Point out spammers here

Submitted by dee on August 25, 2008

(admin - this has basically become the general purpose thread, but title changed to make it obvious for anyone new - please post any spam posts / accounts here and we'll delete them.)

Hi guys
Just seen this new user pop up on the listings for who is using the site at the mo -if you go to their profile it's a chuffing ad for mobile ringtones.
I dunno if this is the kind of topic that gets posted here - sorry if it isn't
dee xx

Spassmaschine

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Spassmaschine on May 31, 2011

petey

ps - could youse make this thread a sticky?

it is, isn't it?

Croy

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Croy on May 31, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/news/welcome-esmart-business-solutions-31052011

petey

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by petey on May 31, 2011

Spaßmaschine

it is, isn't it?

i had to go the second page to pull up the thread

Spassmaschine

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Spassmaschine on May 31, 2011

weird, appears as a sticky for me, and doesn't look to have been edited.

jef costello

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on May 31, 2011

It's been a sticky for year, Petey is just losing his marbles, or using the tracker perhaps.

petey

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by petey on May 31, 2011

yes on the tracker it's a 'forum topic'.
who doesn't use the tracker? weirdos.

ps - the captcha below has an upside-down-and-backwards word in it. let's see if i can get this posted.

Tojiah

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Tojiah on June 5, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/123935 - loads of "news" articles promoting penis enlargement pills.

petey

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by petey on June 6, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/general/dump-truck-insurance-06062011
dump truck insurance?

jef costello

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on June 6, 2011

I'm disappointed that someone deleted the one about stretchmarks.

Samotnaf

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Samotnaf on June 16, 2011

Today, there's a spam attack, predictably; a way of sifting out spammers through a simple quiz for new users seems pretty essential and URGENT if this site isn't going to be inundated (and we ain't seen nothing yet).

Tojiah

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Tojiah on June 18, 2011

Most of the newly registered users have been spammers and people who think that a libertarian communist forum is the best place to share theories about history they thought up while on the crapper. I suggest blocking new registrations until a system can be put in place to screen out spammers. I think ABC or one of the others has a system where you have to comment on a specific thread, then await admin approval to actually be able to post.

slothjabber

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on June 18, 2011

To be fair though a lot of older posters think LibCom is a place to share theories of history that I ... I mean, they... thought up on the crapper.

But I do think a quiz or an admin check is a good way to go, and quickly too. I don't think we should block new registrations though. Just implement the new system as soon as possible.

Arbeiten

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Arbeiten on June 18, 2011

there is a topic called 'Air Your Views' and its an advert for that shite TV program shipwrecked....

jef costello

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on June 18, 2011

Arbeiten

there is a topic called 'Air Your Views' and its an advert for that shite TV program shipwrecked....

put a link please.

Samotnaf

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Samotnaf on June 18, 2011

Thought I'd posted something like this, but my computer's fucked and I probably didn't save ...
Variation on Tojiah's suggestion: the first post of new registrations have to be subject to pre-moderation, "a system where you have to comment on a specific thread, then await admin approval to actually be able to post". Something should be done soon without all these delays and hesitations because one day, maybe soon (June 30th?) libcom will be hit by a tsunami of spam that'll drown out the rest. Don't know if it is technically very difficult to bring in this change, and I know admin have loads of other stuff to do, but long term it'll reduce their burden.

slothjabber

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on June 18, 2011

How about volunteer checkers? I'd be able to help check out postings.

Tojiah

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Tojiah on June 19, 2011

For fuck's sake this guy. I just went over the whole first page of the tracker reporting his posts, all in "news".

Juan Conatz

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on June 19, 2011

I blocked him, but the actual spam has to be removed still.

radicalgraffiti

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on June 22, 2011

this one

http://libcom.org/user/148984

http://libcom.org/news/software-recover-missing-photos-digital-media-storage-devices-22062011

slothjabber

12 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on June 25, 2011

Spam post about volunteering in Thailand: http://libcom.org/forums/news/red-shirts-try-overthrow-government-13032010#comment-433268

Armchair Anarchist

12 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on July 2, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/china-cheap-prada-shoes-air-max-shoes-discount-gucci-shoes-02072011

Armchair Anarchist

12 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on July 2, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/news/wholesale-handbags-wallets-name-brand-buberry-sale-02072011

Samotnaf

12 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Samotnaf on July 4, 2011

danice (above) is all over the site: I've reported some, but he/she was on for over an hour before I banned him/her as a spammer.....First spam was this, but there've been a million since...

