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 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 01:37
 Subject: Gummy Spam Poll ... Round 2
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as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.
 Author: Vosblokjes View Messages Posted By Vosblokjes
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 06:07
 Subject: Re: Gummy Spam Poll ... Round 2
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

G) make your setting so you don't see cancelled post.
And when you see a spam post report it and move on.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 07:16
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  G) make your setting so you don't see cancelled post.
And when you see a spam post report it and move on.

^ this.
 Author: WoutR View Messages Posted By WoutR
 Posted: Feb 7, 2024 17:35
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  
  G) make your setting so you don't see cancelled post.
And when you see a spam post report it and move on.

^ this.

+1

G
 Author: silvershell98 View Messages Posted By silvershell98
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 06:49
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F. Let us sell things without having to buy items first. I just have old Lego
sets I no longer want.
 Author: SMLBricksLLC View Messages Posted By SMLBricksLLC
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  F. Let us sell things without having to buy items first. I just have old Lego
sets I no longer want.

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 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 08:54
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D would be so easy. I don't know why they haven't implemented something
like that yet.

David
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 10:32
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In General, crazylegoman writes:
  D would be so easy. I don't know why they haven't implemented something
like that yet.


Are the links a problem though? How many people see an obvious spam message with
loads of links in and think it would be a good idea to follow them?

To me, the issue is that the spam exists, not that there are clickable links
in the spam. Stopping any clickable links doesn't solve the spam issue.

Luckily, enough people report them and forum moderators act quickly once they
are reported reported and then the spam disappears if you have the hide cancelled
posts setting selected.
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
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In General, yorbrick writes:
  In General, crazylegoman writes:
  D would be so easy. I don't know why they haven't implemented something
like that yet.


Are the links a problem though? How many people see an obvious spam message with
loads of links in and think it would be a good idea to follow them?

To me, the issue is that the spam exists, not that there are clickable links
in the spam. Stopping any clickable links doesn't solve the spam issue.

Luckily, enough people report them and forum moderators act quickly once they
are reported reported and then the spam disappears if you have the hide cancelled
posts setting selected.

My thought was that if a new user tries to post a message with a URL, BL would
give the user an error (URLs/links not allowed in messages from new members,
or something like that,) and the message would not go through at all. If a spammer
found that he could not post a message with a link, he would give up very soon
(hopefully,) and leave.

You're entirely right about BL members not being dumb enough to click on
obviously bogus links (which makes me wonder why the spammers go to the trouble
of posting them anyway.) I also agree with you that the moderators do a good
job of cancelling the spam posts.

David
 Author: musen2100 View Messages Posted By musen2100
 Posted: Jan 26, 2024 10:57
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  ...

G) Implement a simple spam filter, such as naive Bayes spam filtering.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, musen2100 writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  ...

G) Implement a simple spam filter, such as naive Bayes spam filtering.

Filtering gummies? Then what about normal conversations like pizza or mustard
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, musen2100 writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  ...

G) Implement a simple spam filter, such as naive Bayes spam filtering.

Filtering gummies? Then what about normal conversations like pizza or mustard


Don’t give him ideas 😭😭😭
 Author: sasquatch_eater View Messages Posted By sasquatch_eater
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

D sounds good.

--Claude
 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
 Posted: Jan 27, 2024 05:38
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.


voting is still open...
 Author: TheBrickGuys View Messages Posted By TheBrickGuys
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E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.

Then the moderators could release posts to the public once they see they are
not spam. It would be great if they could then have control to, in a sense, "Unlock"
their activity after a period of time where it becomes obvious to them that the
poster is not a spammer and then their posts would no longer need to be subject
to their approval.

Jim
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

voting is still open
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.


A.
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

poll is only open for 48 more hours!!!!!!!,
be sure to vote...

voting matters especially in these times of Taylor Swift, $15 big mac meals &
the absolute reckoning known as the word 'Literally'...

choose wisely..... the Future depends on it
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

poll is only open for 48 more hours!!!!!!!,
be sure to vote...

voting matters especially in these times of Taylor Swift, $15 big mac meals &
the absolute reckoning known as the word 'Literally'...

choose wisely..... the Future depends on it

Where you finding the Big Mac meal that cheap?
 Author: PlanetEarthToys View Messages Posted By PlanetEarthToys
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In General, Tracyd writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

poll is only open for 48 more hours!!!!!!!,
be sure to vote...

voting matters especially in these times of Taylor Swift, $15 big mac meals &
the absolute reckoning known as the word 'Literally'...

choose wisely..... the Future depends on it

Where you finding the Big Mac meal that cheap?

well i got directions from this guy..
but. he w..
wait a secon..
doesn't he loo
is he a..

i think i figured it all out..............
 
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Yes, we'll read
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  choose wisely..... the Future depends on it

Yes, we'll read
http://v4ei.com/comics/index.php?id=crusade&check=s2400

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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

I vote C!
 Author: Saitobricks.ca View Messages Posted By Saitobricks.ca
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  as we are all very happy as to the recent hacking incident... , & noticing
the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

maybe a simple Poll would be something needed to see what the Community thinks
moving forward.

