Help Us Fight Spam

[jessssi]

Yeah, that was a little disturbing.

[Seabody]

If we mention a spammer/person who gets banned's name in a post, is that post automatically removed?

[Pam]

If we mention a spammer/person who gets banned's name in a post, is that post automatically removed?

Not automatically.  I removed it manually only because with the spam post gone, any replies to it are confusing and untidy.

[Seabody]

Not automatically.  I removed it manually only because with the spam post gone, any replies to it are confusing and untidy.

Ah, okay. Thanks Pam!
EDIT: Thanks to mtglady (I think) for taking care of the newest spam attack.

[Pam]

Ah, okay. Thanks Pam!
EDIT: Thanks to mtglady (I think) for taking care of the newest spam attack.

What was the newest attack? 

[Seabody]

I think it was Spam (it looked like it so I reported it), but in the General Discussion boards, somebody was talking about sites for PS3 games.
EDIT: I don''t actually think it was an "attack", but to me, if it's Spam, it's an attack.

[Pam]

Ah, ok.  I think Hosfac got that one.

[Leto85]

I think it was Spam (it looked like it so I reported it), but in the General Discussion boards, somebody was talking about sites for PS3 games.
EDIT: I don''t actually think it was an "attack", but to me, if it's Spam, it's an attack.

I haven't see that post you are talking about but please know that The Sims 3 also is on PS3, so maybe the person was reffering to that?

What I find kind of funny is that I mention mostly in my inbox almost every morning I wake up for the last few weeks I got mails (mostly from that great girl Alexandria) about spam and such. But every time I click on it, it guides me to a blanco page. Haha, seems that other pitbull moderators have already speed me out.
No, I'm not slow! It's just that timezone excuse I can always use.

[Alexandria_]

What I find kind of funny is that I mention mostly in my inbox almost every morning I wake up for the last few weeks I got mails (mostly from that great girl Alexandria) about spam and such. But every time I click on it, it guides me to a blanco page. Haha, seems that other pitbull moderators have already speed me out.
No, I'm not slow! It's just that timezone excuse I can always use.

Oh, I must be going spam-reporting crazy
But I do think it's great that the moderators here get rid of it so quickly.

[Pam]

Keep it up, Alexandria!  All of you who report spam are a huge help for us. 

[Seabody]

I haven't see that post you are talking about but please know that The Sims 3 also is on PS3, so maybe the person was reffering to that?

They weren't. It was a small list of random PS3 game sites.
Just to check, if a thread really has absolutely nothing to do with the Sims 3 (or the forum/guide), we should report it, right?
I've seen some random posts recently, written in Polish. When Google translated it for me, it seemed to be a wikipedia article about wheels. I reported it, but I'd like to check: Did I do the right thing?

[Pam]

They weren't. It was a small list of random PS3 game sites.
Just to check, if a thread really has absolutely nothing to do with the Sims 3 (or the forum/guide), we should report it, right?
I've seen some random posts recently, written in Polish. When Google translated it for me, it seemed to be a wikipedia article about wheels. I reported it, but I'd like to check: Did I do the right thing?

Yes, you did exactly the right thing.  And yes, if anything is unrelated to Sims 3, please report it.

[Alexandria_]

In my opinion, it's best to report anything that you're unsure about. That way, if it's something that needs to be removed, it can be. If it's something that doesn't need to be removed, then nothing bad comes from reporting it.
It's better to be safe than sorry

[Leto85]

In my opinion, it's best to report anything that you're unsure about. That way, if it's something that needs to be removed, it can be. If it's something that doesn't need to be removed, then nothing bad comes from reporting it.
It's better to be safe than sorry

Absolutely. It's better to report 10 posts if only one of them is really bad, than the other way around.
Anyway, I was busy last time with deleting one reported post but I couldn't delete it due because of an error. I could block that user and IP adress however, and deleting that single post he was posting but deleting his account seems to be out of the question.
Ah well, I have colleagues enough who probably don't have that error message.

[Seabody]

I've recently seen several profiles with random links to websites in them. For the last 2, I have PM'd links to to Pam. (EDIT: Because I'm almost certain the other accounts have been banned). Just to check, is this the right way to go about when dealing with spam/random websites in profiles (that have 0 posts)?