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First Troll Attack...
Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote from: sparkle_motion on May 06, 2006, 08:39:28 pm ---Was it a random troll or was he targeting the former IMDb'ers specifically?
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I think it was random, and I have to also thank Fran-E who caught the messages extremely quickly, and ChefJudy who was amazing as an early warning detector. She found a thread on IMDb by a user who essentially challenged the trolls that they couldn't stop the forum at BetterMost and she reported it to me this afternoon. I put the moderators on yellow alert the moment she hooked me up with that message to be on the lookout, and an hour or so later, the troll was here.
It really is a team effort, except we share the power to control our own destiny here instead of relying on overworked admins on a huge site who get around to dealing with issues when they can. I thank everyone involved.
--- Quote ---Also, I just tried to post and it said I had just posted and needed to wait for a few seconds. Is that new because of these dang trolls or have I just never posted so quickly before? :)
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There is a 30 second wait before each post is allowed to be made. This prevents thread jamming by automated scripts. It has always been in place. So it was the latter. :)
Lumière:
Cheers Phillip and everyone who took swift action in this matter!
We definitely don't want anything like the troll activity at Imdb here at Bettermost.
Great job !! ... ;)
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Phillip on May 06, 2006, 08:53:33 pm ---I think it was random, and I have to also thank Fran-E who caught the messages extremely quickly, and ChefJudy who was amazing as an early warning detector. She found a thread on IMDb by a user who essentially challenged the trolls that they couldn't stop the forum at BetterMost and she reported it to me this afternoon. I put the moderators on yellow alert the moment she hooked me up with that message to be on the lookout, and an hour or so later, the troll was here.
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Yay, Phillip and everyone else who helped stop the troll !!! Way to go! :D :D :D
It's distressing to me that BetterMost is being discussed like that over on imdb. I hope that type of "challenge" won't turn BetterMost into a target for trolls. As long as we have such watchful moderators it seems that we'll be perfectly safe around here. I remember when info about BetterMost was only passed around very, very cautiously. I understand wanting to raise the profile of BetterMost on sites like imdb in order to welcome new members here, but I wonder if the wider awareness will also be a tempting thing for trolls.
I'm just so glad to have found this space... :)
I never, ever spend time at imdb anymore. It feels too tainted over there by people with ill-intentions reading and mocking the heartfelt posts of well-meaning Brokies who are really trying to understand the movie. :-\ :(
chefjudy:
:) it looks like that thread has now been deleted on the OB - it was put up by trolls anyway so I reported it - losers >:(
Ray:
Well done guys and thankyou!
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