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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: PrincessHIGH on December 30, 2012, 11:57 am

Title: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: PrincessHIGH on December 30, 2012, 11:57 am
Look at all this mad spam from bitcointalks today. Nomad can't deal with the sheer amount of spam alone (it seems he's alone now). Who agrees we need the spam busters back?
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: Booshified on December 30, 2012, 12:01 pm
I'll be one, if it means getting rid of all the shit!! I can't find any good info anymore :(
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: Wadozo on December 30, 2012, 12:02 pm
100% agree with you PrincessHIGH and find the delay in appointing some new Spam Busters bewildering? There's no time like the present!
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: Booshified on December 30, 2012, 12:09 pm
Now that I think about it, maybe there was a big problem with a spam buster and that's why they're gone in the first place? Did something happen?
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: microboilie on December 30, 2012, 12:17 pm
yep get rid of the spamming cunt, getting ridiculous now. >:(
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: pinus on December 30, 2012, 12:23 pm
u wood tink he stop spam unless sum fool is buyin tem.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: PintoX on December 30, 2012, 12:33 pm
SMF was always the most easy to spam forum system,
but it does have some modules to take care of that, i believe that they wont be installed cause they might be a security threat...
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: Booshified on December 30, 2012, 01:17 pm
Now that I think about it, maybe there was a big problem with a spam buster and that's why they're gone in the first place? Did something happen?
I was told the spam is no longer an issue, and this was the reason for spam busters being removed.

Huh. Evidently that isn't the case. Maybe there were simply too many spam busters. If you got paid (in BC or something) maybe it wasn't worth it.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: nomad bloodbath on December 30, 2012, 10:47 pm
Now that I think about it, maybe there was a big problem with a spam buster and that's why they're gone in the first place? Did something happen?
I was told the spam is no longer an issue, and this was the reason for spam busters being removed.

Huh. Evidently that isn't the case. Maybe there were simply too many spam busters. If you got paid (in BC or something) maybe it wasn't worth it.

Nope sorry bro but you are way off base.
No Spam Busters or Moderators get paid jack shit, it's 100% volunteering out of compassion for the community.
There were not too many spam busters.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: Nightcrawler on December 30, 2012, 10:52 pm
Now that I think about it, maybe there was a big problem with a spam buster and that's why they're gone in the first place? Did something happen?
I was told the spam is no longer an issue, and this was the reason for spam busters being removed.

Huh. Evidently that isn't the case. Maybe there were simply too many spam busters. If you got paid (in BC or something) maybe it wasn't worth it.

Nope sorry bro but you are way off base.
No Spam Busters or Moderators get paid jack shit, it's 100% volunteering out of compassion for the community.
There were not too many spam busters.

The spam busters were paid alright... with a slap in the face.

NC
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: astor on December 30, 2012, 10:58 pm
u wood tink he stop spam unless sum fool is buyin tem.

Why are you still here?
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: allthegoodnamesaretaken on December 30, 2012, 11:33 pm
u wood tink he stop spam unless sum fool is buyin tem.

Why are you still here?

That was cold, astor. That was necessary, astor. I was starting to become peed off a little with this rhetoric. At least he has an excuse. He is a newbie. *snort*
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: BruceCampbell on December 30, 2012, 11:51 pm
u wood tink he stop spam unless sum fool is buyin tem.

Why are you still here?

Because every town needs a village idiot.

I volunteer to be a spam-buster. I'm on here often and if I could make a dent in it, and stop that damn chinaman spammer then sign me up. Please bring back the spam busters, or make more mods capable of editing or deleting posts or banning users. This is retarded. The spam isn't financially based anymore. The spam is a forum attack method and a way to try to attack the bitcoin community. Silk Road is a constant battleground. How many scam/DDOS/hack/phishing attempts can you name that have occured in the last few months?

