Forum Spam. Report it.
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:45 pm
We are getting a lot of forum spam at the moment. It's taking me quite some time to identify and then ban the perpetrators. If you spot a spam message, report it by using the button which you will see above a post if you are logged in. That will create a report that myself or Support can action. The buttons should look like this (Unless you are using Tapatalk):
Let me know if I'm the only one that can see these
Present spam schemes appear to be:
1. Generic spammy looking text telling you to reboot the config/ reset the cache/ clear the errors from your "specific" software/ download the latest version or other very generic and rather useless info.
2. Generic "I agree." or "Me too." messages from new forum members. If you mouse over them you may find an incredibly small hotpot with an URL configured. I believe these are designed to be invisible to moderators, but to be picked up by SEO software to improve the ranking of the specified URL within search engines. There is an example here between the first two letters of the alphabet which leads to a well known web site: ABlue Iris forumB.
If you have never seen any of these on the forum, that will be due to my OCD
Let me know if I'm the only one that can see these
Present spam schemes appear to be:
1. Generic spammy looking text telling you to reboot the config/ reset the cache/ clear the errors from your "specific" software/ download the latest version or other very generic and rather useless info.
2. Generic "I agree." or "Me too." messages from new forum members. If you mouse over them you may find an incredibly small hotpot with an URL configured. I believe these are designed to be invisible to moderators, but to be picked up by SEO software to improve the ranking of the specified URL within search engines. There is an example here between the first two letters of the alphabet which leads to a well known web site: ABlue Iris forumB.
If you have never seen any of these on the forum, that will be due to my OCD