Can the moderators please please block this “spcrapto” from polluting the site?
Can the moderators please please block this “spcrapto” from polluting the site?
dougb1426 (March 23rd, 2024)
It really is becoming a challenge sorting through the garbage but previous posts seem to indicate there is no one at the wheel.
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dougb1426 (March 23rd, 2024), Jon Szanto (March 23rd, 2024)
I grew up using FORTRAN and my knowledge and computer skills are pretty much limited to just user skills. What is involved in blocking a user, and secondly can moderators just delete these spam messages one at a time? I realize that doing so would be time consuming, but this is getting to be a real drag on the site.
Jon Szanto (March 23rd, 2024), Joseph H (March 28th, 2024), Lloyd (March 23rd, 2024)
There are no moderators.
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The biggest hindrance is the exo-facto owner/moderator no longer has an active interest in maintaining the board properly. He has been contacted ad infinitum about the need(s), to no avail. And for that & other reasons, I've already unsubscribed from their vlogs, & am contemplating no longer doing business with his associated shop.
The spamming is supposedly being committed by one of the butt-hurt members, who has taken it upon himself to disrupt the board operations, for whatever there is about him that finds some kind of pleasure in making the lives of others as miserable as possible. That's the part I can't wrap my mind around -- can you imagine living your life with that kind of sickness tormenting you? It's really sad.
Last edited by ~JJ; March 23rd, 2024 at 11:24 AM.
BlkWhiteFilmPix (April 17th, 2024), INeedAFinancialAdvisor (March 24th, 2024)
This matter is being currently discussed in at least two other threads here.
Most of the "spam" on this site is the result of a single, disgruntled & mentally ill individual who uses innumerable aliases as a result of his egregious abuse of his employer's VPN. Even if we had an active moderator it is unlikely that they could put an end to this whacko's nonsense. It would be like a game of "Whack-A-Mole!"
Posts complaining about it fuel this deranged indivdual's fantasies. Effectively, he gets "pleasured" each time he reads a new one.
The only way to get rid of this creep is if everyone simply ignores his nonsense.
Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024), BlkWhiteFilmPix (March 24th, 2024), fountainpenkid (March 26th, 2024)
Another Doug agrees...it is ruining this forum. Other forums manage to control the crap/spam. But that does require moderators.
Ignore it and it won't bother you. Your choice.
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Brilliant Bill (March 23rd, 2024), vdiantonio (March 23rd, 2024)
What's funny is that these threads complaining about the "spam" have become a form of spam themselves. And the fact is, this is a good forum with very low level disruption. If you want a true shitshow, go to whatever Twitter is now called --- and probably FB and all the others.
Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024), Chrissy (March 23rd, 2024)
Of course, that wouldn't be the case if the owner/administrator took care of business. New people often come to this forum and are a bit baffled, and ask the question as to why this is. Since the person who is supposed to be in charge never answers or takes care of the place, people respond. It is unfortunate, and I am sorry that a once active and valuable forum has become much like a trash-strewn street. But that's just me.
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Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024), BlkWhiteFilmPix (March 24th, 2024), Chrissy (March 23rd, 2024), Cyril (April 3rd, 2024), Sailor Kenshin (March 23rd, 2024)
It's a shame but we just have to ignore it and get on with doing our own things. I have a question: Why do these complaints get posted in the Classified For Sale forum?
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Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024)
My other pen is a Montblanc.
And my other blog is a tumblr!
And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CM2NGSSD
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
724Seney (March 24th, 2024), Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024), BlkWhiteFilmPix (March 24th, 2024)
A good way for the spam to fade away is to just ignore it, by that I mean don't open the posts. I see that is kind of happening judging from the very low number of views that the spam posts are getting.
I for one, have not bothered to open one of them.
Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024), Deb (March 24th, 2024), Robalone (March 25th, 2024)
Last edited by Chrissy; March 24th, 2024 at 03:54 PM.
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Bisquitlips (March 25th, 2024)
Last edited by Chrissy; March 24th, 2024 at 03:52 PM.
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