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Spam Volume on TDF

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/spam-volume-on-tdf.143954/

asingh
asingh Original post #1
Jul 18, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Guys,

Couple of weeks back, our admin Ico enabled the 10 post moderation mandate for new joinees. Due to this spam posts should be 0.00% or near to it. Talking about new ID's or new posters.

Have you guys this to be positive. Have you seen any spam posts by new log in ids. We need this feedback to sense-check if the new implemented system is working fine.

Thanks for your feedback.
xtremevicky
Jul 20, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I think it is a good move and this shall reduce the posters who come here only for spamming !

Good move IMO .
thetechfreak
Jul 20, 2011 at 10:12 AM
I think sp@mming has reduced. if I see it I report and inform the mods via IRC
asingh
asingh #4
Jul 20, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Errrm..Actually I asked peoples observations in past two weeks. Have they "seen" any spam..?
thetechfreak
Jul 20, 2011 at 10:25 AM
:p
yes it has reduced. Saw only once or twice maybe in one feedback thread(some old digit issue) and somewhere

It has REDUCED significantly :)
tkin
tkin #6
Jul 20, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Good job you guys, almost no spams these days, saw a spam thread today but when I reported it said no thread exists, so it was removed even before I got to report it, very nice.
Skud
Skud #7
Jul 20, 2011 at 4:21 PM
Yes, it is very effective so far. Almost no spam.
A
Jul 20, 2011 at 5:18 PM
till now, I didn't see any spam post!! and yes it is very effective.
coderunknown
Jul 21, 2011 at 12:32 AM
no spam for quite sometime now. good job :smile:
C
cyclops #10
Jul 21, 2011 at 11:54 AM
But the Random questions need to be simplified. Its irritating that one has to google for the answer everytime.. I'm no Einstein! :smile:
tkin
tkin #11
Jul 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Why don't you use simple maths, like (2+2/4)*7=?
krishnandu.sarkar
Jul 21, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Well, we were not getting bots as spammers, they are generally call center guys or random humans who can easily solve those questions and spam. So spammers like you will get irritated and get away :p
Faun
Faun #13
Jul 21, 2011 at 2:43 PM
Why don't you use simple maths, like (2+2/4)*7=?

There are a whole lot of threads on this simple mathematical expression evaluation :lol:
tkin
tkin #14
Jul 21, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Well, we were not getting bots as spammers, they are generally call center guys or random humans who can easily solve those questions and spam. So spammers like you will get irritated and get away :p
I doubt call center guys will be able to solve that math, simple BODMAS is hard for some guys ;-):grin:
asingh
asingh #15
Jul 21, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Thanks guys for the feedback.

Closing.