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Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jim R.
(---.lightspeed.cicril.sbcglobal.net)
Date: September 23, 2015 07:53PM
it's obvious they don't give a crap about this website. Rich S. & Swede and the rest of the regulars are tired with this Bull of these stupid posts.
Clean it up within a day,every day and they would go elsewhere. It's that simple. I've seen it on other sites...so it will work.
Don't reply to these posts, don't even read them!
Clean it up within a day,every day and they would go elsewhere. It's that simple. I've seen it on other sites...so it will work.
Don't reply to these posts, don't even read them!
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
(---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: September 23, 2015 10:24PM
[b][b]It makes one want to turn away from this site. That's how I feel.[/b][/b]
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-101.myvzw.com)
Date: September 23, 2015 11:50PM
Richard Stachowski Wrote:
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> It makes one want to turn away from this site.
> That's how I feel.
I can understand how you feel, Richard, but I'm not entirely ready to give up.
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> It makes one want to turn away from this site.
> That's how I feel.
I can understand how you feel, Richard, but I'm not entirely ready to give up.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
West Town
(64.107.32.---)
Date: September 24, 2015 12:06AM
I'm not an IT person, but couldn't they make the site where you would need a log on and password to get on?. I know it would be a hassle, but to get away from these dam spammers it be worth it.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-74.myvzw.com)
Date: September 24, 2015 01:19PM
There's a political blog I hang out on that has community moderation that seems to work well. They have Recommend buttons, and when you have comment and recommended enough, you become a Trusted User, which gives you a Hide button, as well. Two Hide rates will drop a posting to invisibility to the rest of the web. It's a capacious system, and they have some sophisticated spambots, but I kind of doubt that Forgotten Chicago can afford to put that in place, as this political blog has ads, and subscriptions, which block the ads.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Richard Stachowski
(---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: September 24, 2015 02:08PM
[bI thin[b]k it;s over but I did enjoy it for a long time.[/b]][/b]
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
rjmachon
(---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: September 27, 2015 11:07PM
btt
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
SWEDE
(---.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net)
Date: September 27, 2015 11:33PM
I tried deleting or editing their posts with no luck, however, I do belong to a community website called NEXTDOOR where a lead person moderates the posts and remove what they don't think fits into the community discussion. Any thoughts.
Rich,
You and I are the "Back of the Yarders" We never gave up on a good fight. This seems alot easier, if we had a good IT person.
Rich,
You and I are the "Back of the Yarders" We never gave up on a good fight. This seems alot easier, if we had a good IT person.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
(---.neo.res.rr.com)
Date: September 30, 2015 04:50PM
Btt
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
SWEDE
(---.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net)
Date: October 02, 2015 01:34AM
Looks like three new spam posts made this last hour by XIAOLIV??? I didn't open it.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-100.myvzw.com)
Date: October 02, 2015 02:50AM
SWEDE Wrote:
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> Looks like three new spam posts made this last
> hour by XIAOLIV??? I didn't open it.
Just enter it to report it. Probably manually posted.
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> Looks like three new spam posts made this last
> hour by XIAOLIV??? I didn't open it.
Just enter it to report it. Probably manually posted.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-67.myvzw.com)
Date: January 18, 2016 09:17PM
Back to top.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-98.myvzw.com)
Date: January 30, 2016 03:34AM
Again BTT!
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-100.myvzw.com)
Date: January 30, 2016 04:06AM
Move to top!
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-98.myvzw.com)
Date: January 30, 2016 04:55AM
Okay, I did a little experiment this evening during the Spamming "Hour". I did more than a few BTT's to move our threads to the top of this forum, and while it can be done, I think that you'd have to have two or three of us to keep pushing the spam down the list, and that would be with already established threads. It might be more useful to do it during the early to mid-morning hours, when it seems that the spammers are in bed. The downside is that we end up with a number of dummy posts that inflate the threads.
The question has been that the moderators don't care, and maybe they do or maybe they don't. I personally don't know, but I think if they have lost interest in maintaining a forum for us, they would have shut the site down, and we as well as the spammers would have no place to go. We will have to wait and see if they are going to do something, since they aren't going to tip off the spammers by spilling the beans now.
So, keep reporting the spam messages, and keep trying to do your bit to keep our threads on top!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2016 05:18AM by Jeff_Weiner.
The question has been that the moderators don't care, and maybe they do or maybe they don't. I personally don't know, but I think if they have lost interest in maintaining a forum for us, they would have shut the site down, and we as well as the spammers would have no place to go. We will have to wait and see if they are going to do something, since they aren't going to tip off the spammers by spilling the beans now.
So, keep reporting the spam messages, and keep trying to do your bit to keep our threads on top!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2016 05:18AM by Jeff_Weiner.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-97.myvzw.com)
Date: February 11, 2016 03:33AM
Dunning1 Wrote:
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> I know all of this span is extremely frustrating,
> but we have to keep posting relevant messages.
> Personally, I consider a lot of this spam akin to
> domestic terrorism, and there is in fact a
> documented connection between trade in counterfeit
> goods and such activities. Keep posting, and
> hopefully we can defeat this stuff.
Domestic? When most of it points to Europe or South Asia?
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> I know all of this span is extremely frustrating,
> but we have to keep posting relevant messages.
> Personally, I consider a lot of this spam akin to
> domestic terrorism, and there is in fact a
> documented connection between trade in counterfeit
> goods and such activities. Keep posting, and
> hopefully we can defeat this stuff.
Domestic? When most of it points to Europe or South Asia?
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-72.myvzw.com)
Date: February 12, 2016 06:18AM
So, anyone get hold of Mr. Kaplan?
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
SWEDE
(---.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net)
Date: February 12, 2016 01:12PM
He never returned my call.
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
SWEDE
(---.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net)
Date: February 13, 2016 12:18PM
Spam posts should not have any views!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Where are the MODERATORS?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
(---.sub-70-194-102.myvzw.com)
Date: February 13, 2016 04:15PM
SWEDE Wrote:
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> Spam posts should not have any views!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, except you need to view them in order to report them.
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> Spam posts should not have any views!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, except you need to view them in order to report them.
