WARRIOR FORUM SPAM

Hey man, I get your drift. And I think most people are doing it the way you say. But it seems there are some people that go to the extreme and start forgetting the real reason that they're here and they become like some kind of addict and all they want to do is hit on the triangular button. And then they're tired from their addiction (and having to wait 60 seconds to hit the next button) and they say they'll need a break for a couple of weeks. Well, of course they're exhausted! That's stressful work! I'm just saying, chill out. Go and find the real posts and share in some constructive content and maybe you won't feel so stressed.

Marc, I am not about to start posting that sort of info. Most of the spammers have real accounts here, and I'm not giving them any ammo to push their end of the game forward.

Won't affect you one bit, and it's only "exciting" for those of us watching it from the control panel side of things. Mostly exciting in the "Hey! Nothing's happening! Hooray!" sense of the word.

Mitch, Without the people who report spam, this place would fall apart in no time at all.

Some people put too much focus on it, sure. We'd like folks to report it as they come across it, and otherwise focus on the things they're here for. But without the relatively small group that actually puts an effort in, the rest of the folks who find value in the place would lose it, really quickly. I absolutely agree with that. What we really need is for everyone to learn to report spam when they see it, but only as part of the business-building process they're here for.

Situations like we've had recently, where the "creeps who belong in prison for their abuses" find a wedge through the system in wholesale fashion, can burn you out if dealing with the spam becomes a focus. Don't let it.

Mark, Quite true. Every person who's worn the moderator cap since we went to multiple mods back in 2002 has had the same experience. It's a whole different animal, once you've seen the other side of that curtain.

Some of the long-term members like yourself understand it pretty well, from watching and helping out where they can. Most of the people here have no clue what all is involved, though.

Of course, that's not a bad thing. If too many people had to become intimately familiar with the processes, it would mean things were out of control. In the ideal world, even the mods wouldn't need to be involved in it.

Mohammad,

Haven't seen a post from you in quite a while. Nice to see you around again. Yeah. The way they did it was the problem. I won't go into the details, but that spammer (yes, all that crap was from a single entity) had quite the set-up.

Simple and devastating. Like a machine gun.

And people wonder why I dislike spammers so much.


Paul

Read this please: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...moderator.html

Many people here actually care for the community. I know, pretty radical

Some of us, while building our businesses, also are interested in this place. It's not just a place to pimp our sigs or whatever. It's an incredible resource that we want to protect. It's almost like family.

I agree to some extent that spending too much time reporting the posts could interfere with real business. But, I for one, am willing to help out where I can.

If a person had ANY idea what really goes on here and what I've seen over the last 10+ years, they would never write anything like you did. And that sentence may not be popular but it's true.

Mark

It has everything to to do with internet marketing. That's what this forum is all about and it is very difficult to participate whether you are seeking advice or giving it when you are seeing nothing but spam from bots.

They come in and crap all over the place. I'm not sure about you, but if something came into my home crapping all over the place, I'd want to clean it up rather than constantly stepping over and around it and inevitably in it.

But hey, you're more than welcome to have poo on your shoe if you prefer.

Terra

Couldn't of put it better myself.
Don't let the "nobody's" get to you Gail.

AFAIK this rule change by Google just happened in the last few days. I was just pointing it out because it's directly related to the 'spammers' who are basically ruining the U.E. here for many.

They're only here for 'optimized anchor text sig files' which are now officially against Google's policies.

Removing the 'benefit' of the links makes sense to help stop spam because the links are now officially useless/potentially damaging from an SEO standpoint.

Technically I believe Google wants a 'nofollow' attribute added so that the links don't pass PR any more.

Really, none of my business and I'm sorry I brought it up.

Carry on as usual Warrior Forum

My panties are not bunched up