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Horse and Moderators,
It seems that we are subject to more and more spam selling junk. While it is entertaining to make fun of these dip****s, perhaps all we are doing is antagonizing them to post more spam with our responses.
Since it appears that you cannot filter these numbnuts, how about plan B. Might I suggest that the Moderators agree upon a common response. If possible remove the post content (since you can modify it). Lock the thread. Ban the individual. No banter with the spammer.
Not ideal, but might remove the spammers obviously juvenile response to post even more just to get a rise out of us.
Just a thought.
Another way to stop the bots is to have a picture validation stage during resistration (as well as an email validation stage). Most bots can't read images and therefore will not be able to register on the site.
Oh, of course. Stroking the Admin/Mods is a given.
By the way Evangilder, lovely siggy.
I agree it's gotten bad recently, but i don't agree with making people fill in their full names, i hate doing that and wouldn't have signed up all them years ago if i would have had to have done that, then where would the site bei say just delete the thread if you guys can, ban the member, same again next time around, trying to see all the new member's profiles before they post would take ages!
Well you can continue to fight them.... day after day after day after day... or
Simply create a 'for Sale' forum...under the off topic forum..
Simon