Ed

12 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Ed on July 4, 2011

Fuck me, that was mental.. deleted all of it now.

Ramona

12 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Ramona on July 20, 2011

Thanks whoever reported all the spam last night/this morning!

sabot

12 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on July 26, 2011

lun19890528 :x

Too many links to list I'm afraid.

jef costello

12 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on July 26, 2011

I've just deleted 25-30 from that one.
Next time could you link to the profile, it makes it easier to find, although in this case as he'd spammed over 60 articles he stood out :)

Thanks to whoever reported all those links sunday morning, made deleting them a lot easier.

Is there any record kept of deleted spam? It seems to me like there's getting to be more of it.

There was talk about spam prevention before, I'm not in favour of the revolutionary questionnaire, but one way would be to limit new posters to 5 posts in the first 24 hours unless they pm'd a mod. Not sure if you can do that on drupal though.

sabot

12 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on August 6, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/news/html-color-06082011

communal_pie

12 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by communal_pie on August 8, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/history/httpwwwlockfashioncom-dior-handbag-sale-08082011

sabot

12 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on August 19, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/246588

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/boys-hairstyle-2011-19082011
http://libcom.org/forums/news/boys-hairstyle-2011-19082011
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/boys-hairstyle-2011-19082011

Joseph Kay

12 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on August 19, 2011

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU EVEN HOPE TO SELL HAIRCUTS ONLINE YOU MENTAL SPAMMY BASTARDS?

radicalgraffiti

12 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on August 20, 2011

this user
http://libcom.org/user/249607

Armchair Anarchist

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on August 31, 2011

http://libcom.org/news/casino-bonus-how-enjoy-free-online-slots-today-31082011

Mark.

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Mark. on September 2, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/126999

http://libcom.org/user/237186

Mark.

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Mark. on September 2, 2011

Spamming searches for libcom on twitter...

http://libcom.org/user/132640
http://libcom.org/user/137869
http://libcom.org/user/200148
http://libcom.org/user/266355
http://libcom.org/user/259532
http://libcom.org/user/268701
http://libcom.org/user/268541
http://libcom.org/user/259367
http://libcom.org/user/126516
http://libcom.org/user/261552
http://libcom.org/user/138244
http://libcom.org/user/273852

Mark.

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Mark. on September 3, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/268698
http://libcom.org/user/274161
http://libcom.org/user/267754
http://libcom.org/user/236363
http://libcom.org/user/275881
http://libcom.org/user/126999
http://libcom.org/user/237186

jef costello

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on September 3, 2011

all deleted, thanks

Battlescarred

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on September 6, 2011

Here http://libcom.org/forums/news/watch-miss-universe-pageant-2011-06092011-2
and several others only 15 mins ago. Arsehole!

Mark.

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Mark. on September 6, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/136303
http://libcom.org/user/137702
http://libcom.org/user/113692

Mark.

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Mark. on September 7, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/263497
http://libcom.org/user/281766
http://libcom.org/user/178134

Steven.

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on September 7, 2011

Hi guys, thanks for your help reporting spam. To be honest, there are so many spam user profiles that it's not worth reporting users which are spam profiles, please only report any spammers who actually post spam.

We need to work out a systematic way to tackle spam profiles, which hopefully should come with the redesign

Theft

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Theft on September 8, 2011

user/283888 shoes

petey

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by petey on September 23, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/vatican-hiding-croatian-war-criminals#comment-445267

resurrected a good thread tho'

tastybrain

12 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by tastybrain on September 24, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/general/no-minimum-postcards-24092011

petey

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by petey on October 9, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/342789
on battlescarred's west siberia article

Battlescarred

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on October 9, 2011

Yes can that be removed please!!

petey

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by petey on October 10, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/why-my-boyfriend-does-not-let-me-wear-it-10102011

Battlescarred

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on October 11, 2011

Spam by "Barbara" on "Anarchist Doctors" thread

sabot

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on October 12, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/360399

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/httpwwwlockfashioncom-dior-handbags-12102011#comment-form

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/httpwwwlockfashioncom-dior-handbags-12102011

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/httpwwwlockfashioncom-dior-bags-12102011

Battlescarred

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on October 13, 2011

Spam on comments on Chinese in Europe article

Battlescarred

12 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on October 18, 2011

Spam in Chinese ( or Japanese) mainly in comment at end of Shoot-Out at Rue Grange-aux-Belles

Battlescarred

12 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Battlescarred on November 1, 2011

Spam by pumelee at "anarchist Doctors" thread

Mark.

