(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
they might have good politics
I doubt it.
free = communism
http://libcom.org/user/buy-cheap-xenical-online
terminated 8-)
From the http://libcom.org/libcommunity who's new top 10:
http://libcom.org/user/proventil-overnight-delivery
http://libcom.org/user/avodart-without-prescription
http://libcom.org/user/4mg-atacand-tablets
http://libcom.org/user/premarin-online
http://libcom.org/user/cheapest-serevent-200mdi
http://libcom.org/user/generic-zyban
http://libcom.org/user/purchase-effexor-venlafaxine
http://libcom.org/user/amitriptyline-without-a-prescription
http://libcom.org/user/generic-imitrex
Whoever knew the pharmaceutical industry was so full of communists?
terminated, fucking spam fucks
http://libcom.org/user/buy-xenical-online
Kill the spammer, kill it with fire.
Also
http://libcom.org/user/purchase-avandamet-fast-shipping
http://libcom.org/user/cheap-lexapro-20mg
http://libcom.org/user/cheap-lasix-100mg
http://libcom.org/user/order-propecia-1mg
http://libcom.org/user/cheapest-vasotec-10mg
http://libcom.org/user/cheapest-vasotec-20mg-tablets
http://libcom.org/user/buy-stress-gum
yeah, stress free gum?
Stress Gum is an innovative gum that provides you with most effective way to calm stressed nerves and promote a sense of well-being naturally.
Do they target this site cause we're stressed? do they? WE'RE NOT STRESSED.
http://libcom.org/user/cam01
plus thread in middle east forum.
i'm assuming these are all manual spammers since we do have captcha images for registration, seems a very labour-intensive way to spam since they're not staying up long...
There is a way around capthcha images.
I'd quite like to design software to get around them, I reckon it would be quite fun.
http://libcom.org/user/buy-levitra-plus-no-prescription
http://libcom.org/user/cheap-hytrin-5mg
wtf are all these drugs? Are they good? Stop banning them i need to know!
Xenical
not going to replace cocaine any time soon then.
PS - if you don't want to shit urself then you need to go on a low fat diet. If you are on a low fat diet then you've probably made taking this drug refuckingdundant. So basically, xenical is a voluntary blackmail device for fatties - "put the pie down or you'll cack yourself".
http://libcom.org/user/cheap-arava-leflunomide
http://libcom.org/user/rtotalexvii612
http://libcom.org/user/generic-pepcid
http://libcom.org/user/order-medrol
weeler
CATCH. fix it. please.
jef costello
left communists aren't necessarily robots, even if they do spell jeff with two Fs.
Joseph K.
d'oh
http://libcom.org/forums/general/builders-help-realize-lifetime-dream-30082008
http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/in-massive-demand-06092008
weeler
Would it be feasible to make it so if new users had to be approved before they can post/have a publically viewable profile?
I made e-mail verfication necessary. If that doesn't work, someone go to admin/user/settings and switch on "administrator approval" of new accounts. That's shit though.
Most of these spammers seem to be coming from the same place - they all have the same format username. Can we block their IP?
You can also check what user-agent they are using and block that. Clever spam-robots will give a fake user-agent though and pretend to be regular Firefox or IE users, so this doesn't always work.
Wonder how they are getting through that captcha.
it still works on bots but if you get a person to look at it they can crack it in no time so they get people in india to brake them
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080901-captchas-flummox-bots-but-may-be-doomed-by-captcha-farmers.html
http://libcom.org/user/brutal-teen-rape-porn-young-schoolgirls-forced-movies
http://libcom.org/user/free-schoolgirl-lesbians-sisters-sex-porn-movies
http://libcom.org/user/free-teenage-lesbian-sex-stories-teen-lesbians-showering
http://libcom.org/user/college-lesbian-dildo-lesbians-forced-lesbian-sex
Switched on manual admin authorisation of new accounts. That's annoying, but less annoying than spam. I'll see about blocking some IPs.
Who approved this one?
This won't bring wheresmyshoes back :)
Another one to get rid of - http://libcom.org/user/katrin-mila
These ones all have interesting 'about me' sections in their profiles:
http://libcom.org/user/cheraser-opet
http://libcom.org/user/foper
http://libcom.org/user/koler-retioy
http://libcom.org/user/igor-joker
http://libcom.org/user/saled-faler
http://libcom.org/user/ser-john
another one http://libcom.org/user/kristen-stewart-nude
The error message for this page has
at the bottom. Might want to recheck permissions.
