DO NOT BUMP SPAM

p1ngpong · Apr 14, 2013

As many regular visitors of the site know we are forever waging a war against spam bots here. We are generally quick to exterminate them and their threads thanks to quick reporting by our members and vigilance by the moderating team and I would like to thank everyone who takes the time to bring spambots to our attention.

However tonight something happened that genuinely made me both angry and disappointed at the same time and also made me question the common sense of some of our most prolific and well known members.

A porn spambot made a thread on the forum with graphic images and links in its opening post. People proceeded to post in this thread not once or twice, but nine times.

So this thread was bumped to the top of the latest discussion tab and given more views nine times with idiotic posts ranging from the usual "reported" to people just thinking they are funny.

Let me make it clear:

DO NOT BUMP OBVIOUS SPAM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS PORNOGRAPHIC!

Just report it!

Thanks.

I am going to take a few hours out to calm down before I take any action if any on the people who bumped that last thread, my immediate reaction being to suspend you all for your stupidity.

The Catboy · May 29, 2016

I am honestly going to suggest the staff either lock the entire ask section or just remove it. Because those asks are still showing up, even though they aren't there. Which tells me that the person/people behind are doing that on purpose.

Justinde75 · May 29, 2016

Crystal the Glaceon said:
I am honestly going to suggest the staff either lock the entire ask section or just remove it. Because those asks are still showing up, even though they aren't there. Which tells me that the person/people behind are doing that on purpose.

Most users just end up asking on other sections anyways, so it doesn't matter if the Ask! Section is removed

The Catboy · May 29, 2016

Justinde75 said:
Most users just end up asking on other sections anyways, so it doesn't matter if the Ask! Section is removed

Well this really isn't the place for that topic, but for the time being, it might be best to somehow take some control over the Ask section. Because topics their still show up on the main page, even after they've been removed. Which means, even after they've been banned, their spam is still there.
Auto-correct turned my "their" to "there," because reasons.

petethepug · May 29, 2016

TheKingy34 said:
If the next one is not 'TheKingy34 is an idiotic asshole' I will sue the spammer.

Slowly waits for;
"petethepug is an alcoholic like Peter Griffen" diss.

Justinde75 said:
What about me ;_; I wan't to be cyberbullied by some fag who spams useless threads on GBAtemp

I would avoid the threads completely then. They are just bots trying to cyber attack us. They don't have brains.

I have recieved worse on Minecraft servers, and had to deal with bigger crap than this on a regular basis.

Justinde75 said:
Most users just end up asking on other sections anyways, so it doesn't matter if the Ask! Section is removed

The only reason I see why the ASK section is there is due to real life work, like physiscs or geometry.

Sicklyboy · May 29, 2016

The fact that this thread has even gotten to 19 pages is kind of ridiculous. I won't lock it, but there's no need for name-shaming, calling out people who bump spam, or linking to spam posts, spambots, and spam replies. We have a report feature for a reason, so use it.

If you are found to be replying to threads that are very clearly spam, you will most likely find yourself warned. End of story.

hobbledehoy899 · May 29, 2016

Recent Content is down.

Deleted User · May 29, 2016

hobbledehoy899 said:
Recent Content is down.

It's not. It just got a big clear-out because of the recent spam.

hobbledehoy899 · May 29, 2016

Voxel Studios said:
It's not. It just got a big clear-out because of the recent spam.

Oh... okay, that makes sense.

petethepug · May 29, 2016

hobbledehoy899 said:
Recent Content is down.

It's being fixed

.
What happend to just reporting the issue?

Hoppy · May 30, 2016

More spam... >_>

Boogieboo6 · May 30, 2016

It's kinda fun to see people spam sometimes. It's definitely a pain for others though, like mods who have to clean it up or users actually looking for something.

Awesomeaustin316 · May 30, 2016

A guy named The Mods got Aids is blowing up the forums with useless topics. I was looking to see what people have been posting, not the same topics in five different categories lol

endoverend · May 30, 2016

Awesomeaustin316 said:
A guy named The Mods got Aids is blowing up the forums with useless topics. I was looking to see what people have been posting, not the same topics in five different categories lol

Well stop fucking bumping it.

Sonic Angel Knight · May 30, 2016

I been here two days and only reported one spammer, how do i become more useful?

Queno138 · May 30, 2016

I didn't think that we had a spam issue.

Good job mods!

Awesomeaustin316 · May 30, 2016

endoverend said:
Well stop fucking bumping it.

I posted one picture in one, and reported the other one and it got deleted. I didn't go to every single one of them and bump them. I just had a funny picture that called him salty and I didn't get to post it in the one where someone called him a salty 12 year old. I don't appreciate your fuckery of words

GalladeGuy · May 30, 2016

I think you guys are forgetting just how easy it is to get rid of spam with XenForo. Hax3D was flooded with spam on April Fools Day, and it was all gone in an instant. Someone (Probably @nxwing

) just wasted half an hour of their life for something undone in 2 minutes. SPAM CLEANER FTW!!

VinsCool · May 30, 2016

Awesomeaustin316 said:
I posted one picture in one, and reported the other one and it got deleted. I didn't go to every single one of them and bump them. I just had a funny picture that called him salty and I didn't get to post it in the one where someone called him a salty 12 year old. I don't appreciate your fuckery of words

Just don't. Report and move on.

I saw you posting many times in them by the way.

Awesomeaustin316 · May 30, 2016

VinsCool said:
Just don't. Report and move on.

I saw you posting many times in them by the way.

The two I mentioned is what I posted in. And I wasn't the only one so why am I getting crucified

VinsCool · May 30, 2016

Awesomeaustin316 said:
The two I mentioned is what I posted in. And I wasn't the only one so why am I getting crucified

Because we shouldn't bump spams, even with "funny memes" or "punny lines". Just, NO.

DO NOT BUMP SPAM

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