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Tribute To Website Moniters Who Control Spam

PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:59 pm
by johnrogers
Number one and formost,I really enjoy THE WILBUR SMITH DISCUSSION FORUM.I belong to a few forums about books and reading.The forums give me an outlet to express myself a little about the books I read.I really do not know for sure but my 6th sense tells me that there is not a great deal of money that the Forum owners make from this,I believe they have designed this for the mutual love of reading.The individuals who moniter this must spend a great deal of there time making sure to keep the forum healthy and professional.I so detest the PORN SPAMMERS who infiltrate this space known as a book forum.There really should be extreme laws and penaltys against SMUT Peddlars on the web.Truly I hate it with a passion and wish it could be controlled.Good luck and many thanks to the moniters for working so hard to keep your website clean

Re: Tribute To The Website Moniters Who Control Spam

PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:08 pm
by Nefer
Thanks John :) , and just remember everyone - don't click on suspicious looking post titles and definitely not on the links within the posts.

Re: Tribute To The Website Moniters Who Control Spam

PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:31 am
by chookie
It would be nice if they could be deleted would it not.
I have made comment about some of the trash that apears on the forum now and again.
It really turns me off a fair bit.

Regards.

Re: Tribute To The Website Moniters Who Control Spam

PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:02 am
by Matbow
johnrogers wrote:Number one and formost,I really enjoy THE WILBUR SMITH DISCUSSION FORUM.I belong to a few forums about books and reading.The forums give me an outlet to express myself a little about the books I read.I really do not know for sure but my 6th sense tells me that there is not a great deal of money that the Forum owners make from this,I believe they have designed this for the mutual love of reading.The individuals who moniter this must spend a great deal of there time making sure to keep the forum healthy and professional.I so detest the PORN SPAMMERS who infiltrate this space known as a book forum.There really should be extreme laws and penaltys against SMUT Peddlars on the web.Truly I hate it with a passion and wish it could be controlled.Good luck and many thanks to the moniters for working so hard to keep your website clean


Thanks John.

The spam thing is partly my fault - the forum software is out of date and needs updating. Unfortunately that's not a simple task and I haven't had the time do look at it.

On the money side of things - the forum costs me money to run; so yes you're correct - I'm not making a lot of money from the forum! I would love to get the forum at break-even point, but that would involve more google ads and that's something I'm reluctant to do.

Re: Tribute To The Website Moniters Who Control Spam

PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:08 am
by Matbow
chookie wrote:It would be nice if they could be deleted would it not.
I have made comment about some of the trash that apears on the forum now and again.
It really turns me off a fair bit.

Regards.


I delete roughly 10 to 20 of these spam posts a day, i suspect Nefer does the same. Unfortunately we both have jobs (and are in a similar time zone) so we cannot be on the forum 24/7.

It's pretty obvious which posts are spam - titles like "metronidazole topical" or "College teens gone wild" or "Некоммерческий сайт обо всём" are obviously not Wilbur Smith related so just don't open them and hopefully Nefer or I will delete them ASAP.

Re: Tribute To The Website Moniters Who Control Spam

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:19 am
by chookie
Matbow wrote:
chookie wrote:It would be nice if they could be deleted would it not.
I have made comment about some of the trash that apears on the forum now and again.
It really turns me off a fair bit.

Regards.


I delete roughly 10 to 20 of these spam posts a day, i suspect Nefer does the same. Unfortunately we both have jobs (and are in a similar time zone) so we cannot be on the forum 24/7.

It's pretty obvious which posts are spam - titles like "metronidazole topical" or "College teens gone wild" or "Некоммерческий сайт обо всём" are obviously not Wilbur Smith related so just don't open them and hopefully Nefer or I will delete them ASAP.

Thanks Matbow I apreciate your point and the time you and others put into this forum.
I like others really enjoy this forum a lot.
Regards.