I suspect this user to be a spamer http://libcom.org/user/pjorstad
see posts here http://libcom.org/news/alitalia-sold-08122008#new
though its possible they just really like dogs and muscles
blocked/posts deleted
http://libcom.org/user/jjii123
this cunt's just spammed across all the forums, ban him when you get the chance.
You should make this thread a sticky, it tends to slip down the page in between spamers.
This one needs to go. The spam posts are still up apart from the one on a news thread.
http://libcom.org/user/chris316
Should be sorted now?
Quite a few of the mentals on the Subway Belfast Picket thread look like spammers. Or just mentals.
Not spam but this http://libcom.org/news/what-do-you-think-about-people-bing-chipped-27022009 is in the news, its clearly not a news article, I thought articles had to be approved before they were posted.
http://libcom.org/user/weight-loss-success
This one hasn't posted yet but I reckon will probably need to go.
http://libcom.org/user/7539
same for this one
http://libcom.org/user/viagra
Another spammer here:
http://libcom.org/user/tibuan1018
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/police-chief-calls-for-the-7-pint?page=1#comment-320406
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/colombian-police-attack-mayday-demo-15-y-o-anarchist-dead?page=1#comment-320408
http://libcom.org/polls/calling-british-police-quotfedsquot?page=1#comment-320405
http://libcom.org/forums/current-affairs/police-shoot-quot-suspected-quot-sucide-bomber-in-stockwel?page=2#comment-320404
And another:
http://libcom.org/user/jasonq
http://libcom.org/news/italian-prime-minister-silvio-berlusconi-might-lose-immunity-09012009#comment-321014
edit: Actually, maybe not. The link on his post looked like actual spam, but is maybe only borderline spam.
I think this one is real:
http://libcom.org/user/mikese
http://libcom.org/news/tel-aviv-stock-exchange-employees-set-strike-feb-28th-22022008#comment-321134
http://libcom.org/history/yellow
here's another http://libcom.org/forums/general/drug-intervention-washington-19032009
http://libcom.org/user/ranjeet22
http://libcom.org/user/0as
that one needs to go too
http://libcom.org/user/day270309
http://libcom.org/news/germany-high-school-students-strike-14112008#comment-321801
http://libcom.org/forums/introductory/subverting-the-current-system-to-achieve-more-democracy#comment-322455
http://libcom.org/user/traffic101
http://libcom.org/user/buy-paxil-online-f
This as a troll and a ban user
http://libcom.org/user/yep
on this tread http://libcom.org/forums/organise/iww-unemployed-17042009?page=1#new
http://libcom.org/user/tyreseu
I think this is one http://libcom.org/user/helenkenneth
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/direct-action-casework-groups-04032009#comment-325526
not posted yet, but I think that this one might be dodgy
http://libcom.org/user/wowgoldstright
http://libcom.org/user/penis-enlargement-pills
http://libcom.org/user/rovincent
Vlad336
Dont ban this one yet, they havent replied to my PM ;)
notch8
No loss, mate. I'm only reporting him because of, shall we say, "false advertisement."
I wouldn't have thought this little thread could develop in such...interesting ways.
http://libcom.org/forums/general/use-website-08052009
http://libcom.org/user/manoj87
http://libcom.org/user/lpcyu Looking at their posts, I somehow doubt this one's legit...
http://libcom.org/user/rovincent
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/trwzsmrw-azgzdd-10052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/vbzmupqv-rsolng-13052009
http://libcom.org/user/ldjan
What is it about the Northampton Socialist Forum that's so attractive to spammers? :confused:
They're changing tactics slightly, I just got a spam message sent to my email via my LibCom profile
From http://libcom.org/user/buyjagcarsa
Farce
Yet another northampton lover.
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/cfjibltn-invqog-14052009
http://libcom.org/user/jamesrx
I don't understand spammers; this one has posted thousands of links, but none of them work. It seems to love "walker", but not walker texas ranger.
http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/robin-ince-alexel-sayle-simon-munnery-book-club-11052009The user 'catus' on the thread 'Robin Ince, Alexel Sayle & Simon Munnery in The Book Club' has a link to a temp site.
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/qfvgomzu-lmiien-16052009
http://libcom.org/user/clintonmg
they do like northampton dont they?
fucking trotskyists I blame.
Asher
ditto.
WheewsCep (http://libcom.org/user/wheewscep) has sent you a message via your contact form (http://libcom.org/user/5215/contact) at libcom.org.
http://libcom.org/user/amateur-wife-porn
Has been a member for 3 days and 5 hours now.
