Point out spammers here

http://libcom.org/news/student-strikes-begin-france-06112007#comment-363092

http://libcom.org/user/indusa

http://libcom.org/user/parssy

http://libcom.org/user/andrewjpeterson
http://libcom.org/forums/news/construction-industry-blacklist-seized-05032009#comment-363816

http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/crane-amp-cast-dismissals-09022006#new

http://libcom.org/user/johnwoods1981

http://libcom.org/forums/news/public-service-strike-kashmir-28012010#comment-364523

http://libcom.org/user/jos34b

http://libcom.org/news/summary-global-day-protest-solidarity-fau-berlin-04022010#comment-364955
http://libcom.org/user/dainarobert23
Seriously, who needs a spammer to tell them "how to get pregnant"? :confused:

http://libcom.org/user/lisa34gs
http://libcom.org/library/denial-networks-crisis-continuity-911-truth-movement#comment-364950

Whoever blocked these didn't get the posts as well.

http://libcom.org/user/golfwacky

http://libcom.org/user/bestonlinecasinof1

http://libcom.org/user/davemiles2

Interested in Black Flag? Why not have some drugs to go with it? http://libcom.org/user/matt-john

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/webcameron#comment-366172

http://libcom.org/user/catherinft

And another:

http://libcom.org/forums/news/fat-burning-pills-18022010

http://libcom.org/forums/news/earn-rs40-000-pm-through-simple-online-copypaste-work-20022010

http://libcom.org/taxonomy/term/3068 by http://libcom.org/user/brightj123

On behalf of the spammers I shout "Freeeedoooooom!" LOL

And a little unharmful advertising of my own, don't ban please, my political views ban me from enough sites, if I get kicked from LibCom I'm pretty much a failure in every way LOL

Link removed

If you don't want to get banned as a spammer, just don't add that URL to every post you're making. Seems like you just want to get traffic to your site.

Why don't you put a link to your site in your profile.
And if you want to link to your site then try to link to relevant content from the site rather than just spamming the front page.

You’ll also find the “Would You?” posts in the Rants section, a series of posts in which you can vote on whether or not you would sleep with the woman in question, ladies can participate in this as well… if you think she’s fine, let it be known. The results of the polls will (hopefully) allow me to state “I told ya so!” to my girlfriend, due to the fact that every woman I list is considered “unattractive” in her standards.

A) I would like traffic to the site, go figure? The link sits under my name everywhere I post, like a signature on a forum. I'm not saying "Hey hey, go here!" I find it strange that the only place that bans it is an anarchist forum..... ironic isn't it?

B) I also find it very humorous that you quoted that one part from the entire blog Jef with one F. That is actually .0000001% of what is on the blog. Why do have things like that on my site? Well it was explained in the part that you failed to quote. Because my life isn't lived in tunnel-vision. Although I am an anarchist who puts his opinion out there daily, I also like women and thought it would be a good way to prove my point to my girl in a humorous way, through a poll on a website to get some backup lol. Rather ironic again that like the media you have chosen to pull out half the information in order to make me look foul, I feel awfully Hugo Chavez right about now. No worries though, if Jef hadn't just quoted a tiny piece of an 'About' section, you would also read in that section:

I find that the biggest problem within the anarchist community nowadays is that for a belief based on complete freedom and individuality, there sure are a lot of rules as to what is and isn’t anarchistic.

Hit the nail on the head, no?

It honestly disappoints me. Its not about the link, I would post regardless, I think what is the most disappointing is the fact that more rules and control exist here than any other forum I would write on, even on a music forum I will run across people with a link in the footer of their posts. These aren't people saying "Hey click here for the best site in the world", its just people putting themselves out there and giving people an option if they liked what that person had to say.

Its the control issue here, I don't need moderation. My life is moderated. In my opinion nothing I did was wrong yet I was "scolded" for it.... guess I'll have to read the "Rules & Guidelines" next time I post....

If you think that anarchism is about no rules and total individual freedom, then (a) you know very little about anarchism and (b) you're on the wrong site.

Knew that was coming, and no I don't at all. We could rant and rave about our differing opinion on what is and what anarchism is not all day, but I don't currently have the time. I do not believe that is about no rules and total individual freedom, but it definitely allows for more freedom, which hasn't been evident here. I will still post, its no biggie at all, I just hate being censored when there was no maliciousness behind it.... Im sure you could understand?

Knew that was coming, and no I don't at all. We could rant and rave about our differing opinion on what is and what anarchism is not all day, but I don't currently have the time. I do not believe that is about no rules and total individual freedom, but it definitely allows for more freedom, which hasn't been evident here. I will still post, its no biggie at all, I just hate being censored when there was no maliciousness behind it.... Im sure you could understand?

While I don't think there was any maliciousness behind you posting those links, it just looked suspiciously like spam. The boards get a lot of spam and some of it is disguised as actual replies to a thread, library document or news article. That's why I couldn't figure out whether it was spam or not.

In that case, its understandable. I can see how your actions were justifiable, and given that I did finally realize I had the ability to put an URL in my profile, I won't need to add one to my signature. Sorry for the misunderstanding Khawaga, you're a good man.