12 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Mark. on November 1, 2011

http://libcom.org/gallery/2011-winter-new-moncler-women-coats-01

http://libcom.org/user/409151

http://libcom.org/library/online-technique-recover-missing-files-folders

sabot

12 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on November 8, 2011

still hasn't been deleted:

http://libcom.org/forums/bin/23082011#comment-form

Railyon

12 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Railyon on November 9, 2011

http://libcom.org/user/431430

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/glorious-leader-dies-his-death-weightier-mount-tai-09112011#comment-453685

Hieronymous

12 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on November 26, 2011

http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/why-25112011

http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/thread-thread-thread-thread-25112011

http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/thread-thread-thread-thread-thread-25112011

Jason Cortez

12 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by Jason Cortez on November 26, 2011

What they said ^

madashell

12 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by madashell on November 29, 2011

Particularly bizarre spam in comments here:

http://libcom.org/blog/it-was-worse-we-first-thought-never-mind-29112011

slothjabber

12 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on November 29, 2011

This is the user for madashell's spammer above: http://libcom.org/user/482215

Hieronymous

12 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on December 14, 2011

Yoshomon/lettersjournal/whatisinevidence is using multiple accounts for trolling/spamming:

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/higher-education-libcom-08102011?page=1#comment-448954

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/iww-meltdown-09062010?page=4#comment-458539

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/iww-meltdown-09062010?page=4#comment-458543

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/how-do-i-persuade-my-students-not-cross-picket-lines-n30-19112011?page=1#comment-458743

http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/why-article-has-been-removed-07102011?page=13#comment-458923

Hieronymous

12 years 2 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on December 25, 2011

Trolling about trolling:

http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/attacked-street-thread-25122011

slothjabber

12 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on January 26, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/616001

The post seems to have gone, I got the Angry Penguin when I tried to log on to it... but the user is still there.

Ramona

12 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by Ramona on January 26, 2012

Cheers!

radicalgraffiti

12 years ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on March 2, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/714517

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/buy-cherap-bridesmaid-dresses-02032012

http://libcom.org/forums/autonomous-students-network/kid-ugg-boot-sale-02032012

http://libcom.org/user/714087

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/discount-mlb-jerseys-02032012

http://libcom.org/forums/autonomous-students-network/prom-gowns-02032012

S. Artesian

12 years ago

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Submitted by S. Artesian on March 9, 2012

Rosa Lichtenstein. Troll. Spammer. Get rid of her/it.

Railyon

12 years ago

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Submitted by Railyon on March 9, 2012

You may disagree with her and her attitude problems towards discussions, but it takes two to tango. To shut her up is a bit harsh I think, the recent escalations are in part the fault of those taunting her.

sabot

12 years ago

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Submitted by sabot on March 14, 2012

Please ban for the obvious reasons:

http://libcom.org/user/746958

http://libcom.org/news/white-supremacist-rally-shut-down-13032012

Armchair Anarchist

12 years ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on March 22, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/how-make-22032012

http://libcom.org/user/772260

radicalgraffiti

12 years ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on March 22, 2012

http://libcom.org/gallery/deterritorial-support-group-propaganda#new

http://libcom.org/user/771892

slothjabber

11 years 12 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on March 26, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/783369

http://libcom.org/forums/ireland/kissograms-26032012

They're just not making the effort really.

communal_pie

11 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by communal_pie on April 5, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/news/market-click-uk-best-classifieds-free-classifieds-uk-05042012

Khawaga

11 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on April 14, 2012

what's with all the male strippers from Dublin spam lately?

Tart

11 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Tart on April 24, 2012

masiverony- spammer

Khawaga

11 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on April 24, 2012

do you have a link to the profile?

Khawaga

11 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on April 24, 2012

thanks. banned and deleted spam.

