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Discussion in 'GTA Forums Central Site Feedback' started by Aladar, Nov 21, 2013.

  1. Aladar

    Aladar New Member

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    Can we do something to deal with all the spam around here? The GTA V section is completely overrun by it, it's crazy. A good captcha on registration should probably help..
     
  2. SpiralArchitect

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    The worst part is it's not just spam but gay porn spam. :eek:
     
  3. Korsakoff

    Korsakoff New Member

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    The very first post I encountered on the forums here was spam as well. I'm not even going to say that the registration page needs a anti-bot captcha, I think it would be enough to let everyone confirm their mail address before posting. Maybe the administration should consider banning so called trash mail provider while they're at it.
     
  4. rgc_admin

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    Sorry about that. Cleaning the spam out now.

    Edit: I cleaned out a mess of recent spam. If you see anymore, just give me a heads up here.
     
  5. rgc_admin

    rgc_admin Administrator

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    Also, if anyone is interested in modding, shoot me a private conversation.
     
  6. tinybutnotfangless

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    Hey administrators. Your forums are full of pedophilia and other porn spam again. I can only report so many and within a short period of time too. Aren't there some captcha programs you can use for new members?
     
  7. daimashin

    daimashin New Member

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    Yes, there are a lot of threads popping up lately about sexual contents and renovation work advertisements. Please have a look at these and clear them out again.
     
  8. ENO1986

    ENO1986 New Member

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    Yea it is annoying I just learned to ignore them.
     
  9. unitedfandoc

    unitedfandoc New Member

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    The user CalvinDags has been posting illegal stuff in the lounge forum. It's bringing down the tone of the forums which is otherwise a pleasant place to chat about GTA.
     
  10. StompnNubs

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    When I signed up for my account today, I didnt finish filling out the captia and it still let me register.
    So you should probably fix that first.

    Also should probably make your users verify their email. It's a bit obnoxious for the user but reduces spam by a LOT.
     
  11. jbeavis100

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    Alot of spammers have been popping up admins. Really gotta start weeding them out or else the forums going to look a little seedy.
     
  12. daimashin

    daimashin New Member

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    Really, no captcha and it still worked? No wonder there are so many spammers lurking. I hope that the site owner/s will take a look into the matter and start cleaning up those spammers soon. It's getting really annoying with the hentai, ballbearing, and porn.
     
  13. Kandikkal

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    I have also encountered those hentai spam ads. I think we need more moderators here.
     
  14. sidd230

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    Pedophillia? Are you serious? That is just not possible. Hosting and linking to child porn is a federal offense.
     
  15. sidd230

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    Moderators this is serious. Russian spammers are posting possibly illegal material on the forums. Take action. Fast.
     
  16. Kandikkal

    Kandikkal Member

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    I have reported some threads. But I haven't received any replies from mods yet.
     
  17. rgc_admin

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    The notification just came through. They work quick. I just cleaned some out earlier in the week.
     
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  18. Kandikkal

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    Keep up the good work :).
     
  19. troutski

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    There's still a decent amount of spam around here. I still see a couple new messages every few days, and some of the older spam messages haven't been removed yet. It's not a major issue, but it's going to start adding up.
     
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    Thanks for posting this great post, I’m a somewhat smart marketer thanks to my background in the advertising industry, but drawing up marketing plans for a worldwide logistics company and for truckload and freight carriers isn’t really the same as a marketing plan for a business podcast. What’s this industry all about, and what’s it like working for myself instead of someone else?
     

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