[Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Ok, this idea may sound really stupid but I'm hoping if we can get the active community members clicking on individual links (yes, its similar to clicking ads on certain places in order to support the place of one's interest) that are related to spam. We can possibly tell moderators to look at these reported threads first.

For some reason I'm thinking their report system is setup in a way of having the amount of clicks for each reported post. The higher the number of clicks on a specifically reported post the higher it will show on the moderator's list for reported post.

I am also hoping for moderators to also delete the spam threads along with banning the user by their IP address to prevent spams from new username but same IP address instead.

Obviously in the long haul I/We would like to see a security boost on the talk.maemo.org in a manner similar to what JohnLF wrote.

In the meantime I hope people would continuously click on spam threads whenever possible. No you will not get a reward ;) apart from helping out the community.

Below is a list of corresponding thread topics, spammer's username and the link to report:

• Topic: Vitali Kiltschko vs Tomasz Adamek live stream
  Username: tookme5
  Report This
• Topic: sony id was crack in top screen no.1209
  Username: tookme5
  Report This
• Topic: New York Giants vs Washington Redskins live stream
  Username: tookme5
  Report This
• Topic: New York Giants vs Washington Redskins live stream
  Username: portpain
  Report This
• Topic: New York Giants vs Washington Redskins live stream
  Username: bejoyman
  Report This
• Topic: New York Giants vs Washington Redskins live stream
  Username: angelina
  Report This
• Topic: New York Giants vs Washington Redskins live stream
  Username: amrakojon2000
  Report This
• Topic: New York Giants vs Washington Redskins live stream
  Username: Dibanishi
  Report This
• Topic: Hamburger SV vs Concordia Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
  Report This
• Topic: LiVe EnJoY!! Concordia vs Hamburger SV Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
  Report This
• Topic: LiVe EnJoY!! Toulouse vs Bordeaux Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
  Report This
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  Username: Dibanishi
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• Topic: LiVe EnJoY!! Viktoria Plzen vs BATE Borisov Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
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• Topic: LiVe EnJoY!! Barcelona vs AC Milan Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
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• Topic: LiVe EnJoY!! Shakhtar Donetsk vs FC Porto Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
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  Username: Dibanishi
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• Topic: LiVe EnJoY!! AC Milan vs Barcelona Live Stream Soccer Online September 13, 2011
  Username: Dibanishi
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• Topic: Japan vs New Zealand live stream RWC - watch Rugby World Cup 2011 online free
  Username: larrybee01
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  Username: larrybee01
  Report This
• Topic: Romania vs Argentina live stream RWC - watch Rugby World Cup 2011 online free
  Username: larrybee01
  Report This
• Topic: Boise State vs Toledo live stream - watch NCAA College Football games online free
  Username: larrybee01
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  Username: dkuddus
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• Topic: Boise State vs Toledo live stream - watch NCAA College Football games online free
  Username: larrybee01
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  Username: larrybee01
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• Topic: Argentina vs Romania live stream RWC - watch Rugby World Cup 2011 online free
  Username: larrybee01
  Report This
• Topic: Argentina vs Romania live stream RWC - watch Rugby World Cup 2011 online free
  Username: dancruz007
  Report This
• Topic: Argentina vs Romania live RWC 2011 game online stream, PREVIEW, highlights.
  Username:dancruz007
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• Topic: Argentina vs Romania live stream RWC - watch Rugby World Cup 2011 online free
  Username: larrybee01
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Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Hmm, if only the mods can restrict the number of characters for 1st time poster, at least it wont occupy big pages in the google reader feed.

At least put this limitation for 14 days:
1. Limit the number of characters
2. Restrict the number of thread post it can create
3. possible to restrict html link for first time poster :P

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Arrrggghhh, New spam is appearing quicker than I can report them! Damn the 60 second wait!

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

All right thats it. I've reported spam at approximately the same rate that jackass "broadcast" has created new threads.

Where do I sign up to be a mod and wield a banhammer against numbnuts like this?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Where are the moderators?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

All these spammers are states side, why cant they have more control over there???.

The mods are not coming on here so much now as they occupy other sites.

Only takes one report per spam post to identify but there has to be a mod or someone on here with the capabilities of spam removal.

Now is the time to hand this spam removal over to selected members.

If they do not do something this site will become unusable for sure.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Damn this is one persistent spammer. Where are the mods at? Reporting 1 spam thread per minute is wasting too much time...

