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New Site Filter - Goodbye Spam

Chris

AdminEngineerNovember 15, 20121035 Views16 Replies
As some of you have probably noticed, we've been having annoying spammers sign up and try to advertise their sites/brands/products on our forums without permission and without purchasing ad space. This is all around SPAM. Our method of banning only works AFTER a spam post has been made. This has worked to an extent, but spammers are easily capable of signing up again and again. So - to counter attack this, I have developed and installed a THREAD APPROVAL system. New members who wish to start a new topic, and who go to the "Start A Discussion" page and submit a thread, their thread will be held awaiting approval until a staff member has a chance to review it, clear it as not spam and then approve it. This process takes all of a few minutes in most cases and genuine posts will be published to the site instantly. Spam however will not see the light of day and spammer account caught submitting spam will be auto-deleted, Banned and their IPs tracked in our database. I understand many of you and the staff, myself included have been annoyed to no end with the amount of spam posted here. So this new system will block a very large portion of it. If you spot a spammer on the SB, or comments sections, please advised a staff member. A "REPORT THIS USER" feature will be implemented very soon as well to accompany this new approval system. BUT - To regular members, don't worry. Once you have made a few "genuine", ie. NOT spam posts, you will NOT need to go through this approval process and your threads will be published automatically and available for discussion. I hope this improves your time here on Prometheus-Movie.com, I know it's improving the staff's! Also thank you to those who have reported spammers to us. We greatly appreciate it. Feel free to PM me or reply to this thread if you have any questions or concerns.

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deftones1986
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You guys are really on top of everything, thanks!
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Svanya
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Death to all Spam! :D

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shambs
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good security...TY by the Work.
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Thanks Chris! You have now made the boards a safer place to be, a place where we are no longer forced to buy ugg boots at discounted prices, bone china teapots and faux Louie Vuitton bags. For that Chris, I applaud you! [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2yaqkRwJG1qihztbo1_400.gif[/img] Well done Sir! Keep up the good work.
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@Oneironaut 717; Don't forget the wigs.... [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2hzh1ly.gif[/IMG]

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Oneironaut 717
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ah yes the lace wigs - superior quality no doubt
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Chris
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Hahaha thanks guys, great post [b]Oneironaut 717[/b] Haha XD

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RIP SPAM!
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this are my thoughts for the Spammers [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/116-1.gif[/img]
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Chris
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Equally awesome post Shambs, Hahaha My thoughts exactly.

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funny how nobody wanted to be my friend selling cheap Beer or Viagra
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Chris
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Cheap Beer? I'll be your friend NCC! Enough said! haha

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SPAM counter attack level: Facehugged!

[img width=351 height=150]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ML_kFkjpdzE/SK6uPUT8iKI/AAAAAAAAGm4/tzk1lye2eZE/s400/vlcsnap-94269.jpg[/img] "Frostmourne Hungers"

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Working like a charm! I actually just got my first request for approval, a spammer! LOL. *Denied Button*
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Awesome response, Chris!! [GRINNING]
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Chris
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haha nice Freeze! I've done the same with 2, but I also approved two genuine threads. Soon there will be a "REPORT SPAM" button on replies to threads as well, where users can report a post form a spammer, or troublesome user. We used to have the feature but I took it down to improve it. Will be relaunching it soon.

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