Recent spam and moderation

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 23 Sep 2010 06:37

In the past week I've noticed that while doing my morning forum round that there is quite A LOT of spam in mainly the transportation section (there always seem to be 3 new topics by a spammer). Fortunately this is usually cleared by the next time that I check the forums (which is usually 8 hours later). The problem is that most of that spam has already been reported before I can and it seems to have been around for a few hours before I can see it. Maybe it is a good idea to complement the current moderation team with another moderator who lives in Asia or Australia so there is a more round the clock coverage of the forums.

Post by **WWTBAM** » 23 Sep 2010 07:20

I would like to say that I have noticed it peing posted during my afternoon here in Australia and have had the urge to post a similar topic.

Post by **Chrill** » 23 Sep 2010 07:41

Is Raichase still active? He is rather Australian and all

Post by **WWTBAM** » 23 Sep 2010 07:49

I would say not. The last visited field of his profile is blank.

Post by **planetmaker** » 23 Sep 2010 09:16

I agree, spam posted at that time seems to become more common and I made the same experience as XTC. Maybe you, robotboy, would be a good moderator?

Post by **WWTBAM** » 24 Sep 2010 07:23

I will happily accept nominations if it comes to looking for a new moderator from a timezone similar to mine. I will partially take that back about Raichase as he has posted recently.

Post by **WWTBAM** » 29 Sep 2010 02:33

It seems after a week or so of no spam it's started again

Post by **Chrill** » 29 Sep 2010 02:46

Maybe it's just that I manage to miss it but I browse the forums, at least Off-Topic, OpenTTD section and screenshots, a few times every day and I don't run into the spam too often. Sure it happens once or twice every week, but it is more rare these days. I think the mods cope just fine as it is now

EDIT: Fine, the spam below this topic in this section has been here for over an hour and the European mods are asleep. Roboboy wins

Illegal_Alien · Post by **Illegal_Alien** » 29 Sep 2010 10:04

I am european but wasnt asleep

But yeah, it looks like the mods are hiding or something

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 29 Sep 2010 10:43

Chrill wrote:Maybe it's just that I manage to miss it but I browse the forums, at least Off-Topic, OpenTTD section and screenshots, a few times every day and I don't run into the spam too often. Sure it happens once or twice every week, but it is more rare these days. I think the mods cope just fine as it is now

EDIT: Fine, the spam below this topic in this section has been here for over an hour and the European mods are asleep. Roboboy wins

Moderators have lifes too.

Post by **Chrill** » 29 Sep 2010 18:32

Hyronymus: Try reading my post again. I think it says something about the moderators doing fine. I'm rather confident it does

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 29 Sep 2010 18:39

Hyronymus wrote:
Chrill wrote:Maybe it's just that I manage to miss it but I browse the forums, at least Off-Topic, OpenTTD section and screenshots, a few times every day and I don't run into the spam too often. Sure it happens once or twice every week, but it is more rare these days. I think the mods cope just fine as it is now

EDIT: Fine, the spam below this topic in this section has been here for over an hour and the European mods are asleep. Roboboy wins
Moderators have lifes too.

Yes, and thus your lives can be complemented by people who live their life with a different time offset. It is not necessary though as most spam is gone soon enough but it is also an indication that there aren't moderators around 24/7 to handle possibly more serious cases that may appear.

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 29 Sep 2010 20:05

My point still stands: you can appoint moderators from a different timezone but they will have a life too. Besides, the real issue is the increase of spam lately. It's not just you who are noticing it, it's been mentioned in the moderator section too.

JamieLei · Post by **JamieLei** » 02 Oct 2010 16:51

Because this increase of spam coincided with me moving to Japan, I was wondering if it was just merely the fact that I was reading the forums while the mods were asleep. There does seem to be a unnaturally greater amount of spam though...

Post by **Chrill** » 03 Oct 2010 19:32

These things come and go, and it has not gotten really out of hand. It's not an awful experience seeing spam every now and then, and it is never there for more than a few hours at most

Flamefire · Post by **Flamefire** » 07 Oct 2010 14:14

I also just got a spam mail to the email account i created for this forum and the openttd.org and never used somewhere else.
It looks like a newsletter but has links to several russian sites.
Got the Database hacked or how could this happen?

Lord Aro · Post by **Lord Aro** » 07 Oct 2010 15:20

i am getting 1 or 2 spam messages a week as well
if you look at the bottom of any of your posts, you will see that your email address is easy for anyone to send stuff to

Website · Post by **Lakie** » 07 Oct 2010 15:23

You should be able to toggle whether your email address is shown or not in your profile settings.
("User Control Panel" -> "Board Preferences" -> "Edit global settings" -> "Users can contact me by e-mail").

~ Lakie

ChillCore · Post by **ChillCore** » 07 Oct 2010 15:28

Lord Aro wrote: i am getting 1 or 2 spam messages a week as well
if you look at the bottom of any of your posts, you will see that your email address is easy for anyone to send stuff to

Then remove the button in UCP. If someone sends you a PM you will be notified by e-mail too if you want that. If they start sending spam by PM you can block them IIRC.

Lakie is fast.

Or I am slow ...

Lord Aro · Post by **Lord Aro** » 07 Oct 2010 15:32

you are slow...

Lakie posted 5 minutes ago and i have already changed the setting...

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