War against spam

Administrator

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 1:11pm

Hi together,

because of the extremly high amount of spam i'm doing a software update right at the moment!
for the beginning, the design isn't a real kde-forum.org design, but we have to do the updated as fast as possible! so don't worry, the great kde-look will be back soon!

thanks a lot.

kind regards
herbert

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "neverendingo" (Jul 27th 2008, 9:18pm)

§igma

Administrator

Posts: 19

2

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 9:58pm

The update is done and i've created a KDE-Like style in less time, hope you enjoy.

if you see the forum in german language, please klick on "Mein Profil" --> Einstellungen --> and switch from "Deutsch" to "English".

if you find some bugs, please report them here!

i'm very sorry about the big amount of the last weeks! but all my moderators disappeared and nobody told me that! so now i'm searching a new moderator-team, if you're interested, just write me a personal message over this forum of write into this topic.
i deleted hundrets and hunderts of spampostings and topics all the last hours! please help to keep this forum clean and active!

herbert

leftbas

Trainee

Posts: 58

Location: Los Angeles, Ca, USA

Occupation: Senior Desktop Support Analyst

3

Friday, April 25th 2008, 6:44pm

I like it! It's a great look. Just gotta just used to navigating the forums. Though I've seen some spam crop up again. I hope it can get squashed quickly.

In retrospect, everything is funny.

-- Unknown

fuzzyworm

Beginner

Posts: 12

4

Friday, July 18th 2008, 2:06am

Would a turing test on each post solve it?

Or maybe a limit on posts per user in a certain period of time, eg no more than 1 post in the space of two minutes - realistically to type a post worth reading it'll take at least that, so no harm done to genuine posters.

I don't know why they (the spammers) bother sometimes - really, who bothers to read this stuff?

fuzzyworm

Beginner

Posts: 12

5

Friday, July 18th 2008, 2:06am

On second thoughts, they seem quite spaced out anyway, maybe a very simple turing test is the only reliable way to do it.

P.S. thanks for the good work so far

KingArthur10

Unregistered

6

Sunday, July 20th 2008, 9:28pm

Requiring registration is the first step! Dear lord. I just stumbled on this site as I continue my love for kde 4 and I almost mistook this site for a parked domain. Require registration, require a turing test, and there you go! CAPTCHA just doesn't work anymore!

Herli Menezes

Beginner

Posts: 15

Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Occupation: Professor; Systems Analyst

7

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 10:04pm

These awful spams

Hey, guys, what can we do in order not to receive these spams selling nike sox, cialis, viagra etc...? :cursing:

OhReally

Beginner

Posts: 52

Location: Den Haag, NL

8

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 7:48pm

Temp

Hi Herbert,

I don't have the time to be a full blown moderator, but if you temporarily need an extra pair of hands to clean up this mess, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Rob

jayant

Super Moderator

Posts: 9

9

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 11:09pm

volunteering

Hi Herbert,

Please let me help clean up all the spam here. I can be a moderator or just a "deleter". Just tell me what to do.

-Jayant

neverendingo

Trainee

Posts: 94

10

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 9:28am

I second that, especially since 4.1 is near and people are already asking if a link to this site should be deleted from the main kde site.

§igma

Administrator

Posts: 19

11

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 10:18am

Hi all,

from now on neverendingo is super moderator and helps to hold this forum clean from spam and to move threads that are in the wrong section!

it would be very very nice to get more help! everyone criticize that here is so much spam, but nobody helps!
it's hard for me alone to delete all the time all this spam! i need help.
everyone knows about the spam, so postings concerning this are not needed, helping hands are needed!

thank you in advance.

herbert