GrouchoMarxist

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by GrouchoMarxist on April 27, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/422379. http://libcom.org/user/407105

GrouchoMarxist

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by GrouchoMarxist on April 27, 2012

Spam

Joseph Kay

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 2, 2012

sabot

Too many to list. WTF?

i've deleted 3 pages of spam this morning, it's gone nuts. i've temporarily changed the posting permissions which should slow things down.

no1

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by no1 on May 2, 2012

when the revolution comes, spammers will be the first up against the wall

Joseph Kay

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 2, 2012

the fact that it is profitable to someone, somewhere, to employ human beings to spam online haircuts (ffs!), suggests that capital has moved not just from formal to real subsumption, but out the other side to WTF taking the piss subsumption. like, there's a section of the proletariat on piece rates spamming to pay the bills. fucking batshit.

sabot

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on May 3, 2012

Same problem again. It seems since the new theme got introduced, we've been flooded with spam.

sabot

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on May 3, 2012

edit: dp

Juan Conatz

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on May 3, 2012

Is there any reason I'm unable to delete any of those spam posts?

Redwinged Blackbird

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Redwinged Blackbird on May 3, 2012

What's with the large amount of spam posts lately?

Joseph Kay

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 3, 2012

Can people actually see all the spam? It's unpublished so shouldn't be visible except to admins/mods etc. I've changed the permissions again, we can change the settings on the anti-spam stuff too.

Khawaga

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on May 3, 2012

Yeah, what happened yesterday? I think I banned about 40 accounts and deleted a lot of spam, but I couldn't keep up with how much was posted and how many spammers there were, and gave up...

Joseph Kay

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 3, 2012

We're looking into why the sudden influx. For the time being we've changed the anti-spam settings which should just auto-delete anything full of commercial links.

madashell

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by madashell on May 5, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/news/social-security-disability-lawyer-boston-05052012

Khawaga

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on May 5, 2012

done

slothjabber

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on May 7, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/news/womens-scarf-07052012

http://libcom.org/user/892061

Hmm, nice scarves.

Is it possible to set new accounts so that you can't post links until you've made like 25 posts or something? That would severely reduce the attractiveness of the site to people posting commercial links.

Khawaga

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on May 7, 2012

Done.

petey

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by petey on May 23, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/904163
http://libcom.org/forums/united-kingdom/share-23052012

madashell

11 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by madashell on May 24, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/news/right-wing-fascist-youth-paramilitary-training-camps-ukraine-19052012#comment-482636

radicalgraffiti

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on May 30, 2012

http://libcom.org/gallery/weekend-loans-wwwweekendloansorguk

also there is no report button in the gallary

riot_dude

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by riot_dude on June 16, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/oceania/hi-tech-pervert-use-spy-glasses-hidden-spy-camera-shoot-pornographic-videos-16062

jef costello

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on June 19, 2012

This is almost certainly BJJ
http://libcom.org/user/939774

probably needs a ban/warning even if it isn't

slothjabber

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on June 22, 2012

Spam post: http://libcom.org/news/watch-germany-vs-greece-live-stream-free-uefa-euro-2012-now-22062012

Spammer: http://libcom.org/user/956857

Did anything ever happen about the idea of making new users make 25 posts before they can post links?

EDIT: just found another 15 or so threads that have been made in the last 20 minutes by multiple users spamming the same text about the footie. I haven't logged all the posts, and the users, in this thread; I've reported everything instead.

Fleur

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Fleur on June 24, 2012

Too many to log, at least 30.
Also, images disappeared all over site.

Juan Conatz

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on June 24, 2012

Yeah, I'm trying to keep up. Probably have banned 7-8 users and deleted 15-20 threads.

Juan Conatz

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on June 24, 2012

Protracted people's war against spammers has been victorious.

jef costello

11 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on June 24, 2012

Juan Conatz

Yeah, I'm trying to keep up. Probably have banned 7-8 users and deleted 15-20 threads.

just done the same, news posts too.

riot_dude

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by riot_dude on June 26, 2012

a whole lot of spam/spammers in the news section atm.

spammers:
http://libcom.org/user/963315
http://libcom.org/user/963265
http://libcom.org/user/963270

Juan Conatz

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Juan Conatz on June 26, 2012

Disposed of with extreme prejudice.

slothjabber

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on June 26, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/964363

'Floorrug22', selling Australian floorrugs.

Did anything ever come of the suggestion to limit the ability to post links?