Http://www.ang..... just kidding ;)

http://libcom.org/news/captcha-seats-available-rs-1000-rs-40-payout-23022010

http://libcom.org/forums/news/bush-blair-speak-18072006#comment-366651

@ Angry, Well if someone bans you from an internet site, it is not censorship. It just means that whoever are running the site don't find the poster's contribution worthwhile for whatever reasons. Now censorship happens when the state decides that a particular viewpoints or person(s) (opinions) cannot be expressed. Or when a multi-media comglomorate decides to actively use its influence to silenced stories. So please don't go around crying censorship when a site bans you, as you are just perpetuating this confusion. The internet means it is pretty hard to surpress opinions, as there are thousands of forums to post on. Indeed you, yourself run a site where you express your views, so calling being banned, moderated or having a code of conduct for posting censorship is ridiculous.
Anyways, welcome the broads and happy posting. :D

Thank you for the lesson Mr.Cortez, happy to hear what your definition of censorship is. Although I beg to differ. Censorship is acted out by a Censor. A Censor is defined in a dictionary as:

cen·sor
   /ˈsɛnsər/
–noun
1.
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams,etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
2.
any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.

So you see, no matter how you look at it, it is censorship. That doesn't mean I don't agree with it. If I was posting porn on a Disney forum I'd certainly expect to be censored. My only question was, by posting a link to my blog which is written by an anarchist that consists of what I like to think of as relevant material, on a site which is made up of largely anarchist discussion... was my morality in that action worthy of censorship?

Regardless, Khawaga explained his reasoning, there has been a lot of spam going on here so I can see how it can be difficult to weed out the good from the bad. I choose not to make his life harder as I can see his point of view, so after realizing I had a choice that worked well for the both of us, I put the link in my profile.... if that is not proof that anarchism can work, I don't know what is ;)

P.S. I was very happy when posting :) lol

err.... neither of those two definitions really support your view? I see your argument, but to use censorship in such a loose fashion is to pretty much render the word useless. Glad to see you realise that making admins and mods lives harder is counter productive. I will check out your site.

The Angry Anarchist

Thank you for the lesson Mr.Cortez, happy to hear what your definition of censorship is. Although I beg to differ. Censorship is acted out by a Censor. A Censor is defined in a dictionary as:

cen·sor
   /ˈsɛnsər/
–noun
1.
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams,etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
2.
any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.

The first definition clearly concerns a government agent, while the second is so vague to be rendered meaningless (and probably concerns "censor" as an epitaph rather than an actual meaningful definition).

Haha this has gone too far!!!! Sorry for the inconvenience folks, and appreciate it Cortez :)

http://libcom.org/library/no-state-solution-gaza?page=2#new

http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/how-chose-home-security-system-24022010
http://libcom.org/user/mcdaddy

http://libcom.org/taxonomy/term/3068 by http://libcom.org/user/paulsmith35

http://libcom.org/news/captcha-seats-available-rs-1000-rs-40-payout-05032010

by http://libcom.org/user/sp150d2306

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/bit-about-luxemburg-11032010#comment-368277 by http://libcom.org/user/clark40

http://libcom.org/forums/news/contibute-your-news#comment-368290
http://libcom.org/forums/news/royal-mail-cuts-08032010#comment-368291
http://libcom.org/user/clark401

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/lets-color-comes-paris-17032010
http://libcom.org/user/letscolor

?

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/global-dissident-15122009#comment-368503

http://libcom.org/history/revenues-ultimatum-find-out-how-its-your-webpage

http://libcom.org/user/hillaryetzel

http://libcom.org/history/traffic-ultimatum-learn-how-its-your-website

posted by STEPHEN perlman

http://libcom.org/news/wedding-video-photography-sydney-radiant-bride-wedding-photos-24032010

http://libcom.org/user/summernight20

http://libcom.org/notes/links
??

http://libcom.org/history/bachelor-party-ideas-bachelor-parties

http://libcom.org/news/omega-3-beauty-facial-firming-01042010

http://libcom.org/user/marsellaisgod

http://libcom.org/news/democrats-stand-firmly-defence-rich-whats-health-care-bill-02042010#comment-369891

http://libcom.org/user/poshaali123

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/financial-crisis-systematic-failure-academic-economics-28022009

http://libcom.org/forums/general/diet-food-10042010
http://libcom.org/user/dietfooddd11

http://libcom.org/forums/general/diet-food-delivery-10042010
http://libcom.org/user/dietdel11

http://libcom.org/forums/general/jet-charter-10042010
http://libcom.org/user/jetcharter11

http://libcom.org/forums/general/workout-dvd-10042010
http://libcom.org/user/workoutdvd1

http://libcom.org/user/ideastattoos

http://libcom.org/user/dawnmichael

This person has bumped a couple of really old threads, and has a link to some "dissertation site" in this post:
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/crane-amp-cast-dismissals-09022006#comment-370920
Not sure if it's actual spamming though, as (s)he has made one on-topic post (in the wikileaks thread)
Some of the profile details suggest it might be Marsella having a bit of a laugh.

I've deleted the link and left the rest. I googled to check where the profile info etc came from. It might be a spammer so sworth keeping an eye on.

jef costello

I've deleted the link and left the rest. I googled to check where the profile info etc came from. It might be a spammer so sworth keeping an eye on.

re-added the link (http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/crane-amp-cast-dismissals-09022006#comment-370920). I think that warrants a ban as spammer.

Vlad336

This person has bumped a couple of really old threads, and has a link to some "dissertation site" in this post:
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/crane-amp-cast-dismissals-09022006#comment-370920
Not sure if it's actual spamming though, as (s)he has made one on-topic post (in the wikileaks thread)
Some of the profile details suggest it might be Marsella having a bit of a laugh.

