Spammers on the Board

[Crane]

With the recent up-surge of spammers on the Message Board, is it time to start restricting ... something? Just raising the issue...

[A Savage spanke]

who spammed besides that nike guy? and he even talked about boating in one post i think

[paddledog]

I don't want to give up any of my freedoms for protections.
How many people have had to take off their shoes just because some idiot
tried to sneak explosives once?
I can overlook the occasional spam before it is deleted by our
moderators. If no one responds to the adds, they will stop.

[Clif]

.... If no one responds to the adds, they will stop.

Is this true? i thought they just stay persistant and find new ways to get in. Ask Jody after dealing with them on her board.

[prophet]

all spam is not bad. i've been able to regrow fleece and stiffen up a sagging hull

[A Savage spanke]

this is going to cause more problems, and probably end with me getting deleted in some way or another.

Does that stiffer hull bust through big holes better?

[Lifejacket]

Here is the new one today, cell phones

http://www.arkansascanoeclub.com/mb/vie ... ead#unread" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am sure at some point this link will stop working

[Fish]

Wow, I bought two of those before I realized it was spam...

On the other hand, wouldn't it be great to have a button beside each thread/message to report it as spam so the mods could figure it out quickly...

- Fish

[Lifejacket]

Yeah but someone would probably report most of my posts

[Roger]

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET SPAM?


Make:

[okieboater]

Hey Roger, that looks like a pretty dish!

Prolly better than freeze dry too

Chomp Chop Chomp Chomp

[Regud]

I guess I picked a bad time to post the sale of my old iPhone.

[Crane]

I was actually pointing at Netphones1... I don't figure we ought complain about paddlers selling anything they need to sell to buy that next boat... But, who knows who those strangers are...??

[A Savage spanke]

All I'm saying is that if that person happens to stumble upon a bunch of brand new top of the line phones, but didn't need them (very likely, who needs more than one phone) and he wanted a to buy a boat, what better forum! Wait until the guys sales all the phones before you pass judgment. If he sells every phone and then doesnt buy a boat or some gear, then he's a spammer. This whole topic is premature

[boofmaster]

Just banned two more commercial spammers; thanks everyone for helping keep an eye out.

Good news / bad news
GOOD: Only 5 total bans so far for commercial spam.
BAD: Three of those 5 were just this week, 2 within the last 5 minutes thanks to this thread.

Regud: You're unlucky on your timing, but it's all good. With 51 posts, there's no doubt you're just a regular member using the for sale page to sell your stuff. The five who were banned each had 1 post total; shameless commercial spam from the get-go.