Poll:

Which option would you prefer as a gummy Solution

A) nothing, gummy Spam is Delicious!
B) require a Forum Pay-To-Play Positive Feedback, similar to the Seller
Requirement
C) require new users to be Verified by some Official Secondary means w/
Bricklink i.e. a payment processor.
D) ban Zero Feedback Members from posting URL Links in the Forum.
E) allow Zero Feedback Members Limited Forum Access that is visible to
Moderators Only and does not post publicly.
F) Restrict New Users from using the Forum Period, placing them in a 'Guest
User' mode until they actually buy/sell something. any questions they have
can be directed straight to either Admin's, Moderators or Veteran BL Members
who volunteer to answer Guest User Questions.


being fair, let's say leave poll open for 2 weeks...
to give occational forum readers a chance to participate, if they want too.

please just give a simple letter vote, no harrassing others for their vote. we
are a Civilized Lego Society.

F definitely, the people who have questions should be going to the help page
to find answers.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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  F definitely, the people who have questions should be going to the help page
to find answers.

Like this dude?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1446255
 Author: Saitobricks.ca View Messages Posted By Saitobricks.ca
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  
  F definitely, the people who have questions should be going to the help page
to find answers.

Like this dude?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1446255

got me there!

How did you remember?
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  
  F definitely, the people who have questions should be going to the help page
to find answers.

Like this dude?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1446255

got me there!

How did you remember?

Didn't, just clicked on your posts button, above.
 Author: Saitobricks.ca View Messages Posted By Saitobricks.ca
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  
  F definitely, the people who have questions should be going to the help page
to find answers.

Like this dude?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1446255

got me there!

How did you remember?

Didn't, just clicked on your posts button, above.

The more you know.
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In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

I'm pretty sure network administrators have better things to do with their
time than post advertisements for keto gummies in the BrickLink discussion forum.

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and argue that we need more
gummy spam. A few posts per night is just not enough. We need to create some
sort of incentive to get these spammers to post more, especially during the daytime
when more people can read their posts before they get cancelled by the moderators.
Maybe some catalog credit or a store coupon, or a discount on seller fees.
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In General, wildchicken13 writes:
  […]
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and argue that we need more
gummy spam. A few posts per night is just not enough. We need to create some
sort of incentive to get these spammers to post more, especially during the daytime
when more people can read their posts before they get cancelled by the moderators.
Maybe some catalog credit or a store coupon, or a discount on seller fees.

For my part, I only cancel gummy posts so I can keep the good deals they advertise
to myself.
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, wildchicken13 writes:
  […]
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and argue that we need more
gummy spam. A few posts per night is just not enough. We need to create some
sort of incentive to get these spammers to post more, especially during the daytime
when more people can read their posts before they get cancelled by the moderators.
Maybe some catalog credit or a store coupon, or a discount on seller fees.

For my part, I only cancel gummy posts so I can keep the good deals they advertise
to myself.

 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, wildchicken13 writes:
  […]
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and argue that we need more
gummy spam. A few posts per night is just not enough. We need to create some
sort of incentive to get these spammers to post more, especially during the daytime
when more people can read their posts before they get cancelled by the moderators.
Maybe some catalog credit or a store coupon, or a discount on seller fees.

For my part, I only cancel gummy posts so I can keep the good deals they advertise
to myself.

Mods can be high on gummies in Forum???

Note that'd explain a lot of things now I think at it...
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, wildchicken13 writes:
  In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
  the Gummy Spam has IBM Security Directory Integrator components that are designed
for network administrators who are responsible for maintaining user directories
and other resources.

these are not "New BL Members".. they are Network Administrators at some
company.

I'm pretty sure network administrators have better things to do with their
time than post advertisements for keto gummies in the BrickLink discussion forum.

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and argue that we need more
gummy spam. A few posts per night is just not enough. We need to create some
sort of incentive to get these spammers to post more, especially during the daytime
when more people can read their posts before they get cancelled by the moderators.
Maybe some catalog credit or a store coupon, or a discount on seller fees.

Easiest would be to create a specific Topic "GUMMIES"

This way spammers would post there, for sure.

And there would be cron or such batch that empties the Topic every minute!

Brilliant!
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  Easiest would be to create a specific Topic "GUMMIES"

This way spammers would post there, for sure.

And there would be cron or such batch that empties the Topic every minute!

Brilliant!

Instead of deleting the messages, maybe we could replace the "Store Sales"
column on the homepage with the Gummies topic.

That would help reduce the amount of spam in the Sales topic from sellers trying
to get on the homepage.
 
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In General, wildchicken13 writes:
  In General, 1001bricks writes:
  Easiest would be to create a specific Topic "GUMMIES"

This way spammers would post there, for sure.

And there would be cron or such batch that empties the Topic every minute!

Brilliant!

Instead of deleting the messages, maybe we could replace the "Store Sales"
column on the homepage with the Gummies topic.

That would help reduce the amount of spam in the Sales topic from sellers trying
to get on the homepage.

Great idea!
This, plus the Bionicle variant of colors discussions
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The Results Are In!!!!!!!!!!!!

& this time around a few of you did participate in casting your votes.

but...

in a dramatic turn of events via 81,283,361 Mail in Ballots the winner is: DJ
Rasp-Beary the Gummy Bear Rave Disc Jockey....??

Blue-Beary is apparently filing for a recount.

.............*facepalm

so it's official now.. Gummy Spam is Delicious.

thanks to all who participated.
see, voting matters.

also of note, we would like to thank our local media news outlet W-CMKSGY for
the coverage of the Poll...

and as always... remember, we are a Civilized Lego Society