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Community => Scribus forums => Topic started by: AdmFubar on May 24, 2024, 07:32:28 PM

Title: Forum Spam
Post by: AdmFubar on May 24, 2024, 07:32:28 PM
Is getting out of hand, there is more spam posts, then actual posts about scribus.
Title: Re: Forum Spam
Post by: PatJr on May 25, 2024, 02:23:26 AM
Does it help to report them to the moderator?
I've tried it a few times. Lately there are so many spam messages I can't report them cause it makes me wait a while before I can send a report after the first one. Don't want them to think I'm a spammer.
Title: Re: Forum Spam
Post by: MrB on May 25, 2024, 10:41:46 AM
No need to report to admin, really. I (and others) check recent posts every day. The problem is that its not necessarily automated bots creating accounts but also real people. Very little we can do to avoid it I feel, apart from raising the barrier for initial account creation which will reduce real users getting in to get help.
Title: Re: Forum Spam
Post by: Nermander on May 25, 2024, 11:40:14 AM
This forum has very active moderators, and the moderators also have access to information we users do not have (like user e-mail and IP-address). So usually spam post (and users) are removed within a day or so.
Title: Re: Forum Spam
Post by: AdmFubar on June 03, 2024, 05:12:41 AM
If a posts that contain a link shouldn't be allowed for new users. The level of abuse is seems to be growing. It is a minor inconvenience to new users not to be able to post a link. I don't see this as really impacting new users to be limited. It may cut the number of spam posts.

Also might be a good idea to purge accounts that havent been in use for some time.