The spam

[dcSaute]

please set up a mailing list to notify ex-participants when the spam is under control.

 

[HeyItsSara]

Right? It's out of control!!!

 

[blissful]

Two questions.
It only takes a minute to delete a post, are the people in charge of this staffed positions w/pay or volunteers?
And to follow that, are there enough staff or volunteers that have the permissions to delete spam?
Can we come up with a solution to the volume of spam covering the pages 'What's New', or " new posts", today there are 5 spam/10 spaces for posts or 5 spam/15 spaces for posts. That's 1/2 to 1/3 spam.

 

[Badjak]

Yeah, it got very bad over the last week(s)

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

SPAM goes good with over easy eggs and warm buttered Portuguese rolls.

 

[Jade Emperor]

SPAM goes good with over easy eggs and warm buttered Portuguese rolls.

The story of SPAM and its relationship with Hawaii is quite fascinating. There was a veritable shipload of leftover SPAM in the pacific countries where US forces were stationed and many raids were carried out to grab this stuff and take it home.
Musubi is just one notable recipe that eventuated.
I hate SPAM.
The product as well as the proliferation of posts in here, my favourite website.
Just keep using the report button and posting “Reported”. I think the moderators here do a great job of whack-a-moling pretty quickly.

 

[taxlady]

With the old Discuss Cooking forum software, you had to be a member for some amount of time before you could post a link. The software took care of that. There has to be a way for management to get that implemented again. That would, IMNSHO, be the simplest, most efficient way to stop a great deal of the spam the forum has been receiving and then hosting.

I am getting really tired of this nonsense, since there is a simple solution.

 

[Jade Emperor]

@taxlady true, I guess.
Spam posts are always made to forums where people participate - a dead forum is not at all attractive.
I just report it, post that I have, and move on. Sometimes I think about the people who post spam garbage and just feel bad because I wonder if they have no other way to make money to support themselves. Sad.

 

[Roll_Bones]

Two questions.
It only takes a minute to delete a post, are the people in charge of this staffed positions w/pay or volunteers?
And to follow that, are there enough staff or volunteers that have the permissions to delete spam?
Can we come up with a solution to the volume of spam covering the pages 'What's New', or " new posts", today there are 5 spam/10 spaces for posts or 5 spam/15 spaces for posts. That's 1/2 to 1/3 spam.

I doubt anyone is paid here. Moderators or Administrators. These people give their time to the forum. They volunteer.
In almost every case, both admins and mods have the ability to delete posts and threads.
Most forums have a "Spam Clean" function. Using this tool, the spammers account/IP address is banned and every single instance of them is removed.
You can try and mitigate spam, but getting rid of it is virtually impossible. I'm certain the mods and admins are doing their level best to address this.
My suggestion is to report it and let the staff handle it. They have the tools.

 

[blissful]

@Roll_Bones I totally get it.
You doubt anyone is paid here, but we don't know. Do they need more paid staff do they need more volunteers?
No one is doubting that they are doing their level best.

 

[Jade Emperor]

In my opinion, although I don’t know, there is absolutely no way anyone is getting paid here.
There’s no advertising sitting in amongst the forums so no $$$ from that, I just can’t see how money is being generated here. It’s looking like the entire forum here is just a goodwill venture.

 

[dcSaute]

"forums" ala "here" only make money via showing ads.
the Forum "owner" may make a few pennies - those pennies may/may not cover the actual server/bandwidth costs - hence the 'not unusual' icon for "Donate"

if you want to make lots of money, you'll need to establish a "Fans Only" type porno site.

few, very very very few "moderators" are paid positions.

the one very simple free way to control spammers is to select / solicit "moderators" in different time zones around the world.
if you notice, the members reporting spam are a fairly narrow group. they are here, regularly, during hours of spam posting - as most spam comes from 'the far east' these are the members who are up and online early in the day - the spam is posted (+/- ) 10-12 local clock time ahead of USA.

the management could, as it sees fit,,,, recruit multiple such early birds as moderators.
not difficult to identify - check the spam post time vs the 'reported' times.
it's a bit unrealistic to think/demand volunteers 'do their thing' 365.25 days a year, without fail. so 2/3 moderators per +/- 2-3 hour time zone is exceedingly effective.

there is absolutely no reasonable excuse for spam remaining posted for 12-14-18 hours.
that, is a management failure.

 

[jennyema]

@Roll_Bones I totally get it.
You doubt anyone is paid here, but we don't know. Do they need more paid staff do they need more volunteers?
No one is doubting that they are doing their level best.

No one is paid here. I know.