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/hkrsnrbr-tetjrp-18052009
http://libcom.org/user/eibrandon
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/ssqhnjht-tqwptp-19052009
http://libcom.org/user/deanip
Deezer
I wish I'd thought of a username that good when I signed up. :(
EDIT: Also, judging by this post, this guy is either a spammer or a beautifully deranged poet. I'll leave it to you to decide which it is.
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/iqtucabh-gixfta-21052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/nrvzdcum-qzuxzc-21052009
http://libcom.org/user/xgjoshua
Since only spammers seem to use the Northampton forum these days, and since the robots seem to only post there, might it be worth deleting that sub-forum?
As probably the only real person to post in the Northampton Forum in the last... 3 years or something, I think I'd agree with that. I was on my way here to report a bunch more, little realising that Northampton was well known already as the capital of spam.
Where is the link to download free mp3 ringtones
theultimatespowers
oh lol. Piss-taker or bot with a very unfortunate targeting system?
the spammers are out in force tonight.
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/web-design-help-ask-here-17042006#comment-328236
http://libcom.org/user/tibuan1
This one's got an almost identical username to a couple earlier in this thread; you guys tried blocking IPs?
maybe another one - see the post by tibuan1 http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/style-design-amp-left-01042006?page=1.
dee
I'm so proud my little thread grew so big.
Again in Northhampton - http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/hukthpdr-bmddoq-21052009
http://libcom.org/user/tibuan1
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/web-design-help-ask-here-17042006#comment-328236
edit: sorry just realised this has already been reported by dee above
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/qosgrqdu-cpxmkl-22052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/dxyouwjg-urpobr-22052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/ozooaczc-syvwbb-21052009
http://libcom.org/user/ickenneth
weeler
Impressive! I'm gonna invent a platformist viagra spambot and make big money.
http://libcom.org/user/cubanman
http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/us-north-american-class-struggle-anarchist-conference-meetup-drinking-contest#comment-328372
Hi, thanks everyone for pointing this stuff out. You can also use the "report post" function.
Jef you have editor permissions, so you can delete spam posts. Do you also have the ability to ban or delete users?
I can delete posts but I only do it on news articles, otherwise I just break the links so that it's obvious it's a spammer. I can't ban or delete users as far as I know.
http://libcom.org/user/jamesek
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/lijxbxkg-ayofsg-24052009
I'd say jamesek was also responsible for these orphaned ones:
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/ibedilpy-acuvun-25052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/zmpoqfjr-qtclea-25052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/dooycndz-xuotex-25052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/bamsledz-qkyhla-25052009
Plus there's this: http://libcom.org/libray/vermorel-may-68-paris#comment-328453
More action on the Northampton Socialist Forum; it's probably the most active part of the boards these days:
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/cpcympwh-ticxav-25052009
http://libcom.org/user/vpjoseph
jef costello
okay well please feel free to delete any spam posts, and post links to their user ID here so we can ban.
We're going to have see what we can do about dealing with this...
http://libcom.org/user/azov-infocom
Seems a bit dodgy.
The shitty maths captcha is no match for 'RobertIN
http://libcom.org/user/robertin
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/uczbptlo-fyikpe-26052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/pmonksck-bdkfij-26052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/cwnkxbmi-dvmyxf-26052009
http://libcom.org/user/donaldrb
deleted a few of his posts, but remove the account, all dsafhgsdgdsagsazxcbzxcb spam
Choccy
ffs choccy he's writing in Czech.
british messageboard posts for british messageboard posters!
Anyone who can delete content can now ban/delete users as well. Just don't delete yourselves or regular users plz.
sound
Captcha doesn't seem to have stopped this dadaist: http://libcom.org/user/ryfritz http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/jfzsikqm-pooanp-27052009
Farce
but I exterminated him.
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/mbwmvyhr-zqriez-28052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/xjxvtzqs-wmgpgf-28052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/uzpgpbce-tyyzev-28052009
http://libcom.org/forums/northampton-socialist-forum/zvaiqzki-yjjamg-28052009
http://libcom.org/user/russellzu
same cunt, still at it. Maybe it's just a human who can't spell but is really good at extremely basic maths problems.
Dead.
