Pixelation

General => General Discussion => Topic started by: musicaltriangle on January 22, 2019, 12:58:01 pm

Title: the last 20 posts in Job offers is spam
Post by: musicaltriangle on January 22, 2019, 12:58:01 pm
Can we please do something about this
Title: Re: the last 20 posts in Job offers is spam
Post by: yrizoud on January 22, 2019, 03:00:49 pm
Unfortunately, I feel this is killing the site quicker than a hostile takeover. There is everything from straight "wall of text" spam, to hidden links in copies of old posts, and con artists posing as newbies in order to beg for answers.
Title: Re: the last 20 posts in Job offers is spam
Post by: musicaltriangle on January 22, 2019, 06:21:27 pm
I agree. I recently returned after a few months, and some of the boards are completely unusable. Is there any mod/admin that can do something about this?
Title: Re: the last 20 posts in Job offers is spam
Post by: eishiya on January 22, 2019, 06:55:14 pm
The mods added a Restricted group for new users so they can only make one post before they need mod approval, but that has only helped a little, since they just keep making new accounts and using up their one post for spam.
Title: Re: the last 20 posts in Job offers is spam
Post by: Vinik on January 22, 2019, 09:38:52 pm
I wonder what changed, if spamming evolved or if pixelation just got under their radar as a good spot, it definitely wasn't like this around one year ago, and it just went downhill. With some luck Indigo's new custom forum tech will arrive eventually and be less prone to this than SMF. This is really sad.