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jp_sucks
Oct 5, 2013, 3:13 PM
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[Edit by Jeff: New owner here as of October 2013, and dealing with spam is my first priority. Would love your suggestions in this thread:http://www.rockclimbing.com/...ost=2637993;#2637993]
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Any way the mods can block this or at least delete them? The entire front page of recent posts is spam right now!!
(This post was edited by Jeff on Oct 31, 2013, 11:47 AM)
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Winemaker
Oct 5, 2013, 4:12 PM
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jp_sucks wrote: Any way the mods can block this or at least delete them? The entire front page of recent posts is spam right now!!
Shut this site down; it's already dead. This is my last visit.
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billcoe_
Oct 6, 2013, 6:17 PM
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jp_sucks wrote: Any way the mods can block this or at least delete them? The entire front page of recent posts is spam right now!!
Winemaker wrote: Shut this site down; it's already dead. This is my last visit.
You just got here too. 15 posts total and now you're giving up cause of 250 spam threads started?
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epoch
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Oct 7, 2013, 6:22 AM
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Moved this thread from General to S&F.
Sorry for the influx of crap. Well, I can't apologize since there is nothing the mods can do at the moment about the spam. It sucks. We're just as annoyed as you all are and the few remaining of us are doing our best at taking out the trash.
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rocknice2
Oct 7, 2013, 5:11 PM
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How about requiring the new member to answer a skill testing question to get a profile.
Something like "What is the best rope?" or "What are the best shoes?"
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marc801
Oct 7, 2013, 5:26 PM
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rocknice2 wrote: How about requiring the new member to answer a skill testing question to get a profile. Something like "What is the best rope?" or "What are the best shoes?"
At the moment there is nothing any of us users can do as long as the site owners apparently do not care about the site.
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curt
Oct 15, 2013, 6:51 PM
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marc801 wrote: rocknice2 wrote: How about requiring the new member to answer a skill testing question to get a profile. Something like "What is the best rope?" or "What are the best shoes?" There's that as well as other technical fixes, but it's pointless to suggest solutions since the site owners have shown no inclination to actually do anything about the problem, or any other site maintenance. Hell, one of the mods emailed their resignation over 6 months ago and not only never got a reply, but they still have moderator access. At the moment there is nothing any of us users can do as long as the site owners apparently do not care about the site.
They should really just shut it down and sell the domain name.
rockclimbing.com
...should be worth something to somebody.
Curt
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macherry
Oct 17, 2013, 2:01 AM
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yup. quite pathetic.
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marc801
Oct 22, 2013, 9:01 PM
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Did something change in the past week? We seem to have a sudden absence of post spam. Did the site owners finally wake up and implement a technological fix?
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mojomonkey
Oct 24, 2013, 12:44 PM
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epoch wrote: marc801 wrote: Did something change in the past week? We seem to have a sudden absence of post spam. Did the site owners finally wake up and implement a technological fix? Site owners still haven't replied to any of our plights for help. However, thanks can be given to the previous caregivers of the site helping out with a small but useful fix.
I noticed the alarming lack of spam too. Right before the drop off I sent an e-mail to name media lamenting the situation and I wondered if that prompted someone to action. Never heard back.
If it picks up again, contacting the site owners in addition to posting here may be helpful.
(This post was edited by mojomonkey on Oct 24, 2013, 12:45 PM)
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epoch
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Oct 24, 2013, 5:12 PM
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mojomonkey wrote: epoch wrote: marc801 wrote: Did something change in the past week? We seem to have a sudden absence of post spam. Did the site owners finally wake up and implement a technological fix? Site owners still haven't replied to any of our plights for help. However, thanks can be given to the previous caregivers of the site helping out with a small but useful fix. I noticed the alarming lack of spam too. Right before the drop off I sent an e-mail to name media lamenting the situation and I wondered if that prompted someone to action. Never heard back. If it picks up again, contacting the site owners in addition to posting here may be helpful.
The fix had nothing to do with the Name Media corporate conglomerate... Our old pals at D4D helped a bit.
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mojomonkey
Oct 24, 2013, 5:30 PM
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epoch wrote: mojomonkey wrote: epoch wrote: marc801 wrote: Did something change in the past week? We seem to have a sudden absence of post spam. Did the site owners finally wake up and implement a technological fix? Site owners still haven't replied to any of our plights for help. However, thanks can be given to the previous caregivers of the site helping out with a small but useful fix. I noticed the alarming lack of spam too. Right before the drop off I sent an e-mail to name media lamenting the situation and I wondered if that prompted someone to action. Never heard back. If it picks up again, contacting the site owners in addition to posting here may be helpful. The fix had nothing to do with the Name Media corporate conglomerate... Our old pals at D4D helped a bit.
Can't you just let me pretend I was helpful?
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jenn1
Oct 26, 2013, 3:40 PM
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I can't delete spam comments on my photos and I can't flag a profile as a spammer - that seems like two easy fixes -
Here's the spam bomber who hit me:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?username=jameswhit052;
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Jeff
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Oct 31, 2013, 11:49 AM
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Jenn--Good suggestion. I put a note in the bugtracker (we now have a bugtracker:-) to look into fixing this.
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cracklover
Nov 9, 2013, 9:53 PM
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jenn1 wrote: I can't delete spam comments on my photos and I can't flag a profile as a spammer - that seems like two easy fixes - Here's the spam bomber who hit me: http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?username=jameswhit052;
Jenn, and anyone else - if you see spam on your photos, please let me know, I can delete it.
Thanks,
Gabe O
(photo Editor)
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