Timeline for Regarding the recent wave of spam - what are we doing about it?
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| Jan 14, 2014 at 3:58 | comment | added | user25656 | @TrailRider, actually I'm the one butting into this QnA and quibbling but I hope it's all in a good cause and will be regarded accordingly :) | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 3:46 | comment | added | TrailRider | @vasa1 I agree that registration does not stop it, my timing was just bad, I was not actually butting into your and Seth's back and forth, it just seemed that way, Mine was just a general comment in regards to the OP's Q&A. in the last few hours it seems that the spammers have read the OP's post and have taken it as a challenge....I have seen 3 or 4 spam post in the last 2 hours....{sigh} | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 3:36 | comment | added | user25656 | @TrailRider, it's true that some do register but allowing unregistered users just makes it even easier. When the questions route required registration much traffic moved to answers and comments. I'm not implying that registration is the solution but, IMHO, it would help. | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 3:31 | comment | added | user25656 | @Seth, Comments are comments and these were being made by unregistered users. That was my point: nothing more or less. So I was confused to read "Comments? That just reveals any established accounts". Thanks for the image. | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 3:26 | comment | added | TrailRider | There are determined ones creating account(or maybe bot registrations?) to post their spam as a question...here is an example user... | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 2:55 | comment | added | Seth | @vasa1 Nah, they can only comment on their own posts. Which they are doing. Couple day old screenshot: i.sstatic.net/4Nwqn.png | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 2:44 | comment | added | user25656 | @Braiam, Thanks for the backing. Tim's selective response was making me feel quite mentally insecure because I was pretty sure I was dealing with comments from unregistered posters too. | |
| Jan 13, 2014 at 16:03 | comment | added | Braiam | Well actually comments for their own answers... ;) | |
| Jan 13, 2014 at 15:34 | comment | added | Tim Post Staff | @vasa1 Comments? That just reveals any established accounts (50+ rep needed to write one) that they have, which is great :) | |
| Jan 13, 2014 at 14:04 | comment | added | user25656 | Registration is now (temporarily) required to post a question and so they've moved to answers and comments. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 16:30 | comment | added | Tim Post Staff | @Aditya That takes a bit of a keen eye, if you see a post that just copies the UI that they see, then you're probably looking at a bot. If you think it might be spam but don't feel confident enough to flag it as such, use the 'other' flag, mods will quickly have a look at it. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 16:27 | history | edited | hairboatStaff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 15:39 | comment | added | Aditya | This looks like the same trolling spammer. I have flagged the answers as "Not An Answer", however, should I flag posts from such users as "Spam"? | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:51 | history | edited | Tim PostStaff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:46 | history | edited | Tim PostStaff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:40 | history | edited | Tim PostStaff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:16 | comment | added | Tim Post Staff | Lesson learned, spamming Australia is going to get me blocked very fast. I just love it when site acronyms correlate to actual countries. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:13 | comment | added | Bruno Pereira Mod | Don't interact with it via comments - if it's a bot you're just wasting seconds of your life, if it's a moron then you're wasting seconds of your life and encouraging them even more. Burning this stuff should be devoid of any sort of ceremony, just like picking up litter. Could not agree more. Cheers for this. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:12 | comment | added | Tim Post Staff | @EliahKagan I wasn't aware of them using that tactic, I updated my post accordingly. Thank you for pointing that out, and you should definitely comment in that sort of situation. You aren't engaging the troll, but rather leaving a beacon for others in the community. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 14:11 | history | edited | Tim PostStaff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 13:56 | comment | added | RobotHumans | Well played sirs, well played. You're doing an awesome job. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 13:46 | history | answered | Tim PostStaff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
