Anti-spam moderators!

Kuwashima · Post by **Kuwashima** » 18 Nov 2009, 07:45

Gday all,

As discussed there is a need to have some moderators set up to combat the occasional spam, given that eytl and I are in a different time zone to many of you. Please welcome thehemogoblin (note where the 'L' goes) who's in the US, and CarlosFerreira who's in the UK.

They will also be there to edit out profanity (hopefully not profundity) and keep you all behaving nicely to each other in the spirit of rejectdom. Thank you both for helping us out!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 18 Nov 2009, 07:56

I swear Carlos was from Portugal or some other place near there.
Anyways congrats on the promotion guys

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 18 Nov 2009, 08:21

Profanity? I never signed up for that.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 18 Nov 2009, 08:31

Wizzie wrote:I swear Carlos was from Portugal or some other place near there.
Anyways congrats on the promotion guys

I am Portuguese, but have lived in the UK for some time now.

Profanity in this context is quite vague. Can I judge any post that questions the awesomeness of Williams as profane? No? Oh...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 18 Nov 2009, 08:35

CarlosFerreira wrote:
Wizzie wrote:I swear Carlos was from Portugal or some other place near there.
Anyways congrats on the promotion guys

I am Portuguese, but have lived in the UK for some time now.

Profanity in this context is quite vague. Can I judge any post that questions the awesomeness of Williams as profane? No? Oh...

Ah ok... and I agree on censoring any post that question Williams' awesomeness

Kuwashima · Post by **Kuwashima** » 18 Nov 2009, 09:03

thehemogoblin wrote:Profanity? I never signed up for that.

Well... to be more correct, I meant egregious obscenities. To the degree that profane still holds its original meanings of "devoted to that which is not sacred, not respectful of orthodox practice, irreverent" (New Oxford American), this entire website could be considered one giant profanity, right?
:geek:

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 18 Nov 2009, 09:09

Kuwashima wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:Profanity? I never signed up for that.

Well... to be more correct, I meant egregious obscenities. To the degree that profane still holds its original meanings of "devoted to that which is not sacred, not respectful of orthodox practice, irreverent" (New Oxford American), this entire website could be considered one giant profanity, right?

I do find James Hunt to be a giant profanity, on a separate note.

JamesAllenShoeTrader · Post by **JamesAllenShoeTrader** » 18 Nov 2009, 09:44

I welcome our new supreme anti-Hommel overlords and wish them the best

howardmb · Post by **howardmb** » 18 Nov 2009, 13:57

I would like say thank you to all concerned for the amount of time you have invested in this forum and the amount of time you will continue to invest. It's one of the reasons things are so lively and uncluttered. Even though I don't post often, I enjoy dropping by and reading what others have to offer.

Thanks again!

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 18 Nov 2009, 14:28

Thank you to the founders and to the new moderators for showing all new spammers the door to Alan's shoe shop.

SuperAguri · Post by **SuperAguri** » 18 Nov 2009, 14:29

Can we ban Captain Hammer for being nasty to that nice Kamui Kobayashi?

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 18 Nov 2009, 16:05

Good move, one partially instigated by me!

Can't complain either about the two guys, great choices.

(Though isn't thehemogoblin going to be leaving us at some point for College work?)

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 18 Nov 2009, 16:11

I would've offered myself, but I am in fact a drug peddling shoe seller in disguise. I will strike, only I know when...

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 19 Nov 2009, 04:29

shinji wrote:Good move, one partially instigated by me!

Can't complain either about the two guys, great choices.

(Though isn't thehemogoblin going to be leaving us at some point for College work?)

I'll find a way to moderate.

muttley · Post by **muttley** » 24 Nov 2009, 19:32

please moderate with moderation!

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 26 Nov 2009, 17:47

Carlos! More movie spam! To work!

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 26 Nov 2009, 17:58

Warren Hughes wrote:Carlos! More movie spam! To work!

Many thanks, Warren. The moment you replied this thread, an email came in. That is a true Early Warning System. We ought to give you a medal, or a commendation, or something.

Seriously, though - and this applies to all members: if you detect spam, please post in this thread. This allows the Moderators to have a more rapid action, and keep our playground neater and cleaner. I'm going to ask Kuwashima to see if we can create a sticky "EWS" thread for this purpose.

Thanks, everyone.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 27 Nov 2009, 20:10

CarlosFerreira wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Carlos! More movie spam! To work!

Many thanks, Warren. The moment you replied this thread, an email came in. That is a true Early Warning System. We ought to give you a medal, or a commendation, or something.

Seriously, though - and this applies to all members: if you detect spam, please post in this thread. This allows the Moderators to have a more rapid action, and keep our playground neater and cleaner. I'm going to ask Kuwashima to see if we can create a sticky "EWS" thread for this purpose.

