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Spammed again and again and again
Jun 16^th, 2006 at 10:45am

Thanks to Galadriel, we were notified of another spammer. I hope not too many of you saw the "enhanced" photo that was included in the post. After deleting it 51 times, I don't care to see it again. Tongue

As a result of this rash of spamming, we are imposing a posting limit. Members will be able to post once per minute. For some of you who are fast readers and typers, you may receive a message that you must wait to post. I hope you all understand our need to add this limit. We hope that it will frustrate the spammers and they will move on to another site rather than spending an hour hitting all of our forums rather than the 16 minutes this last one took to post 51 times.

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Galadriel Stardust Offline Posts: 1671	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #1 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 1:39pm Don't worry- I didn't see the content of the spam post, only that our all our forums were full of same post with "familiar-sounding" title. Seriously, some people need a good hobby. Why don't they start watching as their hair grows or something
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Beesan16 Diamond Offline Posts: 677 st. louis, MO Gender:	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #2 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 1:40pm AGAIN!!!!!!!! get a life!!!!!!!! Thanks for cleanin' up Bikerbraid . I think that's good, the posting limit ,i mean. i hope it does frustrate them! thanks again BB, and Gladriel
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Re: Spammed again and again and again
Reply #3 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 2:20pm

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Don't worry- I didn't see the content of the spam post, only that our all our forums were full of same post with "familiar-sounding" title.

Seriously, some people need a good hobby. Why don't they start watching as their hair grows or something Tongue

Yep - a sure sign of a post you don't want to open, is when you see it in every forum. I give the guy some credit - he at least made the topic title relevant (Exclusive pictures of Jennifer Anniston's Long Hair). Needless to say, there were NO pictures of Jennifer and what hair was shown, was NOT long. Tongue

Unfortunately, for some people, spamming sites is their hobby.

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Beesan16 Diamond Offline Posts: 677 st. louis, MO Gender:	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 3:56pm some hobby!! Last time it was Angelina Jolie
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Reply #5 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 4:02pm

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I give the guy some credit - he at least made the topic title relevant (Exclusive pictures of Jennifer Anniston's Long Hair).

Don't give the spammer any credit, BB. "Relevant" titles are easy to spot and are among the oldest tricks in the book when it comes to spamming.
And unfortunately, depending on how this particular spammer operates, your one post per minute feature might not work. Just a heads up.

Sorry to hear that it happened again (I wasn't awake for this one, fortunately) but ya know...it's a little bit like auto theft: if someone is really determined, there really is no way to stop it from happening. The best you can do is take care of it as quickly as possible when it does.

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Re: Spammed again and again and again
Reply #6 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 4:39pm

I hear ya, Angel Spun. I know we can never totally prevent the spamming, but if we can make it more difficult, they may move on faster and not hit us as hard.

It is because of these deranged people that we have to have moderators on this forum at all! Otherwise everyone here is so nice and respectful - a real joy to read everyone's posts.

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #7 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 5:46pm I've been very lucky not to have seen any of the, um, spam. (shielding eyes)
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Re: Spammed again and again and again
Reply #8 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 6:03pm

I cant believe it happened again.I didnt know it had happened before until I saw the post spammed again.

I think the posting limit is a good idea.But it seemed like the last time they did this there was no time difference between posts.I took like 20 minutes to post over there's.And there posts said the same time.More like they hacked in rather than joining like a regular person.
I was also really really tired.So I could definitely be wrong.

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Re: Spammed again and again and again
Reply #9 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 6:53pm

Based on the time the culprit became a member and the time stamps on the posts, they were manually creating their posts (with cut and paste to make it fast). Plus they were not able to post in the forums that are restricted. I'm sure there might be a way to hack in to do the posts, but I've not seen that happen here.

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PreciousLocks Diamond Offline Turning my gold to silver one hair at a time Posts: 812 Gender:	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #10 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 10:20pm A BIG THANK YOU to our moderators!!!! I haven't seen the spam, don't want to and I'm sorry the moderators have to see it ad nauseum to get rid of it.
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silvermane Ex Member	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #11 - Jun 16^th, 2006 at 11:51pm I second that sentiment! Thank you so much to those who keep this a nice place to visit.
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #12 - Jun 18^th, 2006 at 4:51pm Hey BB and Sakina, thanks for responding so fast. We're also lucky to be a relatively small community that attracts less spam and trolls than other boards. Anais
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khrome Stardust Offline 1bM/Ciii Posts: 1035 santa barbara, ca Gender:	Re: Spammed again and again and again Reply #13 - Jun 18^th, 2006 at 8:08pm I don't like spam. It's WAY too salty. Thanks to the moderators for keeping the board spam free!
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Re: Spammed again and again and again
Reply #14 - Jun 18^th, 2006 at 8:55pm

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I don't like spam. It's WAY too salty. Grin

Thanks to the moderators for keeping the board spam free!

Being from the state that brings you Spam, this is a constant dilemma - to Spam or not to spam........ but I will go along with you - it is salty to eat. As for the spam we get here, it is distasteful on soooo many levels! Grin

And for those of you not familiar with Spam, check out their website (yes, it is safe to visit THIS Spam site!).
http://www.spam.com/

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