I know its difficult for a socially retarded fuck-up like you to even conceptualize that there are people outside of the Internet, but not everyone who is female and posts on this site is me. Seriously, that person is obviously not a bot. Perhaps they should have been given a warning that posting spammy links at the ends of their posts isn't allowed, rather than just banning them without any discussion? But way to go libcom in addressing the sausage-fest that this site is by banning what new female posters sign up! :roll:

Denna

Vlad336

This person has bumped a couple of really old threads, and has a link to some "dissertation site" in this post:
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/crane-amp-cast-dismissals-09022006#comment-370920
Not sure if it's actual spamming though, as (s)he has made one on-topic post (in the wikileaks thread)
Some of the profile details suggest it might be Marsella having a bit of a laugh.

I know its difficult for a socially retarded fuck-up like you to even conceptualize that there are people outside of the Internet, but not everyone who is female and posts on this site is me. Seriously, that person is obviously not a bot. Perhaps they should have been given a warning that posting spammy links at the ends of their posts isn't allowed, rather than just banning them without any discussion? But way to go libcom in addressing the sausage-fest that this site is by banning what new female posters sign up! :roll:

Don't try and pretend that you were banned for sexism.
That person does not seem like a bot but they are spamming links to a thesis site and when the link was removed from the post and replaced with SPAM they replaced it. They are spamming even if their posts seems legit. I checked that person's profile to ensure it wasn't copied and pasted because that has happened before. Although the profile was not a bot as far as I know, it is clearly a spammer and was banned.

http://libcom.org/news/high-school-occupations-snowball-response-repression-greece-04112009#comment-371286
http://libcom.org/user/muhtazbey

The included link cried out to be reported:

http://libcom.org/comment/reply/29011/371597

Denna

Vlad336

This person has bumped a couple of really old threads, and has a link to some "dissertation site" in this post:
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/crane-amp-cast-dismissals-09022006#comment-370920
Not sure if it's actual spamming though, as (s)he has made one on-topic post (in the wikileaks thread)
Some of the profile details suggest it might be Marsella having a bit of a laugh.

I know its difficult for a socially retarded fuck-up like you to even conceptualize that there are people outside of the Internet, but not everyone who is female and posts on this site is me. Seriously, that person is obviously not a bot. Perhaps they should have been given a warning that posting spammy links at the ends of their posts isn't allowed, rather than just banning them without any discussion? But way to go libcom in addressing the sausage-fest that this site is by banning what new female posters sign up! :roll:

it was the "social authoritarian" bit on their profile that, in light of your hatred of anarcho-liberalism, made me think it might be you.
Have fun with your new account btw; no one will know it's really you this time, and you definitely won't get banned again.

http://libcom.org/forums/news/contibute-your-news#comment-371693
http://libcom.org/forums/news/homage-cataloniathe-film-08042010#comment-371713
http://libcom.org/forums/news/kyrgyzstan-peoples-expropriations-09042010#comment-371711
http://libcom.org/forums/news/malcolm-mclaren-dead-09042010#comment-371710
http://libcom.org/forums/news/royal-chambermaids-strike-11042010#comment-371709
and so on most of the rest of the first page of the news forum

http://libcom.org/news/us-rio-tinto-miners-demand-end-lock-out-15042010#new
http://libcom.org/history/1971-1974-green-bans-by-builders-in-australia#new
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/new-international-19042010#comment-371717
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/what-are-credit-unions-11042010#comment-371719
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/why-are-some-communists-considered-be-left-others-06042010?page=1#comment-371721
http://libcom.org/forums/news/fascism-alive-well-spain-case-judge-garzon-22022010#comment-371694
http://libcom.org/forums/thought/stewart-home-whats-him-18042006?page=1#comment-371720

I think we got all of those. Soeone else was deleting them at the same time as me. I prefer the subtle spammers that only put up one comment and hope that you don't spot it.

http://libcom.org/user/johnsmith123

done

Jef, you're a star.. :)

Jef is a real stakhanovite.

Sack of shite? - Now, steady on...

Bobgurung

It's pretty sad news to hear about this great man. A man with such a great talent in poetry has now gone, this feels like a nightmare. Having a heart attack has now became a way to die out for those people who work and live by their heart fully. Poetry is something that very much comes from heart rather than mind. He was a great man with lots of talent to learn. Let his soul rest in peace in heaven.
Regards
Heart Surgery

Now this is some quality spam. I almost shed a tear.

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/fau-berlin-call-solidarity-labor-conflict-cinema-babylon-29062009#comment-372366

http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/business-liquidation-04052010

http://libcom.org/user/justina4love

http://libcom.org/forums/news/hilary-laporte-09052010

Done.

http://libcom.org/user/diamond

http://libcom.org/news/lic-13052010

That was bloody fast!
:eek:

http://libcom.org/forums/news/arguments-against-%E2%80%93-cape-wind-project-approved-14052010

http://libcom.org/forums/libcom-wobblies/strike-bike-07102007#new

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/public-forum-road-socialism-kropotkin-morris-marx-26022010#comment-375482

http://libcom.org/user/pinky12 - posted spam despite being already blocked!!?

user deleted.. hopefully that should do it..

