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Question to mods on reporting threads

Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,250
in The Commons

A set of 3 inappropriate threads keeps reappearing in commons. It gets taken down but keeps reappearing with a 'new' author. Is there any way to prevent this?

Also because of possible virus I am hesitant to open them to report them. Is there a way to report them as questionable without opening them?

 

Charlie

Comments

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,687

    You can send an email to [email protected] if you don't want to open the post.  We've been having a flurry of these Korean-language spammers, but they use different IP addresses (sometimes US IP's), and we're trying to avoid adding captcha's or pre-approval for new forum members.

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    Fixmypcmike said:

     but they use different IP addresses (sometimes US IP's), and we're trying to avoid adding captcha's or pre-approval for new forum members.

    Not going to work...the only way to avoid them IS CAPTCHAs or some other form of human identifying question/response set.

     

  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,773

    Adobe's forum was hit with a gazillion Korean spambots today as well. I asked a friend if he'd seen them anywhere else and he said no...wonder if they're targeting graphic forums for some reason?

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    Apparently they are advertisng a sex site which is masquerading as a game    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/870975/#Comment_870975

     

    and to report anything, you need to click the flag icon under the user name.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,090
    Chohole said:

    Apparently they are advertisng a sex site which is masquerading as a game    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/870975/#Comment_870975

     

    and to report anything, you need to click the flag icon under the user name.

    And to find the flag you need to open the thread. sad   When the spam is recognizable by the title shouldn't there be a way to flag the whole thread instead of just individual posters without having to open the thread? enlightened

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,709

    The only way your at risk is if you open the links in the post. Opening the post in the forum is perfectly safe. Just flag the post or as said about send an email to us and we will get on top of it. We are nabbing them pretty darn quick from when its first posted.

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