Popular Post Steve Herschbach Posted April 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2020 It used to be blocking spammers was easy since most were automated bots. Unfortunately most now are real people. They used to be easy to spot due to poor English. So they took to copying real posts and posting them as their own. The tip off always comes in the form of links to some totally unrelated site. They now try and get overlooked by joining and posting for a week or two, usually innocuous posts. Then, they later take advantage of the forum edit function that allows you to edit your own posts to modify their old posts to include the stupid spam links. What they unfortunately do not know is I am always lurking and have a nose for this sort of stuff, so their efforts always go to waste. I not only ban them and delete all their content but add them to the Invision distributed spam list so they get nailed elsewhere. But there is always another one who does not know they are wasting their time here so it never ends. Long story short I have limited the edit function to 30 days after posting, so you can edit your own posts now for a month, which I think is good enough, but no more after that. Be aware though these people are hitting the forum weekly, and I do catch them, so don't be surprised if every now and then an entire thread or portion of thread disappears as I nuke these people. At this time however they are only a mild annoyance so I don't think I have to do anything more about the issue for now. 38 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Good on you Steve , Thanks for your hard work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 They should know nothing gets by the Hound dog. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Nice eye Steve…It is ridiculous the lengths spammers go to. I wonder what percentage of takers they get for their work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mn90403 Posted April 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2020 How did klunker escape your net? 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnysalami1957 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Thank you, Steve. I really do appreciate your hard work and this fine forum. Johnny D. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneguy Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 gotta get up pretty early in the morning to trick the ol' cougar.....!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 5 hours ago, mn90403 said: How did klunker escape your net? Best one Ever^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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