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/i-have-announcment-30042010?page=7#comment-375763

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/financial-crisis-systematic-failure-academic-economics-28022009#comment-375983

I often wonder the logic in the threads which get selected.

http://libcom.org/forums/news/virtual-assistants-21052010
http://libcom.org/user/williamrose

i think this counts
http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/it-too-soon-01052010?page=1#comment-376341

http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/us-north-american-class-struggle-anarchist-conference-meetup-drinking-contest#comment-377851

http://libcom.org/notes
http://libcom.org/notes/content-guidelines - ???

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/us-law-and-squatting#comment-380057

kotob

http://libcom.org/notes
http://libcom.org/notes/content-guidelines - ???

Someone had already cleared the spam but I also disabled comments while I was there.

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/anarchist-doctors?page=2#comment-380236

http://libcom.org/forums/news/kanellos-greek-protest-dog-07052010#comment-380702

I rather like this one

http://libcom.org/forums/news/google-breaks-chinese-state-13012010#comment-381590

Bizarre, and possibly some hydrological engineers might get something out of it (are there any libertarian communist hydrological engineers? Ireally don't know) but spam nevertheless:

http://libcom.org/news/hydraulic-deep-well-pump-11062010

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/common-good-finance-working-towards-true-democracy-23102008#comment-382386

http://libcom.org/user/hkcsseo6

slothjabber

Bizarre, and possibly some hydrological engineers might get something out of it (are there any libertarian communist hydrological engineers? Ireally don't know) but spam nevertheless:

http://libcom.org/news/hydraulic-deep-well-pump-11062010

we've had one of these recently

A hydrological engineer, or a deep well pump?

http://libcom.org/forums/thought/usury-vs-loans-whats-difference#comment-382573

slothjabber

A hydrological engineer, or a deep well pump?

deep well pump spam.

http://libcom.org/user/kenfry13
I've blocked this douche and removed the spam links from the profile but it looks like it might be a live spammer from the posts, so I've left them intact in case that's useful.

http://libcom.org/user/24082/track

monos - could be a spammer. One post on this library article:
http://libcom.org/library/why-anti-national

His/her profile lists two websites promoting web or net books

well spotted, deleted.

http://libcom.org/forums/news/construction-industry-blacklist-seized-05032009#comment-384116

posted appropriately in the bin
http://libcom.org/forums/news/barclays-bank-will-go-bankrupt-05112007#comment-384357

http://libcom.org/user/labi

Another one in the same thread:
http://libcom.org/forums/news/barclays-bank-will-go-bankrupt-05112007#new

Another one in the same thread:
http://libcom.org/forums/news/barclays-bank-will-go-bankrupt-05112007#new

Yeah an admin might want to look more closely at this spammer: http://libcom.org/user/llc

The cunt has spammed comments on at least 150 different library articles, that i've slowly been deleting. On a positive note, page load times when deleting are a lot quicker than they were a few weeks ago.

Did a bulk delete on ilc

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/online-dating-review-12072010
http://libcom.org/user/arnoldrufa

Looks like a spammer, but no cialis links yet
http://libcom.org/user/markjay50

mateofthebloke

Looks like a spammer, but no cialis links yet
http://libcom.org/user/markjay50

I thought so too but left him alone, looks like someone has blocked him and deleted most of his posts now though.

Yeah, I blocked him. He posted a spam link in one of his posts. To some fucking hippe treatment shit. There was one post I did not delete, because I am afraid I would delete the post after that one.

http://libcom.org/forums/history-culture/heroes-09072010#comment-387764

This has recently appeared:

http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/affordable-auto-insurance-14072010

As the thread title says, it's about car insurance.

Khawaga

Yeah, I blocked him. He posted a spam link in one of his posts. To some fucking hippe treatment shit. There was one post I did not delete, because I am afraid I would delete the post after that one.

http://libcom.org/forums/history-culture/heroes-09072010#comment-387764

It won't delete the post after, it warns you, but it doesn't. I think because technically drupal can be threaded but in practice it only threads from OPs.

Ah, ok. Good to know.

qrs521

http://libcom.org/user/qrs521

This user has just spammed the fuck out of libcom. How do they get round CAPTCHA? some computer programme?

lele0124

That's what I thought. I think I managed to delete all the spam, though. Took me about 20 minutes...

cheers Khawaga.

lele0124

caught that one as well. at least s/he managed only two posts...

Khawaga

lele0124

caught that one as well. at least s/he managed only two posts...

I wonder how much a computer spammer earns? I mean in reality its just another job? another wage slave. Or is it not as simple as that and is just computer programmes churning out bots?

I have no clue. Would be interesting to find out, though.

Captcha is good to use, but what if the visual code is not displayed. I have seen some blogspot posts with this error. How to resolve it?

machwan

Captcha is good to use, but what if the visual code is not displayed. I have seen some blogspot posts with this error. How to resolve it?

haha, a spammer offering hints on captcha improvement. Obviously this one got around the captcha by being human. Maybe they use humans to break the captcha, then turn the account over to a computer to allow mass spam posting?

I remember reading about a site that showed you porn pictures in exchange for solving captchas and used that to spam.
I think that it seems a bit labour intensive to open up accounts this way unless you're relying on people either not cleaning up or hitting semi-abandoned websites.

might want to bulk delete http://libcom.org/user/seoandu
has spammed quite a few news articles, but I am too lazy to delete them atm.

Here

Jessie31 is serving spam in the Abolish Restaurant - abolish her.

ChrisCooper is radiating spam here.

