Can something be done?

[Jeff Wrangler]

Friends and neighbors we've got trouble in River City Bettermost. Perhaps some of you folks are not aware that just about every day, some bots--if that's the correct term for them--are creating memberships and posting movie-related spam in our fair community.

I have been reporting these posts to the mods whenever I find them, and perhaps others are, also, but can something be done to prevent this from happening?

Just askin' 'cause this is gettin' tiresome. I'm not tech-savvy enough to know if anything can be done. I appreciate the dedication of our mods, and I imagine they might be gettin' tired of all these reports of "Spam!" from me. Sorta like a Bettermost Spam-a-lot. ... 

(((Mods!))) 

[brianr]

I have noticed this also, perhaps because of my timezone. I have seen other groups be overwhlemed with this sort of activity so they regular users depart and they become defunct. Some groups say you must post 5 replies before you can start your own thread. Is this possible?

Several years ago, when I had a disagreement, I tried to leave Bettermost but found it was impossible. I did leave Dave Cullen at the time and have not returned. Perhaps it was just as well as I have returned to Bettermost  .  However the claim of over 2000 residents is a bit much. I guess probably at least half have not visited in more than a year

[Front-Ranger]

Friends, moderators diligently remove the spam postings and alert our administrators so they can ban the posters. Our co-founder and tech guru John is working on a possible fix, but there will probably always be some spam. We usually get the spam posts off within a few hours...sometimes a few minutes ...of their posting. And we have people working on it in many time zones. However, right now a couple of moderators/admins are travelling so there many be a bit more spam than usual. I'll mention it to Chrissi when I see her later on.

[Katie77]

Well done to all the moderators.....you must be very diligent, because I have yet to see any spam......thank you.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Friends, moderators diligently remove the spam postings and alert our administrators so they can ban the posters. Our co-founder and tech guru John is working on a possible fix, but there will probably always be some spam. We usually get the spam posts off within a few hours...sometimes a few minutes ...of their posting. And we have people working on it in many time zones. However, right now a couple of moderators/admins are travelling so there many be a bit more spam than usual. I'll mention it to Chrissi when I see her later on.

Thanks, FRiend! It's good to know that this has been brought to the attention of our Top People. 

[CellarDweller]

I'm not sure what type of security DCF has in place, but we rarely ever get spammers, but every once and a while, one gets through.

[Front-Ranger]

Chrissi says these spams are coming from large companies in Asia that just send spam all the time. She's travelling right now so there may be a few more than usual but we moderators who are at home can keep deleting them.

[CellarDweller]

[Jeff Wrangler]

Yum! Who knew they made so many varieties? 

I wish I could find them around here.

[Front-Ranger]

Spamalot!