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Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 07:45
by Kuwashima
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!
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 07:56
by TomWazzleshaw
I swear Carlos was from Portugal or some other place near there.
Anyways congrats on the promotion guys
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 08:21
by thehemogoblin
Profanity? I never signed up for that.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 08:31
by CarlosFerreira
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...
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 08:35
by TomWazzleshaw
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
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 09:03
by Kuwashima
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?
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 09:09
by thehemogoblin
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 09:44
by JamesAllenShoeTrader
I welcome our new supreme anti-Hommel overlords and wish them the best
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 13:57
by howardmb
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!
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 14:28
by Yannick
Thank you to the founders and to the new moderators for showing all new spammers the door to Alan's shoe shop.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 14:29
by SuperAguri
Can we ban Captain Hammer for being nasty to that nice Kamui Kobayashi?
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 16:05
by shinji
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?)
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 18 Nov 2009, 16:11
by noisebox
I would've offered myself, but I am in fact a drug peddling shoe seller in disguise. I will strike, only I know when...
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 19 Nov 2009, 04:29
by thehemogoblin
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 19:32
by muttley
please moderate with moderation!
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 26 Nov 2009, 17:47
by Warren Hughes
Carlos! More movie spam! To work!
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 26 Nov 2009, 17:58
by CarlosFerreira
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 27 Nov 2009, 20:10
by shinji
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 27 Nov 2009, 20:14
by thehemogoblin
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 27 Nov 2009, 20:20
by shinji
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 28 Nov 2009, 10:08
by CarlosFerreira
shinji wrote:Rightyo. Makes sense.
I made sense?
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 28 Nov 2009, 11:25
by shinji
CarlosFerreira wrote:shinji wrote:Rightyo. Makes sense.
I made sense?
No, thehemogoblin made sense.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 28 Nov 2009, 15:27
by Phoenix
One little question: if I reported a spam post, what does exactly happen?
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 28 Nov 2009, 19:14
by shinji
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 00:02
by CarlosFerreira
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 06:34
by thehemogoblin
shinji wrote:CarlosFerreira wrote:shinji wrote:Rightyo. Makes sense.
I made sense?
No, thehemogoblin made sense.
I'm always intelligible and intelligent.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 12:29
by Salamander
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 12:30
by shinji
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 12:31
by shinji
Whatever you do, DON'T CLICK ON THE PICTURES!!!
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 12:57
by CarlosFerreira
Crikey...
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 14:01
by shinji
CarlosFerreira wrote:Crikey...
My poor innocent mind was tainted by a slip of the finger. Damn laptop mouse.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 18:10
by thehemogoblin
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 18:13
by CarlosFerreira
thehemogoblin wrote:Two--> Phoenix, thanks for the email. Carlos, thanks for redirecting him at me.
What did I do again?
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 18:14
by thehemogoblin
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 18:26
by shinji
thehemogoblin wrote: Why the hell do the spammers ALWAYS strike when I'm asleep?
Even spambots can see that GMT = Win.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 18:35
by CarlosFerreira
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 20:25
by Warren Hughes
What was it what was it what was it??!!!
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 20:28
by shinji
Warren Hughes wrote:What was it what was it what was it??!!!
Suggestive pictures that linked to porn websites.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 20:32
by CarlosFerreira
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.
Re: Anti-spam moderators!
Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 20:38
by shinji
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.