A lot of the spam, if not all of it on here, is from real humans. if there was software breaking through the captcha we'd see a lot more of it than we already do.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/technology/26captcha.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=technology

http://libcom.org/news/truck-drivers-defiant-despite-conscription-orders-greece-29072010#comment-390202

Armchair Anarchist

http://libcom.org/news/truck-drivers-defiant-despite-conscription-orders-greece-29072010#comment-390202

got this one but he also set up and article(also deleted) but he put in a shitload of tags which someone will have to delete.
* audio
* corrupted
* crashed
* data
* disk
* document
* drive
* flash
* hard
* image
* logical
* lost
* media
* partition
* photo
* picture
* recovery
* restore
* shipping
* snapshots
* software
* storage
* text
* thumb
* undelete
* USB
* utility
* video
* Wales
* Window
* Audio
* corrupted
* crashed
* data
* disk
* document
* drive
* flash
* hard
* image
* logical
* lost
* media
* partition
* photo
* picture
* recovery
* restore
* snapshots
* software
* storage
* text
* thumb
* undelete
* USB
* utility
* video
* Window

http://libcom.org/forums/news/monavie-03082010

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/info-wanted-world-win-07072010#comment-390711

spam on this by bagonhand - give her the sac

spam by Presty on "Being a teacher..." Teach her a lesson. Also here.

http://libcom.org/library/real-estate-urban-wasteland-india#comment-391686

http://libcom.org/forums/news/nazis-cgt-e-10082010?page=2#comment-391979

split or remove. either way

How the fuck did that re-appear?
I deleted the spam off four or five threads, made a post in announcements and sent a warning pm to the spammer.

for armchair shop counter-revolutionaries

An interesting addition to the debate on parasitism. by aouhjgsiet - post 213.

In fact, s/he's (aouhjgsiet) been spamming a few other threads as well - the thing on Tamils, acronyms - maybe others.

Hallie Travis here

steveaustin here

http://libcom.org/forums/news/japanese-cp-loads-18102008 - jacson

http://libcom.org/news/car-factory-occupations-spread-across-uk-01042009

done, thanks samotnaf

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/anarcho-syndicalism-which-way-12102008?page=2#comment-400858

uywerop....please ban admin's. cheers

sabot

uywerop....please ban admin's. cheers

put a link please, it makes it easier to find them.

sabot

please ban admin's

Couldn't agree more.

pndglobal - the French (and, I believe, the Greek) equivalent of "It's all Greek to me".........

done.

http://libcom.org/forums/culture/anarchist-dating-service?page=5#comment-401481

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/the-worlds-first-pregnant-man-04072008?page=1#new

http://libcom.org/forums/solfed/sf-iwa-05042006#new

http://libcom.org/forums/news/state-sponsored-harrassment-political-activists-glasgow-21082010

Looks like a fellow named tbgdrhf is sneaking in 'WOW Gold" adverts. This is the second time I've seen this.

mateofthebloke

sabot

please ban admin's

Couldn't agree more.

And yet they still exist!!

Our next product placer goes by the name of rxjxnn:

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/five-measures-19102010

http://libcom.org/forums/visteon-occupation/ac-milan-19102010

sphinx24:
http://libcom.org/forums/news/economic-crisis-18122007?page=46#new

and :

http://libcom.org/forums/news/daily-strike-bulletin-french-union-syndicale-solidaires-18102010

http://libcom.org/forums/news/warsaw-tens-thousands-public-housing-units-may-be-privatized-zsp-informs-tenants-cal#new

and probably elsewhere.

AlfredM

alfredM again

http://libcom.org/news/strikes-walkouts-northern-california-march-4th-2010-02032010#comment-402356

i probably don't need to do this but these two

http://libcom.org/user/philippa

http://libcom.org/user/kiefer

http://libcom.org/forums/international/thoughts-about-the-general-strike-in-israel - the latest post (like the IDF, spammers always strike early in the morning).

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/new-t-shirts-popes-visit-29082010#comment-402948

http://libcom.org/forums/africa/miners-strike-morocco-25082007

sandeepantl

bryanfurry

got rid of furry bryan.

jelly h

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/split-us-news-letters-27052008#comment-404839

brown here

MikeHolding here

the thread itself

the thread itself

Check out Akankshi on loads of recent threads, though the one i looked at is a free site for kids wanting help with their homework. Spam - but not as unpleasant as the stuff they used to serve at my school (do they still do that?)

Enjoy spam in lovely time-share surroundings in picturesque British Columbia:

http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/vernon-bc-real-estate-vernon-real-estate-28112010

entertaining, this one:
http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/guy-debord-films-any-copyright#comment-406325

http://libcom.org/user/30317

http://libcom.org/news/edl-stoke-23012010#new - last post which really doesn't have much to do with the EDL in Stoke (except that none of us want it).

Actually they're spamming it all over the boards.

Done, thanks slothjabber, especially for putting the poster + post, it makes cleaning up a lot easier.

http://libcom.org/user/30356
here: http://libcom.org/news/greece-new-measures-have-been-voted-second-day-demonstrations-07052010#comment-406702

http://libcom.org/library/mr
http://libcom.org/user/30367

Here's a bad case.

http://libcom.org/user/30390
http://libcom.org/forums/news/hindi-jokes-04122010

http://libcom.org/user/30417
http://libcom.org/forums/general/bass-fishing-techniques-05122010

What goes through some people's heads I just don't know.

http://libcom.org/news/free-tool-international-communication-06122010

derekblunden here

This thread

And this one

http://libcom.org/user/30530
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/advice-on-squatting-empty-land

Is it really spam? It's slightly relevent to the thread, on the other hand they seem to have joined solely to post a link to a commercial site, "from here i get benefit normally" which might mean they get commission or it might be a recommendation. Either way it's bad grammar.