The spam is not guided by financial gain in my opinion, it is a means of disruption.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: PrincessHIGH on December 31, 2012, 04:31 am
Another assault of spam from bitcointalks has begun, please bring back the spam busters DPR, they're spoiling our paradise :'(
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: astor on December 31, 2012, 04:32 am
It *always* happens around 4-5 am UTC. Can a mod schedule to be around at that time?
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: verderer on December 31, 2012, 06:54 am
riven already mentioned this in a similar thread*: setting up some verification questions instead of / in addition to the verification image would be quick and easy to do via the SMF admin area, and would very likely stop or stem this flow of spam, at least temporarily.

* topic=63049.msg566548#msg566548
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: pinus on December 31, 2012, 07:07 am
how bout newbei acconts hav long? timer betwen able start threds.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: BruceCampbell on December 31, 2012, 07:09 am
how bout newbei acconts hav long? timer betwen able start threds.

Shut the fuck up Donnie.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: pinus on December 31, 2012, 07:13 am
how bout newbei acconts hav long? timer betwen able start threds.

Shut the fuck up Donnie.

huh
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: BruceCampbell on December 31, 2012, 07:16 am
how bout newbei acconts hav long? timer betwen able start threds.

Shut the fuck up Donnie.

huh

Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: pinus on December 31, 2012, 07:20 am
how bout newbei acconts hav long? timer betwen able start threds.

Shut the fuck up Donnie.

huh

Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit.

u serios problams i sorry for u. i can say wat i want on forum to an u dont like no read.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: BruceCampbell on December 31, 2012, 07:22 am
Is English your second language or does everyone speak Frankenberry where you come from?
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: verderer on December 31, 2012, 07:25 am
Another suggestion (apologies if it's been made before and is not viable here for whatever reason).

Evidently SR already has membergroups set up (newbie, hero member, etc.), so how about preventing members from starting new posts while they are still in the newbie membergroup? That way they would be able to reply to existing posts, but not keep creating these new spam posts.

It's a setting built-in to SMF: http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Permissions#Post_Moderation [clearnet]
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: outoftheblocks on December 31, 2012, 07:28 am
BRUTAL! Keep it up cambell!. I think we should have verification codes. Like which drug is the worst for you questions. Or maybe theres a secret password each day on the homepage that has to be entered each day by the security box.
Thniking outside the box.
life is good, except for the painful 11 scam posts every morning.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: pinus on December 31, 2012, 07:30 am
Another suggestion (apologies if it's been made before and is not viable here for whatever reason).

Evidently SR already has membergroups set up (newbie, hero member, etc.), so how about preventing members from starting new posts while they are still in the newbie membergroup? That way they would be able to reply to existing posts, but not keep creating these new spam posts.

It's a setting built-in to SMF: http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Permissions#Post_Moderation [clearnet]

ya tat seem good idea. i say time on newbei to limit starts but got smlamed by numnuts angry person. good luck u.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: nomad bloodbath on December 31, 2012, 07:34 am
Everyone chill pill out for a bit ok, I just spoke with DPR and he seems to except the need to have a spam buster or two.
He asked my opinion as my choice and of course I gave t back to mohska.
I dont make the decisions so dont bother even posting anything relating to becoming anything else than what you currently are here, just be grateful someone with experience might be back on top of things. This is a good thing, it's the first step back to moving forward than backwards.
So just give it a few days and see if anything happens, I kinda suggested many thinks but we will see if 1 or any of them happen either way we all need to be on the look out for each out and vigilant. Never become comfortable here that always ends in "Where are my BTCS ..."When Will SR be giving my BTCs back"? For those that don't know the answer to those two questions is they wont' be giving them back. SO you look out for you and your mates and call out the cheats when you see them...if it seems to good to be true make them prove it's not and for god's sake stop finalizing early for whatever stupid reason the vendor gives you.

X)
nomad
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: astor on December 31, 2012, 08:03 am
good idea. i say time on newbei to limit starts but got smlamed by numnuts angry person. good luck u.

Ok, now I know this is an act. The guy can't spell a single normal word but he can perfectly spell Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=71621.msg693268#msg693268

You let one slip, buddy, and the gig is up.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: pinus on December 31, 2012, 08:16 am
good idea. i say time on newbei to limit starts but got smlamed by numnuts angry person. good luck u.

