DO NOT BUMP SPAM

[p1ngpong]

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.

 

[XavyrrVaati]

It would have been locked already. This thread serves a pretty damn good purpose.

Seriously though, I would be suspended right now without it being bumped. Lol.

 

[endoverend]

Guys i'm just saying, if you keep talking on this thread it is going to be locked. Use the Shoutbox please.

Please don't use the shoutbox to talk about spam. Please just don't talk about the spam unless it's in a report or in a PM to the mods. Talking about it in public just gives more attention to the spammers and encourages them to continue (which is a another good reason not to bump this thread so much).

 

[p1ngpong]

I don't mind this thread being active as long as the comments are semi useful. If it was locked nobody would see it so it is good that it is active. Can those constantly calling for it to be locked just give it a rest please, I am aware of what is going on here believe me.

 

[endoverend]

I don't mind this thread being active as long as the comments are semi useful. If it was locked nobody would see it so it is good that it is active. Can those constantly calling for it to be locked just give it a rest please, I am aware of what is going on here believe me.

I think the point still holds that people shouldn't be giving as much attention to the spam as they currently are.

 

[p1ngpong]

Please don't use the shoutbox to talk about spam. Please just don't talk about the spam unless it's in a report or in a PM to the mods. Talking about it in public just gives more attention to the spammers and encourages them to continue (which is a another good reason not to bump this thread so much).

But yes as @endoverend is saying at the same time don't give the 12 year olds publicity, it makes their tiny epeen boners hard.

 

[VinsCool]

I think the point still holds that people shouldn't be giving as much attention to the spam as they currently are.

Well sorry if some of us are legitimately willing to help. Really sorry to "give attention" to something that frustrates me right now.

 

[mangolover01]

when you reply to a spam topic with "do not bump spam" after a bunch of users don't see this topic on the front page

and get suspended with the rest of the people who bumped spam ;-;

i know i completely deserve the suspension... but damn

 

[VinsCool]

when you reply to a spam topic with "do not bump spam" after a bunch of users don't see this topic on the front page

and get suspended with the rest of the people who bumped spam ;-;

i know i completely deserve the suspension... but damn

It says "Do not bump spam" for a reason. They deserved their suspension.

 

[XavyrrVaati]

when you reply to a spam topic with "do not bump spam" after a bunch of users don't see this topic on the front page

and get suspended with the rest of the people who bumped spam ;-;

i know i completely deserve the suspension... but damn

You realize making an alternate account is against the rules?

 

[mangolover01]

You realize making an alternate account is against the rules?

I made this account in like 2008 and forgot the password (and lost access to the email it was made with) so i had to make a new one. this isn't the new one, btw

edit: well im being just as bad on this account whoops.. I'll go wait out my suspension

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

edit: well im being just as bad on this account whoops.. I'll go wait out my suspension

That's the best decision you've made tonight.

I've had to ban your old account, but I'm not adding any additional warning points to your active account. Take care, and we look forward to seeing you when your suspension is done.

 

[XavyrrVaati]

That's the best decision you've made tonight.

I've had to ban your old account, but I'm not adding any additional warning points to your active account. Take care, and we look forward to seeing you when your suspension is done.

And people say that the staff here is shit. That's the best moderation I've seen on a forum in a very long time.

 

[Deleted User]

And people say that the staff here is shit. That's the best moderation I've seen on a forum in a very long time.

I've been on very few other forums, but the moderators and other staff on GBATemp are infinitely better than the staff on the forum for this shitty pet collection site I used to go on (and tried to use again very recently). I tried to create another account on there since I couldn't remember my old login and they banned me as soon as I made a thread because my username was inappropriate, even though you could change your username if you wanted to from the UCP. They could've just asked me to change my username. It's almost as if they didn't know how their own forum worked. I could think of other examples from other sites as well.

 

[zoogie]

remember: #resistspambumping


edit: oh shit, will we get warned for replying in this thread too? clever spammer lol

 

[Kioku]

Burruh

Can this thread permanently be front paged? K THX

 

[Xenon Hacks]

This

 

[Kioku]

I thought this was a thing, no?

 

[vayanui8]

Commenting on this thread all the time is just as obnoxious as the spam bumping. Most of them are noobs who don't even know this exists. Bumping it now isn't going to make them any more likely to see it. It's already pinned

 

[ultramario1998]

To be fair, if there's one thread that should be bumped during a spam wave, it's this one.

 

[Ghost]

@Ricken, @GoodCookie88, @Robz8, @Techinicabor, and @Davidosky99 stop bumping the spam