The email addresses for the last few have ended with @acre.fr.cr
anyway to block that?
blocked that e-mail. Thanks Jef.
curious, why they all in Northampton forum?
they're after that northampton demographic:
http://www.freewebs.com/chelseykarter/profile.htm
Mike Harman
i just deleted one with a different but similar suffix
[email protected]
Blocked the whole domain now.
new poster posted two identical tracts full of gems like this:
It's clearly a c&p from a long and crazy website somewhere and is spamming some book on Amazon. Not banned the poster but it might need to be done.
http://libcom.org/user/9971/track
http://libcom.org/user/sikterbe
http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/fao-technocrats-technocracy-sympathisers-31052009#comment-330012
Cheers guys, both users have been deleted...
http://libcom.org/user/samotnaf
http://libcom.org/library/soaps-get-your-eyes
http://libcom.org/library/end-music-we-know-it
http://libcom.org/library/moore-less
...
He keeps posing a bunch of Crimethinkie crap into the library. No source or anything. Wouldn't say it's commercial, but it's definitely some form of spam.
treeofjudas, that's not crimethinc, it's endangeredphoenix - http://www.endangeredphoenix.com/
http://libcom.org/tags/endangeredphoenix
tojiah
this one's particularly amazing:
http://libcom.org/library/arts-other-social-diseases
I too reach for my revolver when I hear the word art.
technical question: does spam have to be commercial to be considered undesirable?
Mike Harman
Holy Marx in a bun that's a horribly designed website! I take it back, any move allowing people to read these texts without having to go over there to get them is fine by me.
tojiah
I'm well disappointed, I thought that "Soaps Get In Your Eyes" piece was gonna be some awesome crusty lifestylist piece against washing. :( Also, I keep on misreading his name as sam not AF.
This post from Amari N is either a genius piece of detournement satirising the recuperation of Debord's thought, or spam. It's anyone's guess, really.
Spambot posing as a left communist here. A great opportunity for a joke about robots, but I can't think of any :(
Got a spam email from http://libcom.org/user/asytonyaa via libcom.
blocked.
(by the way, thanks to everyone keeping this thread updated).
http://libcom.org/user/10492/track
http://libcom.org/user/cheapviagra
http://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/cv-03072009
http://libcom.org/user/sara000
Technically not a robot, but this poster keeps pimping their IBRP article in irrelevant places:
http://libcom.org/forums/thought/want-to-post-up-a-long-article#comment-333758
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/leftism-05072009#comment-333766
Another of the creepily AI spambots is posting here: http://libcom.org/news/greek-general-strike-go-ahead-10122008#new
I'm kind of skeptical of http://libcom.org/user/yourpharmacystoreonline and http://libcom.org/user/mishapowerauto .
EDIT: Oh, and fuck knows what we should make of this cry for help, which doesn't even include any links or email address: http://libcom.org/history/1985-2001-anti-fascist-action-afa#comment-333939
Who knew that Illinois was such an interesting place?
Not so much spam but a nasty sounding racist... someone calling themselves La Kunta :neutral: joined 45 mins ago and posted a racist comment in response to the vg. piece on the "Nazification" of the Greek state...ban!!!
Gone.
Is it better to delete users or ban them?
http://libcom.org/user/buyvigrxplus
jef costello
Delete them if you can, cheers..
this isn't spam but its in the wrong place
http://libcom.org/history/after-kronstadt
Spam comment here:
http://libcom.org/news/germany-high-school-students-strike-14112008
And here. They're getting damn clever.
spam post:
http://libcom.org/news/balgium-duracell-workers-win-strike-19022008#comment-335022
spammer:
http://libcom.org/user/aleksandra
Hi all
I would like to ask for deletion of inappropriate and slanderous posts in one of the public .
However, I don’t seem to be able to find the link to send the moderators an email. Normally there is a feedback from rather than asking to directly post here. I would not like to write about it here as such post will be picked up by Google and the Criminal in question is likely to attempt to retaliate. Furthermore a link to the thread is also likely to increase the page ranking which is not what I want.
Any help is very much appreciated
S.
one here http://libcom.org/forums/thought/usury-vs-loans-whats-difference#comment-335712
http://libcom.org/forums/general/office-jobs-23072009
BB
It's such a plausible-sounding topic title as well. Although I'm not sure Karen420 has quite got her target audience down right: "I was shown and told about you in thought/dream state and then searched for you online. I have been doing the rainbow healing on myself since and love it."
One here http://libcom.org/forums/news/ssangyong-factory-occupation-raided-riot-police-27062009#comment-336196
Another genius spammer here: http://libcom.org/library/tin-roof-blowdown-james-lee-burke-2007-book-review-%E2%80%93-tom-jennings#comment-336671
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/special-sell-air-max-90obama-jordan-fusion-nike-dunklanvin-shoesair-yeezyggg-t-shi
http://libcom.org/forums/news/newfashion-lanvin-shoesobama-jordan-fusionghd-apple-phoneair-max-90air-max-89-010820
http://libcom.org/user/shoes258
no evidence that this a is a spammer yet, they've only been registered 5mins - but it's a fucking amazing name!
http://libcom.org/user/dog-medication
http://libcom.org/user/kokta
sent me spam via the libcom email system.
http://libcom.org/user/mcbott
sent me spam via email too.