An alternative would be to give members the ability to send posts to some moderation bin. We could flag things as spam so they disappeared, then a mod could either finally delete or re-instate them.

corycarter

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by corycarter on June 27, 2012

or is there a serious spamming problem

radicalgraffiti

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on July 2, 2012

i suspect this user is based on their profile http://libcom.org/user/976074

radicalgraffiti

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by radicalgraffiti on July 6, 2012

this user http://libcom.org/user/958836

Jason Cortez

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Jason Cortez on July 9, 2012

assume this tag is spam? http://libcom.org/tags/get-ready-rentals

Steven.

11 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on July 9, 2012

Juan Conatz

Protracted people's war against spammers has been victorious.

yeah nice one everyone we can't thank you enough for your help.

We are working on ways of dealing with spam more effectively behind-the-scenes and should hopefully have something to announce shortly

slothjabber

11 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on August 2, 2012

The change in format has allowed the instant reporting of spam, which is great - but for the sake of tradition, as this is the thread to report spammers rather than spam, this user - http://libcom.org/user/1047089 - is trying to sell 'flitflops' which I assume is flipflops.

Joseph Kay

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on August 28, 2012

reported as spam

Khawaga

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on August 28, 2012

ditto.

Steven.

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on August 28, 2012

Rocking!

I think we have definitely turned the tide in our war against spammers (touch wood)

Khawaga

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on August 28, 2012

So all it takes are X folks reporting a post for spam, and it gets unpublished? That's pretty sweet.

Joseph Kay

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on August 28, 2012

Yep, we're just fiddling with 'X' to get the right balance.

Steven.

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on August 28, 2012

Khawaga

So all it takes are X folks reporting a post for spam, and it gets unpublished? That's pretty sweet.

That's right. Although we are keeping an eye on who reports posts as spam, so people who abuse it to report non-spam posts as spam can be warned and then banned if they are doing it maliciously.

simon11

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by simon11 on August 31, 2012

das fasfasf saf sa

Joseph Kay

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Joseph Kay on September 18, 2012

Khawaga

Should mods delete unpulished posts?

It's probably fine to leave them unpublished. we can mass cull if there's any reason to do so.

Steven.

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on September 18, 2012

Joseph Kay

Khawaga

Should mods delete unpulished posts?

It's probably fine to leave them unpublished. we can mass cull if there's any reason to do so.

that said, the best thing to do would be to click "report to mollom", then click the button to report it to mollom and delete it. That way it helps the forums stay tidy and helps improve our spam protections in future. (A mass cull of unpublished posts would be problematic, as some we have unpublished for other reasons and may like to re-publish one day)

Khawaga

11 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on September 18, 2012

Cheers, good to know.

Uncreative

11 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Uncreative on October 1, 2012

Not really spam, unless fascists have decided to set up spambots to post shit song lyrics on websites.

This user

http://www.libcom.org/user/1090885

Post number 2 on this thread:

http://www.libcom.org/blog/anti-fascist-patrols-01102012

Hieronymous

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on November 9, 2012

It seems pretty clear that Stan Milgram is the reincarnation of CRUD.

Khawaga

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on November 9, 2012

I am pretty sure that Stan is not CRUD. I've discussed a lot with CRUD before, and Stan doesn't write at all like him and what Stan argues is completely different from CRUD.

Hieronymous

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on November 9, 2012

[duplicate post deleted]

Hieronymous

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on November 9, 2012

[duplicate post deleted]

Hieronymous

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Hieronymous on November 9, 2012

The agenda seems identical, though. Which is to spew distortions and lies, take absurd polemical positions, with the simple intent of disruption.

jura

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by jura on November 15, 2012

BUY FAKE PASSPORTS from businessengineer

lzbl

11 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by lzbl on November 15, 2012

Fake passport spam deleted, users blocked

Armchair Anarchist

11 years 2 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on December 23, 2012

http://libcom.org/forums/news/withdraw-liberty-reserve-funds-directly-your-bank-account-18122012#comment-form

Armchair Anarchist

11 years 2 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on December 30, 2012

http://libcom.org/user/1155104

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/page-rank-tool-30122012

slothjabber

11 years 2 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on January 16, 2013

http://libcom.org/user/1176047

Can't report this as spam for some reason.

