Subsim War on Spam II

Onkel Neal · 04-25-15, 10:52 PM

Radio Room Red Alert Team (RRRATs)
Special Ops members who monitor the site for spam, forbidden content, and server outages and alert the sysadmin 24/7, 365.25 days a year.

Just a quick update to inform you that over the last three years, we have been pretty good about killing spam here with the diligent help of ucrank, Sailor Steve, and Jimbuna, and many sharp eyed members such as cdrsubron7, Skybird, TLAM Strike, joea, Oberon, Lucky Starr, Hitman, Nippelspanner, seaniam81, raymond6751, Chad, Pisces, Mud, CCIP, guntherprien, Rhodes, Sniper297, HunterICX, ReallyDedPoet, d@rk51d3, darius359au, Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg, Trevally., u1950, Tango589, Schroeder, Vendor, in_vino_vomitus, kraznyi_oktjabr, gi_dan2987, gap, BossMark, volodya61, BigWalleye, BL!TZKR!EG, Admiral Halsey, Aktungbby, depthtok33l, Sinkmore, ikalugin, Pigmachine, Pigboatcook, thegrindre, and Relmu.

I try to make sure each spam hunter gets recognition with the badge,

but if you report a spammer and I do not award it to you, don't be shy, PM me.

Was discussing spam busting tactics with some other forum admins, and one told me a funny story I thought I would share with you.

Quote:

Something that did amuse me no end recently, I installed SMF on one of my domains to test something out. I forgot to delete the installation and didn't revisit it for around three months. When I returned it had a thriving community of bots mostly extolling the virtues of a Canadian pharmaceutical company. The number of users, threads and posts were in the thousands. There was more activity there than on some of my forums.

Sailor Steve · 04-25-15, 10:55 PM

Hilarious!

u crank · 04-26-15, 04:43 AM

That's all they ever wanted ..... a place of their own.

Rhodes · 04-26-15, 04:48 AM

Jimbuna · 04-26-15, 06:08 AM

SINK EM ALL!!

Platapus · 04-26-15, 06:38 AM

If there's something strange
in your thread of posts
Who ya gonna call?
SPAMBUSTERS

If there's something weird
and it don't look good
Who ya gonna call?
SPAMBUSTERS

I ain't afraid of no ads
I ain't afraid of no scams

If you're seeing things
running through your post
Who can ya call?
SPAMBUSTERS

Wolferz · 04-26-15, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u crank

That's all they ever wanted ..... a place of their own.

At the risk of losing our friends, Armistead and Eichhornchen...
Maybe steer our bots over there...
Got address?

Eichhörnchen · 04-27-15, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolferz

At the risk of losing our friends, Armistead and Eichhornchen...
Maybe steer our bots over there...
Got address?

"Start the car..."

mapuc · 11-12-15, 01:42 PM

Made a post in the cat-thread toke a look at my avatar and post count

WHAT !?

My avatar was different from the one I had yesterday and I had 4000 + posting here at Subsim.

I have been searching this forum for a special avatar, I did this to find the one I remember i had yesterday before I closed my computer. I count find this avatar I do remember how it looks like but forgot the name(alias)

I have been thinking a lot, but I'm 99.99 % sure I had more than 4000 + posting and a different avatar.

I let my anti virus program make a clean-up before I closed my computer, I'm not an expert on computers and forums, I doubt that this cleaning of my computer should have any thing to do with this.

So I'm confused.

Markus

Oberon · 11-12-15, 02:37 PM

Let me see...am I still Chester?

EDIT: Nope...I am Bull. Yup, something broke, I was Nimitz earlier, now I'm Halsey.

Dowly · 11-12-15, 02:50 PM

Probably something to do with the mass spamming earlier today.

Rockstar · 11-12-15, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Probably something to do with the mass spamming earlier today.

A WITCH! How exactley did you know about this and when did you know it?

August · 11-12-15, 03:30 PM

Checking

mapuc · 11-12-15, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Let me see...am I still Chester?

EDIT: Nope...I am Bull. Yup, something broke, I was Nimitz earlier, now I'm Halsey.

I seem also to remember Jim having 107000 post or something and now he has only 105000 post or something.

It looks like we all have lost about 2-2500 post counts

Markus

August · 11-13-15, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Was discussing spam busting tactics with some other forum admins, and one told me a funny story I thought I would share with you.

Would a forum with thousands of users be something that one could sell advertising space for?

04-25-15, 10:55 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Hilarious! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-26-15, 04:43 AM	#3
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,557 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	That's all they ever wanted ..... a place of their own. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

04-26-15, 04:48 AM	#4
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,486 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	__________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

04-26-15, 06:08 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,070 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	SINK EM ALL!! __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-26-15, 06:38 AM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,936 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	If there's something strange in your thread of posts Who ya gonna call? SPAMBUSTERS If there's something weird and it don't look good Who ya gonna call? SPAMBUSTERS I ain't afraid of no ads I ain't afraid of no scams If you're seeing things running through your post Who can ya call? SPAMBUSTERS __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-12-15, 01:42 PM	#9
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,856 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Now I'm really confused (see Subsim War on Spam II) Made a post in the cat-thread toke a look at my avatar and post count WHAT !? My avatar was different from the one I had yesterday and I had 4000 + posting here at Subsim. I have been searching this forum for a special avatar, I did this to find the one I remember i had yesterday before I closed my computer. I count find this avatar I do remember how it looks like but forgot the name(alias) I have been thinking a lot, but I'm 99.99 % sure I had more than 4000 + posting and a different avatar. I let my anti virus program make a clean-up before I closed my computer, I'm not an expert on computers and forums, I doubt that this cleaning of my computer should have any thing to do with this. So I'm confused. Markus

11-12-15, 02:37 PM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Let me see...am I still Chester? EDIT: Nope...I am Bull. Yup, something broke, I was Nimitz earlier, now I'm Halsey.

11-12-15, 02:50 PM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Probably something to do with the mass spamming earlier today.

11-12-15, 03:30 PM	#13
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Checking __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.