Thanks, everyone.

Any point to that thread though? The spam shows up as any other new post surely.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 27 Nov 2009, 20:14

shinji wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:Carlos! More movie spam! To work!

Many thanks, Warren. The moment you replied this thread, an email came in. That is a true Early Warning System. We ought to give you a medal, or a commendation, or something.

Seriously, though - and this applies to all members: if you detect spam, please post in this thread. This allows the Moderators to have a more rapid action, and keep our playground neater and cleaner. I'm going to ask Kuwashima to see if we can create a sticky "EWS" thread for this purpose.

Thanks, everyone.

Any point to that thread though? The spam shows up as any other new post surely.

Yes. That way, we'll get emails about them, so even when we're not actively on the website, we can take care of the problems.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 27 Nov 2009, 20:20

thehemogoblin wrote:
shinji wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
Many thanks, Warren. The moment you replied this thread, an email came in. That is a true Early Warning System. We ought to give you a medal, or a commendation, or something.

Seriously, though - and this applies to all members: if you detect spam, please post in this thread. This allows the Moderators to have a more rapid action, and keep our playground neater and cleaner. I'm going to ask Kuwashima to see if we can create a sticky "EWS" thread for this purpose.

Thanks, everyone.

Any point to that thread though? The spam shows up as any other new post surely.

Yes. That way, we'll get emails about them, so even when we're not actively on the website, we can take care of the problems.

Rightyo. Makes sense.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 28 Nov 2009, 10:08

shinji wrote:Rightyo. Makes sense.

I made sense? :shock:

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 28 Nov 2009, 11:25

CarlosFerreira wrote:
shinji wrote:Rightyo. Makes sense.

I made sense?

No, thehemogoblin made sense.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 28 Nov 2009, 15:27

One little question: if I reported a spam post, what does exactly happen?

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 28 Nov 2009, 19:14

To attention! http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=787

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Nov 2009, 00:02

Phoenix wrote:One little question: if I reported a spam post, what does exactly happen?

It goes away. We receive an email saying the thread has been updated, check the forum and act upon. It needn't be as specific as shinji did, although it probably helped (I didn't get that call).

It may not be necessary, the forum's security is being upgraded. But it helps, I suppose.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 29 Nov 2009, 06:34

shinji wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
shinji wrote:Rightyo. Makes sense.

I made sense?

No, thehemogoblin made sense.

I'm always intelligible and intelligent.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 29 Nov 2009, 12:29

Alarm! Alarm! Dear God, they're everywhere!

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=792
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=790
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=793
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=791
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=794

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2009, 12:30

Lotsa spam.

http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=790
http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=792
http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=791
http://www.f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=793

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2009, 12:31

Whatever you do, DON'T CLICK ON THE PICTURES!!!

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Nov 2009, 12:57

Crikey...

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2009, 14:01

CarlosFerreira wrote:Crikey...

My poor innocent mind was tainted by a slip of the finger. Damn laptop mouse.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 29 Nov 2009, 18:10

Two things:

One--> Why the hell do the spammers ALWAYS strike when I'm asleep?

Two--> Phoenix, thanks for the email. Carlos, thanks for redirecting him at me.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Nov 2009, 18:13

thehemogoblin wrote:Two--> Phoenix, thanks for the email. Carlos, thanks for redirecting him at me.

What did I do again?

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 29 Nov 2009, 18:14

CarlosFerreira wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:Two--> Phoenix, thanks for the email. Carlos, thanks for redirecting him at me.

What did I do again?

Phoenix wrote:You guys have more spam to deal with. Carlos said it'd be good to advise you as to can act more effectively against that silly spam.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2009, 18:26

thehemogoblin wrote: Why the hell do the spammers ALWAYS strike when I'm asleep?

Even spambots can see that GMT = Win.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Nov 2009, 18:35

thehemogoblin wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
thehemogoblin wrote:Two--> Phoenix, thanks for the email. Carlos, thanks for redirecting him at me.

What did I do again?

Phoenix wrote:You guys have more spam to deal with. Carlos said it'd be good to advise you as to can act more effectively against that silly spam.

OK, you win. :lol:

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 29 Nov 2009, 20:25

What was it what was it what was it??!!!

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2009, 20:28

Warren Hughes wrote:What was it what was it what was it??!!!

Suggestive pictures that linked to porn websites.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Nov 2009, 20:32

shinji wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:What was it what was it what was it??!!!

Explicit pictures that linked to porn websites.

There, fixed that for you.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 29 Nov 2009, 20:38

CarlosFerreira wrote:
shinji wrote:
Warren Hughes wrote:What was it what was it what was it??!!!

Explicit pictures that linked to porn websites.

There, fixed that for you.

The ones I saw weren't explicit. I only went in to a couple though.

Went in. Sounds wrong.