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Looks like someone had fun last night!! :o :shock: :? :roll:

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You ain't a kidding :o We never had this problem on the old forum platform. Hope it doesn't become a regular thing here.
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And the fun is continuing... :|
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Don't ya wish you were a moderator some days. POOF! YOU'RE GONE!

Seems our moderator is at work earning a living or something.
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dude, good lord!
:o :o :o
I guess the spammers are gearing up for black friday, huh?
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The even spammed this thread!!! HAHAHA!!!
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lol @ irony

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Due to the sheer number of spammers, it took me a while to get them rounded up but I have and have proceeded with cleaning up the threads they spammed. I'm going solo at the moment so it's taking a while but either I'll hopefully be joined with some help soon or I'll get through it eventually. :D
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Maybe some more moderators are in order?
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millster wrote:...it's taking a while but either I'll hopefully be joined with some help soon or I'll get through it eventually. :D
Thank you for taking care of it.
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They froze new member registration over on MO.

I suppose that's one temporary way of handling it
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That would be my suggestion at this point. Either freeze it or moderate it. The only other fully effective option is moderating posts but I really don't want to go down that route.
Unfortunately, I can't implement either option so I'll see if I can get a hold of Mike over the weekend and get something worked out. Thankfully I needed the brain-break today but I also had work to be getting done. :)
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Stuff is still coming.
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Indeed it is and it will probably continue to. They're registering about as fast as I can remove them. I'll try to keep a close eye on things and make sure it doesn't get too bad.
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Out of habit I've been making spam reports.
Does that help you on days like today? If not I can cut it out :geek:
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By all means please keep making the reports. It helped on a couple of posts today that might have been overlooked if not for the red highlighting the report tags them with. It also gives me a report I can look at to make sure I got everything removed that a member has noticed. It certainly doesn't make things harder or clutter anything up, if that's your concern. :)
Thanks for all your help today and thanks for your patience! I'll get a hold of Mike and see what we can do to get this resolved.
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millster wrote:By all means please keep making the reports. It helped on a couple of posts today that might have been overlooked if not for the red highlighting the report tags them with. It also gives me a report I can look at to make sure I got everything removed that a member has noticed. It certainly doesn't make things harder or clutter anything up, if that's your concern. :)
Thanks for all your help today and thanks for your patience! I'll get a hold of Mike and see what we can do to get this resolved.
Yes, that was my concern. Thanks again for all your help!
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I bring good news! I was able to reach Mike very quickly by email and he made a change to the registration process which should at least slow our attackers down significantly.
So once again, a HUGE thank you to MKowdley, our ever-helpful admin for not only keeping this site running for so many years but also for saving us from the evil spam hoard!
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A Psycho Martyr wrote:They froze new member registration over on MO.

I suppose that's one temporary way of handling it
I'm hoping to have registration turned back on soon. it would figure that this massive wave of spam would come along when I'm getting slammed with work at my full-time job, so i can't focus on writing a solution to the spam issue.
I've been manually approving all new members for the past 6+ months. When it's 20-30 per day, it's not a big deal... 200 is another matter unless I can automate it some.
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SeattleJeremy wrote:Maybe some more moderators are in order?
I agree.

I am more than willing to become a moderator as I typically check in here at least once a day...

I just reported a spam post. It is re-assuring to hear that reporting does not cause any further workload or anything for the mods. I will definitely continue to keep an eye out and report anything suspicious I see.

Huge thanks to millster, mkowdley and the rest of the mods for continuing to do an awesome job for us :cool:!
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Yea MO has been hit hard I guess. It's been down the last 2 nights.
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vibenvy wrote:
SeattleJeremy wrote:Maybe some more moderators are in order?
I agree.

I am more than willing to become a moderator as I typically check in here at least once a day...

I just reported a spam post. It is re-assuring to hear that reporting does not cause any further workload or anything for the mods. I will definitely continue to keep an eye out and report anything suspicious I see.

Huge thanks to millister, mkowdley and the rest of the mods for continuing to do an awesome job for us :cool:!
I'll throw my hat into the ring as a potential moderator as well.
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They're baaaaaaack....
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808 Vibes wrote:They're baaaaaaack....
...but they didn't last long. Still just weeding out the last of the ones who registered on the 16th, thankfully. No new registrations except legit members.
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KITT222 wrote:
vibenvy wrote:
SeattleJeremy wrote:Maybe some more moderators are in order?
I agree.

I am more than willing to become a moderator as I typically check in here at least once a day...

I just reported a spam post. It is re-assuring to hear that reporting does not cause any further workload or anything for the mods. I will definitely continue to keep an eye out and report anything suspicious I see.

Huge thanks to millister, mkowdley and the rest of the mods for continuing to do an awesome job for us :cool:!
I'll throw my hat into the ring as a potential moderator as well.
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I say keep the spammers coming. I'm saving up all the bounty I've collected from reporting spammers that I'll soon be able to retire and live off my vast wealth of genvibe dollars.

Edit - oh wait, just found the currency exchange calculator to convert genvibe dollars to US dollars. Nevermind, guess I'll be around for a while
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The gall.
They are currently spamming us with an ad saying we can spam other people. F-ing ridiculous.
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Cleanup in aisle 4..... bring the big mop!
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I see millster removed most of them, I found one remaining post, looks OK now.
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Got rid of a few today. All under control :D boss!
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THEY'RE BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

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Working on it :)
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ArcsVibe wrote:Working on it :)
A huge thank you once again to you and all the other mods for cleaning up the spam and keeping GenVibe running smoothly for us all to enjoy ;)!
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Looks like sells101 was busy early this morning :roll:...
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vibenvy wrote:Looks like sells101 was busy early this morning :roll:...
I was busy this morning myself, reporting that crap...

Cleanup on aisle whatever.. :roll:
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ColonelPanic wrote:I was busy this morning myself, reporting that (removed)...

Cleanup on aisle whatever.. :roll:
Thanks for reporting the posts CP! I always click on "Report This Post" just to make sure and I was happy to see that they had all been reported already. Keep up the good work mods and GenVibers ;)!
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Spammers back again in "The Vibe Lounge".
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Doug14 wrote:Spammers back again in "The Vibe Lounge".
Looks like we're good to go, thanks for reporting.
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Yowza...they've been busy in the off topic section!
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Thanks, they're gone, appreciate the reports!
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Thanks for cleaning house!
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Off topi¢®©™ s€¢tioπ π€€ds a good sw€€¶iπg.
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808 Vibes wrote:Off topi¢®©™ s€¢tioπ π€€ds a good sw€€¶iπg.
(Gotta £o√e smart¶hon€ symbo£s!)
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Would adding a Captcha feature to the registration/post process eliminate the spam?
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808 Vibes wrote:Would adding a Captcha feature to the registration/post process eliminate the spam?
I just cleaned them up, I was out for a couple days, thanks for reporting.

I know there is a registration confirmation section (asks a question a human can only answer) but I think the problem is that the spam is coming from actual humans (!!), not spambots. I will look to see if there is a way to turn on Captcha... Thanks.
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Maybe they're the same phonies that are on craigslost
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Cleaned up a few more this evening! Thank you for (still) making this one of the best forums ever :D
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We try. You know how territorial we are, especially us females LOL
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And apparently, I'm always on the same time as the foreign spammer scums.
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