Armchair Anarchist

10 years 11 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on April 11, 2013

http://libcom.org/user/1295807

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/disks-have-very-high-capacity-about-10-gb-more-11042013

Armchair Anarchist

10 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Armchair Anarchist on June 12, 2013

http://libcom.org/forums/news/buy-counterfeitreal-fake-passport-drivers-licence-id-card-12062013#comment-form

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/get-quality-fake-passportsid-cardsdrivers-license-deplomersand-many-more-1206201

http://libcom.org/forums/united-kingdom/quality-fake-passportsid-cardsdrivers-license-deplomersand-many-more-12062

vicent

10 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by vicent on June 14, 2013

user:
danieldive

propaganda idea-
we should ask him how to spam , and then do some libcom spamming!

David in Atlanta

10 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by David in Atlanta on June 17, 2013

http://libcom.org/user/1337677

Steven.

10 years 9 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on June 17, 2013

Hi guys, thanks for continuing to flag this stuff up.

The main thing you can do to help us fight spam is to click the "spam" button next to any spam comments, this helps get rid of spam much quicker than posting it here. Cheers!

David in Atlanta

10 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by David in Atlanta on July 30, 2013

http://libcom.org/user/1359504
Clicked the spam button by the first post I spoted as well

slothjabber

10 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by slothjabber on November 6, 2013

http://libcom.org/user/1362133/track

No 'report spam' button, as it's an image thread; they obviously work a bit differently. Can't generate a post number for a link either, I could link to the thread, but you'll find that from the profile anyway.

Chilli Sauce

10 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Chilli Sauce on November 12, 2013

I'm pretty sure this person is a spammer, but I"m not sure enough to give the ban without an admin taking a look first.

http://libcom.org/user/1361639

Chilli Sauce

10 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Chilli Sauce on November 13, 2013

Again, probably a Spammer, but leaving it for the admins:

http://libcom.org/user/1362283

Chilli Sauce

10 years 4 months ago

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Submitted by Chilli Sauce on November 18, 2013

Probably a spammer:

http://libcom.org/user/1362338

Chilli Sauce

10 years 2 months ago

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Submitted by Chilli Sauce on January 8, 2014

Think this person is probably a SPAMMER, but leaving it to the admins:

http://libcom.org/user/1363416

Chilli Sauce

10 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by Chilli Sauce on January 21, 2014

Is this SPAM? I think it is:

http://libcom.org/forums/general/bukkit-plugins-anarchist-minecraft-server-21012014

Spikymike

9 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Spikymike on August 15, 2014

Time for 'Species and Class' to be banned if the growing number of complaints on their threads are anything to go by??

Chilli Sauce

9 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Chilli Sauce on August 22, 2014

Spam?

http://libcom.org/forums/africa/you-can-know-join-us-22082014

sabot

8 years 10 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on May 15, 2015

These ones I'm pretty sure are spammers but flagging up for the admins just in case:

http://libcom.org/user/893523

http://libcom.org/user/51069

http://libcom.org/user/50564

http://libcom.org/user/785260

David in Atlanta

8 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by David in Atlanta on October 10, 2015

http://libcom.org/user/1410032

Khawaga

8 years ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on February 24, 2016

Damn, that user had been a member for over 4 years! No posts though. In any case, banned now.

Guido K.

7 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Guido K. on July 21, 2016

http://libcom.org/user/1443823
This user registered to post two announcements of their party/catering, etc. business (in Spanish)
Just pointinfg it out here since I can't find the "Spam" button on the threads.
http://libcom.org/forums/news/locales-para-fiestas-18072016
http://libcom.org/forums/news/cenas-de-empresa-en-barcelona-18072016

petey

7 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by petey on July 21, 2016

hey guido, on the right of each post is a spam button.

Guido K.

7 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by Guido K. on July 22, 2016

I only see, for your comment, for instance, only "quote" and "reply".

petey

7 years 8 months ago

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Submitted by petey on July 22, 2016

there should be up down spam quote reply.
maybe it's a matter of having to post X number of posts first before you see them all?

Steven.

7 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on July 25, 2016

petey

there should be up down spam quote reply.
maybe it's a matter of having to post X number of posts first before you see them all?

Hi, yes Guido was too new to be able to view those. His account has now been approved so should be able to see all the options (apologies Guido, we need to restrict accounts to help block spammers)

Guido K.

7 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Guido K. on July 31, 2016

No worries, Steven, it's perfectly understandable.

syndicalist

7 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on July 31, 2016

I'm curious, on everyone's profile, is there an action button which says spammer?

