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

danasan · 04-26-15, 08:18 AM

I'll try my very best!

Chad · 04-26-15, 10:56 AM

Danasan has surpassed us by not just having the badge but making it his avatar too!

Onkel Neal · 04-26-15, 11:04 AM

Haha, that's dedication

Aktungbby · 04-26-15, 11:28 AM

Sorry I'm late to the party;

I picked off another within two minutes as I first logged in this AM. I think he's a regular offender...

Sailor Steve · 04-26-15, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chad

Danasan has surpassed us by not just having the badge but making it his avatar too!

It's not just what he does...it's who he is!

Oberon · 04-26-15, 01:47 PM

I was a mod on an old nation-simulator game board, when the game wound down I stupidly didn't lock everything up. I came back a few months later and the place was infested with the sods. I had to go through and weed them all out and lock everything up.
I renamed myself the 'Gardener' after that.

Torplexed · 04-26-15, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It's not just what he does...it's who he is!

I blame the Spamtoonist.

Aktungbby · 04-26-15, 02:06 PM

Can you make that a goldenboy Henry!

danasan · 04-26-15, 03:18 PM

Here is the whole (old) story, we were two... Paco and me...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hunter&page=15

Well, bad tongues would say, it had to do with where we come from

Oh, and please don't take that avatar away from me, Neal. I'll keep it in honor, if you don't mind.

And, it's a one-of-a-kind.

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: 11,744 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: 4,515 Downloads: 110 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: 190,473 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!!

04-26-15, 06:38 AM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 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.

04-26-15, 08:18 AM	#7
danasan Elite Spam Hunter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Flensburg / Germany Posts: 1,141 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	I'll try my very best! __________________ "I invite you to go inside this submergible hole in the water where you can nicely hide from destroyers."

04-26-15, 10:56 AM	#8
Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Danasan has surpassed us by not just having the badge but making it his avatar too! __________________

04-26-15, 11:04 AM	#9
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Haha, that's dedication __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-26-15, 11:28 AM	#10
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,986 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Sorry I'm late to the party;I picked off another within two minutes as I first logged in this AM. I think he's a regular offender... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

04-26-15, 01:47 PM	#12
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I was a mod on an old nation-simulator game board, when the game wound down I stupidly didn't lock everything up. I came back a few months later and the place was infested with the sods. I had to go through and weed them all out and lock everything up. I renamed myself the 'Gardener' after that.

04-26-15, 02:06 PM	#14
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,986 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Can you make that a goldenboy Henry! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

04-26-15, 03:18 PM	#15
danasan Elite Spam Hunter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Flensburg / Germany Posts: 1,141 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Here is the whole (old) story, we were two... Paco and me... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hunter&page=15 Well, bad tongues would say, it had to do with where we come from Oh, and please don't take that avatar away from me, Neal. I'll keep it in honor, if you don't mind. And, it's a one-of-a-kind. __________________ "I invite you to go inside this submergible hole in the water where you can nicely hide from destroyers." Last edited by danasan; 04-26-15 at 04:22 PM. Reason: bad spelling