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What to do when you see a spam post

Started by arminius, February 17, 2007, 08:38:11 PM

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arminius

February 17, 2007, 08:38:11 PM
I understand people like to have their fun but please remember that spammers aren't likely to hang around to read witty replies, much less be people in the first place.

So if you care to reduce the impact of spammers on this place and their ability to annoy and distract your fellow RPGsite readers, please don't respond to them. Just report them and be done with it. Responding to them keeps their thread alive so they appear near the top of the threads lists (and in the "new posts" list for people who use that feature).

Dominus Nox

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February 17, 2007, 08:57:19 PM
I usually report them and leave a remark that they're been reported as spam to keep more people from flooding the mods with superfluous spam reports.
RPGPundit is a fucking fascist asshole and a hypocritial megadouche.

arminius

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February 17, 2007, 09:41:15 PM
That makes sense although maybe the mods could weigh in on whether they care one way or the other.

joewolz

#3
February 18, 2007, 12:30:50 PM
I usually just report them, I didn't think of posting to show that it had been done already.
-JFC Wolz
Co-host of 2 Gms, 1 Mic

JongWK

#4
February 19, 2007, 12:42:34 AM
Reporting spambots is usually the best thing to do, IMHO.
"I give the gift of endless imagination."
~~Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)

James McMurray

#5
February 20, 2007, 10:57:44 AM
I ignore them. The moderation is so active here that there's no need to report anything. At best you'll get the thread deleted four seconds sooner than it would have been.

jrients

#6
February 20, 2007, 01:12:52 PM
Roughly half of the spam I zap is directly due to getting a report, so please keep the reports coming!
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