Khawaga

7 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on July 31, 2016

If you've been given some extra permissions from the admins, you'll see it.

syndicalist

7 years 7 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on July 31, 2016

Khawaga

If you've been given some extra permissions from the admins, you'll see it.

Oh, ok. Thanks.

Steven.

7 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Steven. on September 19, 2016

Just to say thanks to people for continuing to flag up spammers and report spam

Noah Fence

7 years 6 months ago

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Submitted by Noah Fence on September 19, 2016

https://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/links-buy-19092016

Serge Forward

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Serge Forward on October 6, 2016

Wakey wakey admins... we're under a maffis spam attack!!!

Blimey, it's wave after wave today. Looks like agents from the People's Republic of China are out to kybosh anything remotely communist... again. Okay, I'll take me tinfoil hat off now.

Khawaga

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on October 6, 2016

Fuck that Seabiy1987. Took me about half an hour deleting that spam.

jef costello

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by jef costello on October 6, 2016

Was it you doing that? Someone was doing it at the same time as me. I took half a dozen off the end.
Do you report to Mollom?

Admins: Is there a way to get Mollom to delete posts automatically once a certain number have been reported directly?

Khawaga

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on October 6, 2016

Yeah, I report to Mollom. I think I removed 40 or something. On a phone, that is tedious...

petey

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by petey on October 6, 2016

was that the chinese stuff flogging candian university degrees?

Khawaga

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on October 6, 2016

Canadian and US.

petey

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by petey on October 7, 2016

they're back right now

Sewer Socialist

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by Sewer Socialist on October 7, 2016

pidunzhang87

syndicalist

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by syndicalist on October 7, 2016

WTF is going on here?

sabot

7 years 5 months ago

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Submitted by sabot on October 7, 2016

no1

when the revolution comes, spammers will be the first up against the wall

truth...

Kate Sharpley

7 years 3 months ago

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Submitted by Kate Sharpley on December 16, 2016

schnei http://libcom.org/user/1459943

AnythingForProximity

4 years 2 months ago

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Submitted by AnythingForProximity on January 14, 2020

Is Owentiffie a real person, or a spambot? Most of their posts are completely generic, substance-less one-liners, but there do seem to be exceptions.

Spikymike

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by Spikymike on January 22, 2020

Owentiffie's pointless one-liner postings, often on old threads they seem to have belatedly discovered, are starting to irritate me now!

adri

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by adri on January 24, 2020

So I don't think Owen is a bot actually. katyleen's posts seem real too, or at least their posts are relevant somewhat and aren't just adverts or parts of other people's comments in a thread.

darren p

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by darren p on January 24, 2020

zugzwang

So I don't think Owen is a bot actually.

Them bots are smart these days though!

adri

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by adri on January 24, 2020

darren p

zugzwang

So I don't think Owen is a bot actually.

Them bots are smart these days though!

Well looking at the introduce yourself thread, he could be a bot-agent of "Critter Nation Cages" trying to sell us sugar glider habitats...

jef costello

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by jef costello on January 24, 2020

I think they are both bots, I only haven't deleted OWen's posts because I am not 100%. Sometimes they practise with bots so that once they have made a few posts without being spotted and establishing themselves they can then spam. Doesn't seem much point here, but they do it.

You also get accounts that are really old and suddenly after 7 years start spamming, this could be because they got hacked or some seriously long term spamming.

Spikymike

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by Spikymike on January 29, 2020

Time to expel 'Owentiffie' please!!

Khawaga

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on February 4, 2020

As if Jef, I have thought about deleting Owentiffle posts; pretty sure it's a bot, but not 100% (good job developers), so want to leave that decision for the admins. Given that Owentiffle hasn't posted in this thread and at leas tried to answer any of the "accusations" of its non-humanity, it is pretty telling. Most people would respond... Hopefully the account won't flood the forums with spam; so tedious to remove it all.

ZJW, can you link to Harriettna's posts?

ZJW

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by ZJW on February 10, 2020

Khawaga, Sorry I just saw your question today. There's one is at the bottom of an article in Chinese of all things: https://libcom.org/blog/aww-breakdown-zh . That's the only one I have ever noticed.

Khawaga

4 years 1 month ago

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Submitted by Khawaga on February 10, 2020

Thanks.