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.

 

[8BitWonder]

This is an example of obvious spam: (The attachment)

Just saying.

Oh yeah, been seeing a lot of those recently. Wonder if the temp was put on some advert list or something.

 

[dimmidice]

@Oleboy555 posting "REPORT FOR SPAM AND DONT POST ANYTHING" Is self defeating. All you did was bump the topic. You literally did what you were telling others to not do.

 

[Veho]

Don't post in spam threads AT ALL, no matter how soon. Report and move on.

 

[dimmidice]

how can former staff still delete stuff?

 

[smileyhead]

how can former staff still delete stuff?

former staff still has permissions, just without the obligation to be moderating.

 

[Dionicio3]

@Eix pretty sure the was an ad for a flashcard

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@zoogie same as above

EDIT: oh, its a shitty giveaway thing that encorges users to spam

 

[Minox]

If someone sees R4i-B9S spam please report it to us staff so we can deal with it. Their thought of a competition (spamming other sites for attention) is not one that we support.

 

[sp3off]

The thing is I've reported one topic about the same thing as someone posted here, but it was for a fitness thing. Staff, can you confirm that this thread was deleted ? (the reported one)

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This is an example of obvious spam: (The attachment)

This is what I was talking about, but it was a female and was for a fitness or something-like-this thing.

 

[Xathya]

please stop bumping spam thank

 

[migles]

please stop bumping spam thank

ironically your message is spam...

 

[Xathya]

how is it the

ironically your message is spam...

spam when i reiter post of main op?

 

[Deleted User]

how is it the

spam when i reiter post of main op?

I've been trying to read this post since you sent it and I can't even guess what it is you're trying to say.

 

[Xathya]

I've been trying to read this post since you sent it and I can't even guess what it is you're trying to say.

im saying i repeat, reiter, the point of og posting to help message!

 

[smileyhead]

im saying i repeat, reiter, the point of og posting to help message!

you're not helping, it's just an unnecessary bump.

 

[daxtsu]

I've been trying to read this post since you sent it and I can't even guess what it is you're trying to say.

"How is it spam when I reiterate/I am reiterating the original post?"

 

[HamBone41801]

If someone sees R4i-B9S spam please report it to us staff so we can deal with it. Their thought of a competition (spamming other sites for attention) is not one that we support.

so @BORTZ said something like that, but he immediately locked the thread, keeping members from asking questions. Will users who posted before the warning be banned? and what about legitimate reviews?

 

[daxtsu]

so @BORTZ said something like that, but he immediately locked the thread, keeping members from asking questions. Will users who posted before the warning be banned? and what about legitimate reviews?

I'm not part of the staff, but I would assume that it's okay to ask questions about the card, discuss it, and/or review it, just not spam about it for the "contest". Bortz's locked thread has "Do not use our site to advertise for r4i-sdhc.com" in it, but nothing about discussing it at all.

 

[evandixon]

I'm not part of the staff, but I would assume that it's okay to ask questions about the card, discuss it, and/or review it, just not spam about it for the "contest". Bortz's locked thread has "Do not use our site to advertise for r4i-sdhc.com" in it, but nothing about discussing it at all.

There's rules against blatant advertising, which is what most entries would be. By obeying the rules, I could see a single person managing to enter the competition as long as it's not an obvious PR stunt (i.e. discussion and speculation about what the cart could mean). Any additional threads would then be locked/removed for being duplicates.

 

[PabloMK7]

@DrkBeam

 

[hobbledehoy899]

@DrkBeam

He can't even spell "ad" right!