why is this forum getting so much spam?

[Mesquire]

Not trying to deter the genuine users but should a more stringent sign up policy be implemented?

[ednap]

Interesting question. I guess it also depends on what you are calling SPAM.

I'm a forum moderator at another windows mobile technology web-site and a lot of the SPAM is from automated accounts not genuine people.

I'd acknowledge this site has a mixture of the same sort (sometimes even the exact same messages) as well as what appears to be an increasing number of just dare I say "stupid"posts.

I'll probably get hung out to dry saying this but after reading some posts here I ask myself ïs this for real?"I mean why do some people have buy such a device if they are not prepared/interested to even read the basic user guides before posting?

Ooops

[Mesquire]

On a networking hardware forum, we moderators keep the spams we removed in a "vault" and compared to our "collection", the spams here are more inventive. The ones I've seen posted here looked like a question but then there is a link at the end to a suspicious website.

[ednap]

On a networking hardware forum, we moderators keep the spams we removed in a "vault" and compared to our "collection", the spams here are more inventive. The ones I've seen posted here looked like a question but then there is a link at the end to a suspicious website.

Yes I know the posts you mean. They are the common posts I also see on the other web-site I mentioned.

On the other site I have a tool which allows me to delete the SPAM post and the bogus user account in the one hit.

[sevsev]

Wish I knew why it's attracting not just spam, but tricky spam that likes to hide in legitimate posts. I thought converting software would initially cut it down but there's been an increase in the last week.

I wanted to run with the software conversion for a bit before applying modifications. I have a couple updates that need to be applied and then I'm looking at additional spam fighting measures.

At least I'm able to delete all the spam users posts and ban them with a couple clicks on vbulletin

[ednap]

Thanks for the update.

I appreciate your ongoing efforts, staying on top of this rubbish is really important.

[HumbleHippie]

Sorry, I haven't been on for a few. My laptop's Drive took a long walk off a short pier.

To everyone: The Mods cannot monitor every post for spam. If you see a post that you feel is in violation of the TOA, then please report it so the Mods can get to it quicker. At the bottom of every post {Just below the poster's name/avatar} You will see a small traingle with an explanation mark; Click this icon to report a post. Once a post is reported, it will be sent to the Mods for review. Once you click the report button you will be taken to a page that will allow you to explain why you are reporting the post. Please provide any details that you feel are nessecary.

"Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts."

[Mesquire]

Sorry, I haven't been on for a few. My laptop's Drive took a long walk off a short pier.

Too much spam on this site for your notebook's liking? (just kidding)

[sevsev]

I had the built in spam feature activated but it wasn't doing anything with the service that was being used for scanning! I switched it to a different service (akismet) and seems to be great, it's been catching most if not all so far.

[Mesquire]

thanks for all the work