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Spam Detection (READ THIS IF YOUR POSTS KEEP DISAPPEARING)
November 18, 2015 at 10:22 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2016 at 7:48 pm by SteelCurtain.)
As some of you may have noticed, we've been battling a large amount of spam recently. I've just implemented a new spam detection feature which will hopefully now catch the spam as it is posted.
Please be aware this will not be perfect and may result in two issues:
1) Spam getting through the filter and still being displayed (please report this as per usual)
2) Posts made by regular users being detected as spam, despite it not being spam.
If you make a thread / post and it doesn't display, the second issue may have happened to you. Do not panic, your post is not deleted, but it is automatically hidden. PM a staff member and we will check for you.
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RE: Spam Detection
November 18, 2015 at 10:42 pm
You wanna buy sum faysekreemz?
Testing spam filter logic #1
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RE: Spam Detection
November 18, 2015 at 11:06 pm
Appreciate all your good work there!!
We will cooperate with your efforts to keep a tidy forum, my liege !!!
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RE: Spam Detection
November 18, 2015 at 11:09 pm
(November 18, 2015 at 10:42 pm)ignoramus Wrote: You wanna buy sum faysekreemz?
Testing spam filter logic #1
Reported for spam.
In all seriousness, though. Thank you for the work you do here, Tibs. No doubt much of what is done you do silently, behind the scenes, to keep this place running smoothly.
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RE: Spam Detection
November 18, 2015 at 11:11 pm
Still, I find myself wistful we don't actually get to emasculate spammers, nor drop them head first into the whirling knives of death . . .
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RE: Spam Detection
November 18, 2015 at 11:28 pm
I wanna report Evie for peddling his turtliness at every opportunity!
His products don't even come with an arsehole for Christ's sake... Cheapskate!
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RE: Spam Detection
November 18, 2015 at 11:29 pm
I'm for anything that makes the staff's life a little easier.
But, you know, not too easy!
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RE: Spam Detection
November 19, 2015 at 12:34 am
So how does this work exactly? Or is it being kept a secret so the spammers won't learn how to subvert the system?
Ha ha ha! As though any wannabe spammer would put in enough effort to read this thread!
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RE: Spam Detection
November 19, 2015 at 1:01 am
Alright, now I forgive you for beating me at fantasy football this week, Tibs.
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