Please do not feed the spamming trolls.

[wlewisiii]

Just let the mods delete them and ban the IP range they came in from.

Thank you,

William

 

[FrankS]

Yep, that's the best thing to do!

 

[xayraa33]

a good idea

 

[bcs89]

Sorry guy's, but the whole aim of this site as of late has been to attract as many hits as possible - and this is just a by product of "Making the Big Time". I'm not saying that means it is time to leave,or to feed the trolls/spammers - just that with mass popularity it is inevitable. It sucks, but it's the way it is.

 

[wlewisiii]

Bump for all too obvious reasons.

William

 

[Kyle]

Sorry, I'm a bit out of the loop... is there a spam problem, that is, people are signing up with the sole intent of placing useless advertisements on the site or are there members trolling the site by making useless posts with the intent of stirring things up?

 

[Socke]

This form of spam is as automated as any other form, the spammers themselves won't see an effekt other than increased sales.

That's why you have to read random characters from a computer generated image and enter those in a formfield to sign on on some forums. This will help until the spammers integrate character recognition software in their automated sign-on systems.

 

[Pherdinand]

well, i'm not sure of the use of this thread, william. I know you mean only good, but I for one, had no idea about those trolls until you posted this thread. Isn't that a bit counter-productive?

 

[jaapv]

I find this thread a bit surprising. The sentiment is correct and sympathetic, but compared to virtually any forum I know the level of spamming is very low on RFF.

 

[rover]

And do click the little "up arrow" box below your avatar box in a post to report any spam thread. This sends an email to the mods and Jorge and makes it very easy for us to find the offending threads and deal with them.

 

[nico]

Hi,
i'm not an expert so what does it mean to "feed the spamming trolls"?
thanx. N.

 

[jaapv]

React to their posts

 

[KoNickon]

I'm with some of the others on this thread -- what prompted this? Is there a spamming problem I'm not aware of?

 

[nico]

React to their posts

Sorry, I asked a wrong question ... who are the trolls? or How can I recognize them?
Thanx.
Nico

 

[jaapv]

By their wild long hair, the warts on their noses, their filthy habits, they live in caves....
Seriously, by combative, dissension provoking posts. When you want to jump on your keyboard to cut a stupid,provoking idiot down to size, that is likely to be a troll, so dont send that reply as that is what he wants.

 

[nico]

By their wild long hair, the warts on their noses, their filthy habits, they live in caves....

I thought you're were serious so ... I get scared!😀
thanx.
Nico

 

[jaapv]

Haven't seen any of those around lately, ManGo, the moderators must be on the ball 🙂

 

[wlewisiii]

Another bump is needed tonight.

No reaction is always best. Just let the mods delete the ads and go about your merry way.

William

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Thanks, Mango, for your instructive tidbit! 🙂 I was wondering about the purpose of this thread.

I try not to react to trolls anyway.

 

[wlewisiii]

I find that they go byebye faster without useless, if enjoyable, taunts. That's the real purpose here. Just hit the up arrow and move on.

William