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View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Nubs_Select (3768)
[...] +1 it isn’t a major issue the only times it has been is when someone did this
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - randyf (442)
[...] Um. The other catalog admins and I post multiple links in our messages a lot of the time. We don't need our posts moderated.
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Chickaroo (7362)
[...] Can the same rule apply to emojis? :D Roo
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Nubs_Select (3768)
[...] :D:D:D What about maybe if a post contains more then 1 url it has to be moderated before it can be posted?
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - peregrinator (776)
[...] I'm not so sure about that - for example, you could have a keyword filter that only gets triggered if the post includes a link.
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - SylvainLS (46)
[...] So, you’re 3 years late? [...] It’s even more complicated to report problems on the Gallery (which is supposedly not spaghetti code).
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - 1001bricks (52358)
[...] Yes, this requires a 15 years learning "curve" :-( A report button, BrickLink? That'd be soooo complicated to develop, I must admit - please don't [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - 1001bricks (52358)
[...] Agreed about one of the Sylvains... But you forgot BrickOfFaith, wildchicken13 and UTLF; they post less but it's then far more spammy IMHO :D Thanks for the laugh, [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - legoman77 (3628)
[...] I like spam. That is how I found my three girlfriends. I have not met them yet, but they keep asking for plane tickets to get to El Paso. I send the tickets and no [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Well, it takes everything to make a world :D (Besides, what’s the default setting?)
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Stellar (3503)
[...] I do, but probably not many more... :)
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Yes. [...] This depends on your default settings: with ‘Compact’ or ‘Brief’, the spam is easy to ignore, with ‘All’ or ‘Full’ you’ll see them… but then I’m not sure [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - peregrinator (776)
[...] I'm going to go against the grain here and say that while the spam is annoying, it's not something that I think is a critical issue. I see 1-2 spam messages per [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - WhiteHorseMatt (1432)
[...] It would be easier if there were a report post option along with View/Cancel/Reply on the forum rather than having to go through the problem centre and dig out the message [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - SylvainLS (46)
[...] FYI, discussions moderators are members, like you. If if there were a technical solution (which there isn’t), neither Roo nor I nor the others mods can change [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Ziegelmeister (222)
Rationalize it all you want. Just. Fix. It.
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - SylvainLS (46)
[...] +1 Hmm, there used to be a “Why your antispam idea won’t work” checklist for e-mail.  We need one for forums :D So, to answer a few suggestions: — Preventing newbies [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Nubs_Select (3768)
[...] :D:D:D:D:D
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Chickaroo (7362)
[...] Most other forums I’ve ever been a member of suffer from similar problems Unfortunately any website which features on search engines is prone to spam (I think way [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - ghyde (203)
[...] It's because BrickLink admins can't or won't implement a keyword scanning system for new posts that trigger on any spam keywords, and block them, instead [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Nubs_Select (3768)
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D it’s the mustard gangs fault :D
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - wildchicken13 (876)
[...] There would be no more spam
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - wildchicken13 (876)
[...] I agree, it's starting to get ridiculous. I guess whatever spam filtering system BrickLink currently uses (if any) is just not enough. I blame the pizza gang [...]
(12 months ago, May 19, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - Nubs_Select (3768)
not worth it as the forums can be helpful to new users.
(12 months ago, May 18, 2023, to Off Topic)
View Thread Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum - here4bricks614 (187)
[...] Agreed. What would be the cons of requiring accounts to be at least a day/week old before being able to post?
(12 months ago, May 18, 2023, to Off Topic)

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