague]

Wowhead has gamified the hunt on spam threads: you get site reputation for reports that are accepted, and when a thread gets a certain number of reports as Spam/Advertisement, it is automatically hidden until it gets evaluated by a mod.

The issue is any thread that talks about "i like no flying" and "i think legion is good" would be insta hidden.

[rda]

Well.

Yes, the spam threads are annoying.

The mods are aware and they are doing everything they can. They are doing this for free and on their own time, too, which is pretty important.

The suggestions of technical measures are a bit of an old story. Sure, post them in the suggestions area, but please realize that what you see is already a tip of an iceberg, a lot of the spam is getting stopped before you see it. The vast majority of suggested measures are either already implemented (and what you see is what gets *past* them) or are infeasible to implement or won't really stop much / have big drawbacks which would the life of legit posters worse in other ways. Still, if you think you have something to offer, post in the suggestions. Who knows, maybe you really have something that would help.

But still, the spam threads are annoying. Damn annoying.

[Lochton]

What?
the threads are made, and after abit when a mod gets on they are removed
what the fuck are you complaining about
yes you are on the forums when THE LEAST mods are on and when THE MOST "adverts" are on, just report them then ignore them, it has allways been like this, not much they can

The truth can never be shared enough.

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The issue is any thread that talks about "i like no flying" and "i think legion is good" would be insta hidden.

Well, that is the problem WoWhead has too, the threads that tends to turn 'versus' ends up being victims.

[XDurionX]

Don't those Indians have any better places to spam than a site dedicated to games?

Lol@thinking bots choose sites consciously.

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What's even worse is that some of their threads have like 50 views. What sort of ppl even looks at those kind of threads?