Personal computing discussed
Moderators: askfranklin, renee, emkubed, Captain Ned
Yeats wrote:I've reported close to a dozen today... I'm getting a callus on my clickerfinger.
JustAnEngineer wrote:The log shows over 500 moderator actions since Friday morning.
Flying Fox wrote:Usually an "action" takes 3-4 clicks. Your dozen is nothing.
TheEmrys wrote:Its getting crazy. I feel like I reported 10 or so in the last 2 days. Thumbs up to all those working, but for the love of God Almighty, isn't there a better way?
Flying Fox wrote:Yeats wrote:I've reported close to a dozen today... I'm getting a callus on my clickerfinger.JustAnEngineer wrote:The log shows over 500 moderator actions since Friday morning.
Usually an "action" takes 3-4 clicks. Your dozen is nothing.
UberGerbil wrote:Amen! to both of those requests.I wish the current system had
1. I wish the "email me" option defaulted to no rather than yes (I NEVER want to get email about this) or at least remembered my last choice (or had a preference in my profile to set the default if this is one of those things that splits 50-50).
2. I wish the report-spam button got disabled in some visually obvious way when a post has already been reported.
UberGerbil wrote:Mods correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they can remove all the posts from a given spammer with a single operation.
JustAnEngineer wrote:UberGerbil wrote:Amen! to both of those requests...I wish the current system had
1. I wish the "email me" option defaulted to no rather than yes (I NEVER want to get email about this) or at least remembered my last choice (or had a preference in my profile to set the default if this is one of those things that splits 50-50).
2. I wish the report-spam button got disabled in some visually obvious way when a post has already been reported.
Melvar wrote:Would it be feasible to set it up so that a post can be reported more than once, and when two or three people report the same post it gets junked automatically and the spammer gets flagged?
I see you don't read forum article postings or get downvoted for the smallest thing! Sometimes "vile" is putting it nicely! I can only imagine how rough the R&P forum gets!There might be certain issues with abuse, but TR isn't a vile place like so many other bits of the internet, so I think it could work.
BIF wrote:I can only imagine how rough the R&P forum gets!
Ryu Connor wrote:BIF wrote:I can only imagine how rough the R&P forum gets!
Bunch of Care Bears and hugs in R&P.
tanker27 wrote:All I know Is that I have reported a bunch in the past two-three weeks and I am running out of comments; you know Spamalicious, Spam Fried Rice, Spam Omlete....etc.Ryu Connor wrote:BIF wrote:I can only imagine how rough the R&P forum gets!
Bunch of Care Bears and hugs in R&P.
We have milk and cookies. You should join.
tanker27 wrote:All I know Is that I have reported a bunch in the past two-three weeks and I am running out of comments; you know Spamalicious, Spam Fried Rice, Spam Omlete....etc.
Flying Fox wrote:Just use the default choice. I don't read the comments a lot. So unless you find it fun, I doubt those comments in the reports get read a lot.
Captain Ned wrote:Flying Fox wrote:Just use the default choice. I don't read the comments a lot. So unless you find it fun, I doubt those comments in the reports get read a lot.
Nope, especially with the current volume.
tanker27 wrote:Aww man......and here I was thinking that I would at least give you admins a chuckle.
ronch wrote:Not sure if my observation warrants investigation but in one particular forum area (Technology > Mobile Tech) there's this poster who seems to ask the most mundane questions spanning multiple threads. Dunno if this guy's just a complete noob or he's up to something, but he posted THIRTEEN different threads one right after another asking stupid questions all on DEC. 31. 2013. Is that suspicious or what! The reason I'm saying this is I suspect some spammers first post something legit, pretending to be someone new needing advice to gain the trust of the community then follow it up a few posts later with spam. Some of them who post spam appear to have posted more than once already, and if their prior posts were spam then they would've been banned right away, but apparently their prior posts weren't spam yet because they were still able to follow it up with newer posts. Or it could also be possible that all those posts by that suspicious guy under Mobile Tech are just a part of their efforts to hack TR, right?