Ok, now I know this is an act. The guy can't spell a single normal word but he can perfectly spell Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=71621.msg693268#msg693268

You let one slip, buddy, and the gig is up.

oke i leav tis pos forum an i sory u no like me. i taught tis was goin to be cool wit easy friens. i no bothr u smart ones an gat my happie stoc from street. ya u caugt me cut n past my fav book. i can red norml i hav prob right oke. u evr hare of Dysgraphia u asshos. i tik not. ya i  cut n past tat for u too so u no an i don need to wast time try to make it on type. oke by an tank four u compasiun.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: nomad bloodbath on December 31, 2012, 08:26 am
Thanks for the compassion to leave.
Back on topic...chill pills out please.

x)
NOMAD
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: Nightcrawler on December 31, 2012, 01:58 pm
good idea. i say time on newbei to limit starts but got smlamed by numnuts angry person. good luck u.

Ok, now I know this is an act. The guy can't spell a single normal word but he can perfectly spell Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=71621.msg693268#msg693268

You let one slip, buddy, and the gig is up.

oke i leav tis pos forum an i sory u no like me. i taught tis was goin to be cool wit easy friens. i no bothr u smart ones an gat my happie stoc from street. ya u caugt me cut n past my fav book. i can red norml i hav prob right oke. u evr hare of Dysgraphia u asshos. i tik not. ya i  cut n past tat for u too so u no an i don need to wast time try to make it on type. oke by an tank four u compasiun.

Since it says 'Guest' looks like the account has already been deleted.  FWIW, a person with dysgraphia might actually tend to write in such a fashion -- I'm somewhat surprised that they don't use something like Dragon Dictate to compose their messages. Since they can read normally, I would presume they would be in a position to be able to dictate.

NC
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: paxous on December 31, 2012, 04:12 pm
If you can get me the spammer's IP adress i can knock him off the internet for you =)
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: allthegoodnamesaretaken on December 31, 2012, 06:36 pm
good idea. i say time on newbei to limit starts but got smlamed by numnuts angry person. good luck u.

Ok, now I know this is an act. The guy can't spell a single normal word but he can perfectly spell Keep the Aspidistra Flying?

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=71621.msg693268#msg693268

You let one slip, buddy, and the gig is up.

oke i leav tis pos forum an i sory u no like me. i taught tis was goin to be cool wit easy friens. i no bothr u smart ones an gat my happie stoc from street. ya u caugt me cut n past my fav book. i can red norml i hav prob right oke. u evr hare of Dysgraphia u asshos. i tik not. ya i  cut n past tat for u too so u no an i don need to wast time try to make it on type. oke by an tank four u compasiun.

Since it says 'Guest' looks like the account has already been deleted.  FWIW, a person with dysgraphia might actually tend to write in such a fashion -- I'm somewhat surprised that they don't use something like Dragon Dictate to compose their messages. Since they can read normally, I would presume they would be in a position to be able to dictate.

NC

Ay have a problem with him not being able to spell, En See. When a pig is writing a post, spell check is enabled. Shpelling should not be an issue here methinks. Methinks you were right the fist time. It an act *snort*
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: astor on January 02, 2013, 09:24 am
Just wanted to give a shout out to Captain Mal and the other spam busters (if there are others).

You (all?) have obliterated the spammer tonight.

Oh, he must be so mad. :)
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: astor on January 02, 2013, 09:36 am
+1 to you, good sir. Valiant effort.
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: PrincessHIGH on January 02, 2013, 09:40 am
Thank you!  I've been spending pretty much 90% of my time tonight deleting those threads!  I think there's another mod (or mods!) on who are doing the same!
A big thank-you to CaptainMal and all the other moderators for keeping on top of the spam tonight, keep up the great (and much appreciated) work :)
Title: Re: Save our sanities - Please bring back the spam busters DPR
Post by: PrincessHIGH on January 02, 2013, 09:51 am
Yeah - it's definitely not just me!  So lucky that there are several of us!  Damn spammer!
Eris and DPR's mom too, there's been so much of it recently, these spammers and scammers must have enrolled in a breeding program, they need to be castrated ;D