Like slothjabber said - looks like some more well disguised spam here

http://libcom.org/user/30549
http://libcom.org/forums/news/public-sector-strike-chile-08122010#comment-407239

http://libcom.org/user/30574
http://libcom.org/gallery/st-martin-island

http://libcom.org/user/30607
http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/secret-history-animal-resistance-23022010?page=1#comment-407343

http://libcom.org/user/30487

http://libcom.org/blog/reportback-class-struggle-anarchist-conference-2009-30102010#new

http://libcom.org/user/30657

posts +/- plausible stuff with links to actual articles on http:// personalmoneystore. com, who in turn are a scam: http://www.ucan.org/blog/money_privacy/money_saving_tips/loan_warning_the_personal_money_store_a_scam

naughty!

http://libcom.org/user/30682
http://libcom.org/blog/aaron-porters-apology-fits-his-agenda-28112010#comment-407582

http://libcom.org/user/30847
http://libcom.org/forums/news/wikileaks-says-it-under-attack-computer-hacking-operationby-us-state-28112010#comment-407989
http://libcom.org/forums/news/wi-fi-signals-are-damaging-trees-states-netherlands-research-16122010

Same spammer, same picture, different name

austerity bill here

jessa14 here: http://libcom.org/notes/links.php#comment-408191

upsidedu - http://libcom.org/user/31017 - all over the place. Here, here and here
same spammer in these threads as well:
http://libcom.org/forums/archives/paul-foot-dies#new
http://libcom.org/forums/thought/commies-sell-out-in-iraq#comment-408473#
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/after-the-london-anarchist-bookfair?page=5#comment-408474
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/sex-industry-sex-workers?page=3#comment-408475
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/ukraine#comment-408476
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/quot-performance-artist-quot-eats-fox-in-protest-against-h?page=3#comment-408477
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/know-your-rights#comment-408478

Is it helpful to point out everywhere they've spammed or is once enough?

Thanks mons, I didn't clear these up myself but it is very handy to have all the posts picked out like that.

noodle merry here

user whose profile is 1 hr old posting about online dating

Hi

I am not sure if this is the correct place to notify you for the removal of a libellous, offensive, insulting and defamatory post from your forum. If it is not then please let me know how to notify the forum moderators for the post below:

http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/working-definition-of-a-nonce?page=1

The post is on page 2 Post #58 and the poster is called "GoldenGirl".

The post is completely groundless post and has no foundation what so ever. If you require the history and documented evidence about the real name and the motives of the poster "goldengirl", then please email me offline.

I don't want to post in the thread, as the post is so completely nonsensical that is not worth expanding or extrapolating on.

Kind regards

S

salaro.com
salargolestanian.com

smith.mical2

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/secret-history-animal-resistance-23022010?page=1

shri here

orey sparky

http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/working-definition-of-a-nonce?page=2

sala

Hi

I am not sure if this is the correct place to notify you for the removal of a libellous, offensive, insulting and defamatory post from your forum. If it is not then please let me know how to notify the forum moderators for the post below:

http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/working-definition-of-a-nonce?page=1

The post is on page 2 Post #58 and the poster is called "GoldenGirl".

The post is completely groundless post and has no foundation what so ever. If you require the history and documented evidence about the real name and the motives of the poster "goldengirl", then please email me offline.

I don't want to post in the thread, as the post is so completely nonsensical that is not worth expanding or extrapolating on.

Kind regards

S

salaro.com
salargolestanian.com

Your name and website address have been removed from the post.

Okay, this may sound crazy, but I just realized something: it's clear that the spam-bots we've been dealing with for the past few months if not years aren't really bots, but people paid to do this. How about we develop a strategy to lure them into organizing for better wages and conditions, or at least into discussing their wages and conditions with us?

Spammeroonie, spammeroonie, spammeroonie...
A-spammer ammerammer ammerooOooOoon...

To the tune of 'Mona Lisa'

(Does this count?)

Should we be worried that the spam bots have apparently developed a sense of irony?

http://libcom.org/library/real-estate-urban-wasteland-india#comment-410064

christianM here and also here

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/secret-history-animal-resistance-23022010?page=1#comment-410336

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/common-good-finance-working-towards-true-democracy-23102008#comment-410342

http://libcom.org/forums/organise/common-good-finance-working-towards-true-democracy-23102008#comment-410343

Both same user:

http://libcom.org/user/31886

nice one spambot :D :

rashmi12

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/icc-forums-greece-london-birmingham-24-january-14-february-04012009

Sabot got there before me. Imagine - my own words turned into spam!

cheapcaps here.

http://libcom.org/user/32315
http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/came-across-while-christmas-shopping-23122010#comment-411039

http://libcom.org/user/32778

http://libcom.org/forums/news/hun-junta-arrives-washington-obama-has-set-private-dinner-19012011

bbkbbk everywhere - start with this (so many threads, but why? seems like a lot of work for what s/he must know is ony going to be very short-lived). Wierd - some of the stuff is copy and paste of other articles, interspersed with ads for sunglasses etc.

bbkbbk again

http://libcom.org/forums/general/womans-guide-writing-great-profile-19012011

johnbair

http://libcom.org/forums/thought/usury-vs-loans-whats-difference#comment-411806

Kevin "Klown" Keating is back:

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/kevin-keating-libcom-15122010?page=3#comment-411979

This time he is cowering behind one of his dozens of fake names. And if he's such a great writer, why does he have such a limited vocabulary of trite insults?

