SPAM question for the Mods

[Emperor Ump]

This is always a tough call because you have to balance the desire for new members and the ease of their registration and the ability to filter out spam/trolls.

Moderating and approving a persons first X many post is time consuming for the moderators.

Having X many people vote to delete a post I wouldn't think is a good idea, because it can be perceived as unfair. But if there is a post you have issue with hit the red & white triangle in the corner. This lets the mods know they need to look at something. I'm sure if they get enough of those on a single post they will take appropriate action.

Yes the spam-bots are getting smarter and smarter, every time there is a defense created for them they will start working on a way to defeat it.

Spam and trolls are an unfortunate reality of the internet and forums. The biggest problem is that there is no way to eliminate them without making things too inconvenient for current and new members.

[tjones1]

Bob or Mick -

How does the triangle button work ("Report Bad Post")? Does a message get sent to Bob and you or does it go to Brad? Just curious...thanks.

[mick]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Bob or Mick -

How does the triangle button work ("Report Bad Post")? Does a message get sent to Bob and you or does it go to Brad? Just curious...thanks.

Bob and I get e-mail notification.
I dunno about Brad or other administrators, but I think he/they gets it too.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Bob or Mick -

How does the triangle button work ("Report Bad Post")? Does a message get sent to Bob and you or does it go to Brad? Just curious...thanks.

FWIW, I read (or at least skim) all the posts in the Baseball and Basketball forums (except the annual baseball thread in the Basketball forum). So, I'm likely to see any posts so offensive that you'd report them. When you report them, it just "wastes" my time to read the report. So, I'd appreciate it if you didn't report any of those posts unless there's something that you think I missed (after a day or so).

[mick]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

FWIW, I read (or at least skim) all the posts in the Baseball and Basketball forums (except the annual baseball thread in the Basketball forum). So, I'm likely to see any posts so offensive that you'd report them. When you report them, it just "wastes" my time to read the report. So, I'd appreciate it if you didn't report any of those posts unless there's something that you think I missed (after a day or so).

Ha! There's something to that.

If I get a reported post, and you have already dealt with it, I go looking for something that ain't there.
Very tough to find.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by mick

Ha! There's something to that.

If I get a reported post, and you have already dealt with it, I go looking for something that ain't there.
Very tough to find.

Hey - I'm a mod too on a fan site in Canada. I hate it when that happens!

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I'd appreciate it if you didn't report any of those posts unless there's something that you think I missed (after a day or so).

I report a lot of stuff in the General Forum. Would you prefer that I didn't? Or do you not patrol too much in here, so I'm being helpful? Either way is fine. But if I'm just duplicating your effort, I'll cease and desist.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I report a lot of stuff in the General Forum. Would you prefer that I didn't? Or do you not patrol too much in here, so I'm being helpful? Either way is fine. But if I'm just duplicating your effort, I'll cease and desist.

I forgot about that one -- I also immediately delete threads in there that are obviously spam, and I read the threads that aren't. So, please don't report (unless I miss something)

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

(unless I miss something)

Like that crap in the softball forum that lasted a few days?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Like that crap in the softball forum that lasted a few days?

Note that I am not a moderator for that forum.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Like that crap in the softball forum that lasted a few days?

I was gone for three days.
Next time it will be longer.
It's an imperfect world.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I report a lot of stuff in the General Forum. Would you prefer that I didn't? Or do you not patrol too much in here, so I'm being helpful? Either way is fine. But if I'm just duplicating your effort, I'll cease and desist.

Your reporting of posts in that forum are pretty infrequent, maybe 2-3 a month?
There are 10-20 posts a day that go away on that forum, 80-120 per week.
12 today, methinks.