Willie B
Senior Member
What are they? Where do they come from? Are they serving some purpose? Can they be stopped?
Willie
Willie
I thought that I was doing the Mod's a favor by reporting possible spam, I will quit doing that.
Well, I read this thread right after reporting one of these nonsense posts and feeling good about doing it. Sorry.
Had I read this thread first, I would have left it be.
Many thanks to all of the mods that help make HEF the fine place that it is.
The "report post" button is there for the members of HEF help us moderators "take out the trash". The way it works well, obviously we (mods) can't practically view every post that is made at HEF, but at any given time there can be a hundred members logged on pretty much scanning the plethora of posts here. The old school spammers will make a post buried deep in a thread, some thread by a member looking for aftermarket parts for his rock crusher, that's when a China spammer will make a post "hey, buy from me, I sell you crusher equipments parts". Those are the posts that slip by the mods with ease, and if a member runs across one, hit the report post button so we can "take out the trash".
That's not the case with the nonsense title threads. Unlike being buried in an existing thread, these spam posts are right up front on the board with obvious thread titles that raise the red flag, heck, might as well have a flashing beacon on them. It sooooooo easy for us to spot them and bring out the ban gun immediately. That's the one's that it's really not necessary for members to report, they fall in our lap and call us momma. But with the traditional spam, spamming existing threads, help from the members is appreciated. :drinkup
Don't know what the answer is ?
Longer vetting process in becoming a member ?