This.

and this

thanks for posting up links to the spammers, makes it a lot easier to get rid of them.

max456

TodayInsure

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/help-please-snowman-picket-cop-car-video-30122009

bcii001 here

Wow---- This one:

http://libcom.org/forums/africa/brainard-ridge-realty-windham-ny-01022011

DesignSuccessU

med here looks like spam, but maybe s/he's just testing; peculiar spam as it doesn't seem to have any point whatsoever.

yun here.

med I think I'll give the benefit of the doubt until they post a second time, you never know.

yun and whoever it was on the previous page both dealt with.

http://libcom.org/user/34974
http://libcom.org/forums/news/tunisia-effect-where-next-29012011?page=3#comment-415603

soumyasaha here

MiguelD in this post:

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/marxs-engelss-work-naturalistic-dialectics-continued-13022011#comment-415792

is a well known neo-LaRouchite anti-Semite Neo-Con.

If you google search his posts, you'll see that he posts them on over a hundred listservs and on dozens of discussion forums.

As I said in the above thread, if he's tolerated on libcom he'll instantly become mental #1.

Hieronymous

As I said in the above thread, if he's tolerated on libcom he'll instantly become mental #1.

so we should keep him? :lol:

radicalgraffiti

so we should keep him? :lol:

Nah, send him to the cyber-dustbin of history.

http://libcom.org/forums/news/egypt-january-25th-protest-23012011?page=23#comment-415992

This post:

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/falling-rate-profit-06112010#comment-416562

is MiguelD again.

http://libcom.org/user/33970

is posting racist shit about black people being a different speies to whites, imperialism being 'charity' to stop 'darkies eating each other' and Palestinians being 'nappy heads'

EDIT: and this one:

http://libcom.org/user/35839

thanks for those.

I'm not sure why the second one had such a hard on for my threads. Maybe I give off a vibe.

Mike, I've deleted one of the racist posts but left others. Where it's not disrupting a thread I haven't seen the point.

You don't think it's disrupting this thread - http://libcom.org/forums/theory/issue-about-political-correctness-24012011?page=2 ?

AnnieSocial again here

these comments http://libcom.org/forums/theory/issue-about-political-correctness-24012011?page=2#comment-416982

AnnieSocial

I for one don't like blacks and would quite happily class them as a sub species. Does this make mean I am not an anarchist. I believe in equality and freedom for all other races. It is just that I don't see black as being the same species as myself.

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/issue-about-political-correctness-24012011?page=2#comment-417004

DenisTheManager

Yeah why should I in an anarchist society be forced to share with niggers who I regard as not the same species as me.

You might not agree with me but will you force me to share with animals?

On the political corrrectness thread I'd be more likely to delete ites' posts :)

spammer with advertisements (this post and the previous one)

jesse here.

Nathalie D

Fuck! Spambots are getting cleverer every month. Are they bypassing libcom captchas?

both of them here

z987654

http://libcom.org/news/re-27022011

Here.

scott.allerdice here

all the iceniu78 threads, too many for me to bother making the links.

Not sure if this poster is being dis-serious.

nihao111 here

Terence Francis here.

Can I spam this?
http://andycox1953.webs.com/

Apart from his own threads, mengqing here

http://libcom.org/forums/news/their-life-15032011

http://libcom.org/forums/theory/how-deep-seismic-damage-15032011

buling

This thread

in fact, bieulan here, and possibly other threads.

buffylee here

buffylee is on a fucking rampage. i reported as many of the posts as i could manage. is that the best way to handle a situation like this or should i just report one and let it be?

buffylee1325 here and here and almost everywhere - brilliant bit of advertising - nearly convinced me to buy one of those Gucci bags.

jesuithitsquad: Don't know if you've got this facility, but if i click on the name of a spammer, their profile comes up and there's a box saying "ban as spammer" on it, which you click on and then confirm. Doesn't stop the previous posts obviously, but prevents future ones. But buffy seems to like vampirising this site and changes his/her name slightly so as to be able to return from the dead.

hellome here.

Coachpurses here. and lots of other places (might be just another name for buffy).

abbeyarden here

Seems like a war has been launched against libcom; any chance of the UN supporting a No-spam zone?

Hadn't realised quite how much buffy had contaminated the site. Any chance of regular posters in future being given the means to clear up any future disaster, other than just banning the spammer? It's a massive job for admin to go through countless of threads to sort it all out, and if this happens again, I'd guess they could use some help from those with time on their hands.

buffy has transmogrified into fangogg. Can admin ban someone just by some automatic way of recognising a spammer from their computer/internet access? If not, this spam onslaught could be lethal.

jordan11 http://libcom.org/user/37904

All halian threads

Haven't checked but suspect that all the new posts between 11.17 and 11.19 today are spam - bu delinin, iirc.

Samotnaf

Hadn't realised quite how much buffy had contaminated the site. Any chance of regular posters in future being given the means to clear up any future disaster, other than just banning the spammer? It's a massive job for admin to go through countless of threads to sort it all out, and if this happens again, I'd guess they could use some help from those with time on their hands.