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

This site has really gone to the dogs now.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Woohoo cleanup! just a few more threads to go...

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Everyone report spam for username losser1. top of the new threads list

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

When you report a specific post using the "Report This" link, a mail goes out to the moderators of that specific sub-forum. It means that it's enough to report one post of one spammer, because the user account including all posts will be wiped out and the ip address banned.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

i think its better to temporary disable creation of new accounts.. (for 2 days..) to stop the spammers coming up with new user ids.. and probably a good way of authentication like e-mail address, mobile serial numbers etc// or something better.

and one more thing new user can't open new threads for one week.. !!!

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

I thought it required a minimum number of spam reports for the mods to act on it...


That would just shift the spamming by one week

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

i did it jus now// ;)

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

i suggest posting a response to the spam thread and indicate that he/she has already reported that thread as such so that the next user doesn't have to report it as spam all over again..

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Hm, maybe I should as if they need some more moderators, take down spammers is something I can do and have done before (as a moderator in a big Swedish site)

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Only one minor downside to that is that it bumps up the thread, but since the mods should hopefully clean it up soon, it should be acceptable.

Also: @mods: When you clean up the threads from that user can you also cleanup the rss feeds for t.m.o.?

It's not fun wading thru spam entries trying to get to the first meaningful topic...

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Just use Report This for now. I (and other moderators) respond as soon as possible with a one-touch ban-and-clean.

The problem is that whoever is behind this is relentless. I agree that another line of defense would be very helpful.

One is right here, doing his volunteer job when he can get free of other obligations.

Personally I prefer the suggestion of one person reporting and letting everyone else know in the thread. Checking out every single email takes time-- much of it wasted.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

this is getting stupid, has anyone seen the games subforum currently?

Gav

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

18 threads just cleaned out.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Texrat, Id highly suspect that all these identical spam posts are coming from the same IP/subnet. Just ban THAT.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Ban-and-clean also blocks IP. I am seeing numerous distinct IPs and subnets.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Dang, perhaps they have become self aware?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Its just a botnet.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Don't want to discourage You guys, but only one effective method to fight it is more secure automatic verification system. Spambots are automates (obviously), so fighting man-power against it is a no-go for a long-term.

On the other hand, most spammers doesn't write their bots, they just use ones from net. So, it's relatively easy to block them, as they're not so adaptable. PHPbb got many installable method for blocking dumb bots, unfortunately, I got no idea about vBulletin. I suppose it's up to Reggie (joys of non-community governed hosting for forum)... Was he pinged about this serious problem, already?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Guys, this is a nightmare, isn't it possible to disable new users registration until some effective spambot countermeasures are taken?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

eveyone bump a thread to get this cnut of the forum.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

bloody hell ,this is REAL spamming ,make me or freemangordon as spam blockers ;p..We are almost always active here ..do something which these bollocks can understand so that they stop flooding in here .

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

The least they could do is spam porn sites for phuks sake.

bump

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Bug against TMO raised https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12425

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

im on this forum quite a bit most days of the week, i dont post much, coz i dont know much, even so i would really miss this place, but i cannot be arsed trying to look through this amount of bollocks spamming for decent threads as freemangordon said stop new users joining till this shite is sorted

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Stop registration for some time, please. I guess for now it is the only way. BUT the bots probably already got a bunch of avatars, so, since the start of this crazy stuff, I guess all new avatars should be closed and asked for new verification mail (to sort real from bot, if possible).

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Will it get marked as WONTFIX? :)

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Yeah, very funny. UK guy is missing and you are feeling lonely?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Can't vote for a bug right now - database error "too many connections".

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

That doesn't even make sense. :P What ambiguous UK guy and why do you think I'm feeling lonely?

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

I think he's referring to abill_uk.

P.S. Bug will be fixed in step 7 of 6. :)

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Sorry if it sounds like nonsense, English is not my native language (despite the fact I am sure you got what I mean). I would love to argue with you some day, just not before the day this spam mess is sorted.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

I'm not sure there was an argument to be had. You just sound very, very uptight right now. Maybe you just shouldn't be replying to or making a joke when you're head-down busy doing something with intent. At any rate, good luck with the spammer. I can at least agree that it's frustrating and obnoxious and I really wish they would eat sh*t and die already.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

My theory is that the spammers are either:

A. Eflops flying monkeys.

B. Some MeeGo fanboys trying to drive us to meego.com.