spam posts....

[PT247]

Is there some sort of spam blocker you can use on this site to stop all the bloody kitchen and building posts?

 

[Baz JJ]

No, on most forums I frequent, they are removed by the mods as soon as they are spotted or reported.

 

[Mike636]

Well no , you can stop bots from signing up but not a physical person

 

[proffrink]

Stopping spam bots is easy with the correct IPB plugin. Just use the 'hyperlinks before postcount' module to stop anyone with under 5 total posts from adding links to their posts.

Then enable capcha for anyone with under 5 posts. These spam threads aren't to sell you kitchens, they're to get link-back referrals for SEO; it's big business.

Simple really. Do it, admins!

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

Message Dev about it, he's the only person with any remote power to do anything like that.

 

[sp00n]

There is another option more mods???

 

[Nutster]

I think dev may well have dropped off the face of the earth, but as he is the only admin only he can delete the accounts, I will however try to delete all the topics

 

[Airsoft-Ed]

We can delete the accounts, sort of.

Just suspend them permanently and add them to the "ban list" from the warning menu.

Took me a good couple of days to work it out as well.

 

[Nutster]

Ah too much hassle to do on my phone, I'll carry on moving them to staff room so dev can find em easier

 

[sp00n]

I hope dev ain't dropped off the face of the planet . . . I have ordered 3 patches lol

 

[Nutster]

He's alive I've just driven past him around an hour ago, I should imagine he's been too busy to get on here

 

[Deva]

We already have a variety of things to stop them, unfortunately there will always be a way.

I've updated a few things so see if it gets better..