The only way to let regular posters delete spam posts would be to give them mod privileges. I'm not sure of the chances of that happening, or even if it's a good idea.
If you can ban spammers then that's great and posting the name of the spammer in this thread with a link to their profile (rather than a post) With a link to the profile we can pull up their posts and delete them reasonably quickly. If you report individual posts then that speeds up deletion as well.

the delin sam referred to above:
http://libcom.org/user/38381

ksybin is all over the place . The link is now to his user profile as you said, though I've already banned him/her.

Thanks guys, those posts were all deleted in about 2 minutes. The report function saves a ot of time as a post can be deleted wih two clicks from there.

didn't realise how many unreported posts those tossers had, that took ages.

Deleting the posts doesn't - so far - seem to have the effect of not having them put up high on the 'recent posts' list, even though one I just saw (something about banning leaflets) was way back in 2006. But perhaps that requires extra work...?

I think that having the CAPTCHA when users log in is pointless, as a spammer will only log in once anyway, while regular users have to deal with the hassle. Is there any way of making the registration process itself arduous so that it will become less cost-effective? Say have a quiz or something?

Tojiah

Is there any way of making the registration process itself arduous so that it will become less cost-effective? Say have a quiz or something?

What about adding a field to the registration form, asking for a brief presentation and the reasons why one would like to joint libcom.org? In combination with moderating the registration instead of letting it pass automatically, this would probably block most spammers, as they will not have an adaquate answer to the question.

Tojiah:

Say have a quiz or something?

How about:
1. Lenin was a State capitalist scumbag. True or False? (everyone apart from the unmentionables knows the correct answer to that one).
2. Complete the following well-known saying: "Humanity will only be happy when the last capitalist is hung by the guts of the last_________________" (correct answer "spammer").
3. Rearrange the following into the first part of the first sentence of a well-known book: "The capitalist commodities of wealth in which the immense production of method announces itself, prevails as an accumulation of societies."
4. Fill the gaps: "In______________where _________ _____________of ___________prevail, all of _________ _________ itself as an __________ ________________ of _________________"
5 Who said, "Mankind has grown strong through struggle"?
(a)Hitler.
(b)Trotsky.
(c)Mao.
(d)Che Guevara.
(e)Chavez.

That should sort the chaff from the wheat, no?

http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/small-tv-stands-claims-case-25032011

http://libcom.org/user/38594

fanghua No "report" function on his posts. How come?

http://libcom.org/user/38651

I just had to clear a bunch of escort services from news, I think we should only give news posting rights on request. It doesn't look good to have spam in the forums but in the news section it looks terrible.

This thread http://libcom.org/forums/news/anarchists-target-royal-wedding-sun-31012011 - spam from this user http://libcom.org/user/40300

EDIT apparently this thread - http://libcom.org/forums/news/protests-libya-17022011?page=13#new

http://libcom.org/forums/news/contibute-your-news

http://libcom.org/forums/news/unrest-spreads-yemen-23012011

http://libcom.org/forums/news/co-op-sackingusdaw-31032011

http://libcom.org/forums/news/egyptian-govt-criminalises-strikes-protests-23032011

Blimey they've been busy.

Oh, and this one: http://libcom.org/forums/news/syria-protests-25032011

CAPTCHAs are apparently becoming useless, not in the face of better technology, but in the face of sheer human resources:
[quote=Inside India's CAPTCHA Solving Economy]
One of the services in question is the India based decaptcher.com, which will allow you to retrieve its API once you put money in their PayPal account :

“Using the advertisement in blogs, social networks, etc significantly increases the efficiency of the business. Many services use pictures called CAPTCHAs in order to prevent automated use of these services. Solve CAPTCHAs with the help of this portal, increase your business efficiency now! Follow these steps:

1. Register
2. Contact us at [email protected] to put money to your account via PayPal and retrieve API
3. Login to check your balance

You pay for correctly recognized CAPTCHAs only”
[/quote]

That's been a reality for a while.

Time to find a better screening mechanism. How about an arduous sign-up method that will take at least an hour per user? Make the whole thing less cost-effective?

I like the idea of a quiz as Samotnaf suggested. Maybe not quite those questions, but even so - then the answers can be vetted, though it would require a mod (or team?) to look at new registrations.

here's another:
http://libcom.org/news/professional-carpet-cleaning-diy-tips-17042011

Turned out to be real spam and not someone's ironic view of how to fight capitalism by cleaning your own carpet :(

http://libcom.org/user/72098

http://libcom.org/forums/news/osama-bin-laden-dead-02052011#comment-426069

http://libcom.org/user/80791

http://libcom.org/forums/united-kingdom/groups-london-08042011#new

http://libcom.org/user/106809 too many threads to list

Just spent 15 mins reporting all the spams of eeemmaa after banning him/her: just to say, the idea of a simple questionnaire for new posters (as previously mentioned ) should be seriously worked out, as these spams are a fucking drag.....

Just spent 15 mins reporting all the spams of eeemmaa after banning him/her: just to say, the idea of a simple questionnaire for new posters (as previously mentioned ) should be seriously worked out, as these spams are a fucking drag.....

just so you know, Im not a troll, and I apologize about my recent post in the slutwalk thread in the theory forum, it was in bad taste and shall not do stuff like that again.

http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/secret-history-animal-resistance-23022010?page=5#comment-430150

ps - could youse make this thread a sticky?