so I made a comment in 3 general discussion threads
after:
These "spambots" are getting out of control.
Sort:
29 days ago
0
#226
Well. This morning sets a new and most unwelcome record. I have just counted (and duly reported) thirty-four spam threads on the forums. My previous "personal worst" was twenty-one. Good luck, mods. Sorry about the workload, but it seems necessary for us all to pull together to sweep the nasties away right now.
29 days ago
0
#228
RalphHayward wrote:
Well. This morning sets a new and most unwelcome record. I have just counted (and duly reported) thirty-four spam threads on the forums. My previous "personal worst" was twenty-one. Good luck, mods. Sorry about the workload, but it seems necessary for us all to pull together to sweep the nasties away right now.
Between the two of us we did some damage :-)
29 days ago
0
#229
Mathnerd2015 wrote:
It’s just gonna be a matter of time also there are a little too much forums abt these
I think it's fine to discuss it.
Following a thread is optional as always. I don't want to feel like I need be quiet about it just because you're no longer interested, no offense.
29 days ago
0
#230
RalphHayward wrote:
Well. This morning sets a new and most unwelcome record. I have just counted (and duly reported) thirty-four spam threads on the forums.
I reported a lot too. I hope they deal with this soon.
29 days ago
0
#231
delcai007 wrote:
RalphHayward wrote:
Well. This morning sets a new and most unwelcome record. I have just counted (and duly reported) thirty-four spam threads on the forums.
I reported a lot too. I hope they deal with this soon.
Based on the number of replies I get from chess.com for reporting. I think they are dealing with it.
29 days ago
0
#232
I have only seen two. If a thread about spam was locked, it must have turned into a discussion about cheating or something. Threads will go on and on and on unless something about them violates forum guidelines.
29 days ago
0
#234
And I just spotted a further eleven since I reported the previous crop (all of which have been promptly removed by the site's excellent and long-suffering moderators to whom I offer all due praise and thankfulness), bringing my day's total for spot-and-report to 45.
Not a record which I hope to augment today or ever come close to again.
29 days ago
0
#236
ChessAce1111 wrote:
manudude02 wrote:
It feels like multiple times a day, there is a topic about getting a loan in what is pretty much certainly a scam of some kind. I do report them, but I don't exactly want multiple messages from chess.com saying they're doing something about it. It seems "every person" who has posted these has made their account on the same day. In reality, it is probably a bot, or a small group of genuine people (maybe just 1).
I have a simple proposal which will hopefully put an end to it. No-one is allowed to post in the forums until their account is at least a week old. That way if you wanted to continuously spam the same message, you either have to wait a week every time or have multiple accounts lined up. If you go for the latter, I'd like to think the staff would have enough time to check for multi-accounts.
If it can be reliably determined to be a bot with no other posts, then you could instead (perhaps in addition to the former suggestion) enforce a rule saying the first post by a user needs to be pre-moderated i.e. must be approved by an admin before it's shown publicly.
I'm not great at writing essays, but together we can clean up this mess
Or you could provide the forums with a Mate in 1 chess captcha just like Lichess, that will stop 90% of the spambots. Exactly this reason why Lichess isn't polluted like this.
Now that woudl be a great idea! @Martin_Stahl
29 days ago
0
#238
Another five reported over the course of the afternoon takes my total today up to fifty. In cricket, I would be waving my bat at the pavilion. Here, I am wanting to find whoever commissions the spammers and have a word with them over a nice cup of tea and a hot branding iron.
29 days ago
0
#239
Thanks all the reports do help,us mods do get around to them when we are online ,
29 days ago
0
#240
AndrewSmith wrote:
Thanks all the reports do help,us mods do get around to them when we are online ,
I know. Really I do. It's clear to me swift and effective action is taken. It's clear to me that Reports save the mods having to go trawling which takes more time than reacting. You Mods Are Officially Ace. Thankyou. Thank you all.
before: