Post by Gary on Feb 9, 2024 13:48:26 GMT 1
You've noticed that there has been an increase in Spam posts over the past few months. This morning I deleted most of them and banned the accounts.
To prevent this in the short term I have switched the forum back to restricted membership. This means that to post on the forum you will need to create an account which will need to be approved by admin. The spam accounts are pretty easy to spot so I should be able to ban them before they can post. Some may get through but their posts will be deleted and account banned.
As you are probably aware I don't monitor this board as frequently as I used to. I live in Dublin these days so don't follow the speedway as closely. To be brutally honest I'd probably have shut the board down years ago but decided to keep it running as there is a small community of people who still regularly use this forum so happy to keep it open as a way for people vent opinions on the Tigers.
It's not as big a pain in the @rse to run as it used to be (remember the WoodheadSOM days! ) so I'm happy to moderate it and keep it running as long as people are still using the forum and it remains pain-free in the @rse. (i.e petty bickering)
I'll try and get on at least once a day to approve accounts and delete any adverts for Chinese 'performance' enhancements.
Cheers
Gary
P.s - I'm going to do a cull of the users and delete any accounts that have not been active in over a year to clear out any potential 'sleeper' spam bots. As a further measure I may also look at restricting public read access altogether and make the board private for members. Due to this can I ask if anybody who has an account but just reads the forum these days log into their account over the next few days to ensure it doesn't become a victim to my cull-hammer.
I'll change any passwords that need done so just hit the usual change password link.
To prevent this in the short term I have switched the forum back to restricted membership. This means that to post on the forum you will need to create an account which will need to be approved by admin. The spam accounts are pretty easy to spot so I should be able to ban them before they can post. Some may get through but their posts will be deleted and account banned.
As you are probably aware I don't monitor this board as frequently as I used to. I live in Dublin these days so don't follow the speedway as closely. To be brutally honest I'd probably have shut the board down years ago but decided to keep it running as there is a small community of people who still regularly use this forum so happy to keep it open as a way for people vent opinions on the Tigers.
It's not as big a pain in the @rse to run as it used to be (remember the WoodheadSOM days! ) so I'm happy to moderate it and keep it running as long as people are still using the forum and it remains pain-free in the @rse. (i.e petty bickering)
I'll try and get on at least once a day to approve accounts and delete any adverts for Chinese 'performance' enhancements.
Cheers
Gary
P.s - I'm going to do a cull of the users and delete any accounts that have not been active in over a year to clear out any potential 'sleeper' spam bots. As a further measure I may also look at restricting public read access altogether and make the board private for members. Due to this can I ask if anybody who has an account but just reads the forum these days log into their account over the next few days to ensure it doesn't become a victim to my cull-hammer.
I'll change any passwords that need done so just hit the usual change password link.