02-22-2016, 02:51 PM
The spammers and bots have been a problem almost since the forum was launched. It's no surprise, and there is little can be done to prevent. There are measures in place to try and prevent bots, but a simple Captcha isn't enough; bots are becoming more and more 'sophisticated' to be beaten by these. For now, all we can do is report the spam accounts and threads. Vally will ban them as they are reported.
For me, the problem isn't the likes of 'Buy Adipex' and similar spammers, as they make their own threads that, provided they are simply reported and nobody posts on it, will be buried beneath newer and active threads, and ultimately forgotten.
POOMBZET was a real problem, because it posted on almost every active thread, in some cases multiple times. And as things are, Vally doesn't currently have the power to remove the posts (hopefully that will be rectified) so they remain visible.
This is actually why I've taken down my threads on the Creative Writing forum, because I didn't want such personal things being 'tainted'. As such I won't be posting anything else for a while.
For me, the problem isn't the likes of 'Buy Adipex' and similar spammers, as they make their own threads that, provided they are simply reported and nobody posts on it, will be buried beneath newer and active threads, and ultimately forgotten.
POOMBZET was a real problem, because it posted on almost every active thread, in some cases multiple times. And as things are, Vally doesn't currently have the power to remove the posts (hopefully that will be rectified) so they remain visible.
This is actually why I've taken down my threads on the Creative Writing forum, because I didn't want such personal things being 'tainted'. As such I won't be posting anything else for a while.