Another crafty one:
http://libcom.org/news/uk-workers-royal-mail-contractors-romec-strike-31082007#comment-337301
http://libcom.org/user/lukes
[quote=probably not actually a robot]
A similar strike was done in Dallas by Dallas kitchen remodeling. The issue was somewhat different. The strike was done to bring down the prices of raw materials. Over the time the strike became more pronounced, finally achieving its goal.
http://libcom.org/user/laface
another emailer...
http://libcom.org/news/water-energy-and-crisis-bangladesh-07052007
comment on ret's story
http://libcom.org/news/water-energy-and-crisis-bangladesh-07052007
comment on ret's story
http://libcom.org/user/xuandieu
http://libcom.org/forums/news/harry-patch-has-died-25072009#comment-337523
http://libcom.org/user/zoloftpillas
not posted yet, but it wouldn't be a stretch to assume that it's a spammer trying to push zoloft pills.
http://libcom.org/news/african-immigrants-hunger-strike-crete-legalisation-26112008#comment-311974
http://libcom.org/news/african-immigrants-hunger-strike-crete-legalisation-26112008#comment-337696
both
http://libcom.org/user/alanex
http://libcom.org/user/saracarrol
http://libcom.org/forums/news/ohio-militia-calls-armed-march-washington-26042009#comment-337891
by
http://libcom.org/user/alaska18
http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/sale-apple-iphone-3g-32gb-unlocked-new-14082009
dead
this guy?
http://libcom.org/user/tsgiss
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/debating-pro-market-capitalists-waste-time-14082009#comment-338349
http://libcom.org/user/russell-wyllie
http://libcom.org/gallery/world-issues-video-reports-russell-s-wyllie-wwwdailymotioncompoliticalvideos
http://libcom.org/intro/alternative-current-affairs-online-video-channel-dailymotioncompoliticalvideos
petey
Another french one, I wonder if they target English websites in the hope that their links will stay up because no one understands them.
http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/jose-de-molina-musica-de-protesta-11092008#comment-339082
http://libcom.org/user/jingle33
http://libcom.org/forums/announcements/london-stories-personal-lives-public-histories-housmans-290809-17082009#comment-339152
http://libcom.org/user/LivePrivatesHot
Signed up about 10 minutes ago - smells fishy - or could be an inspired name.
Wellclose Square
I think that all the time :)
user http://libcom.org/user/sportswatch09
post http://libcom.org/news/china-pollution-protesters-storm-lead-smelter-25082009#comment-339524
The most genius spammer ever:
http://libcom.org/user/thoufiq987
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/marxs-falling-rate-profit-help-24082009#comment-339975
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/how-far-do-you-take-freedom-12072009#comment-339973
For example:
[quote]
This act of exchange abstracts from their qualitative differences as use-values created by distinct acts of concrete labor and a commonality/homogeneity is found between the two different commodities based on the amount of social labour required to reproduce them and thus the value of the commodity, based on social labour, is derived. the value, expressed in price, of that commodity can be split into two parts the cost price - being the element that the capitalist has paid.
Teeth-whitening
Just deleted an email (that somehow didn't go straight to the spam bank) from fessuripainna, entitled '(libcom.org)My cool Blogs' - didn't open it. Any info?
post a link to the user's profile next time to make it easier to find.
There was one earlier put driver software on a bus strike story :)
Wasn't sure if the name fessuripainna (I omitted the @gmail.com that went with it in case someone clicked on it - DON'T PRESS THAT BUTTON! - What, this one?) matched any user profiles - it was an email direct to my address rather than a pm to my libcom account, but mentioning libcom.
ah right, someone more techy will have to help you there. You can be contacted via email on libcom but the sender does not get to see your address. I'll have a search for the person and see what I can come up with.
Cheers.
http://libcom.org/user/freedriverfor
petey
posting on bus strike thread ?
Pretty sneaky:
http://libcom.org/user/georgehanee
At first, I thought it was some sort of complex insult towards AR's drawing.
http://libcom.org/forums/news/three-iwa-members-serbia-arrested-04092009
already got that one, and another similar one, looks like those are human spammers.
I was tempted to delete AR's drawing when I first saw it though :)
edit: just pulled another one off that thread. Can we ban email sources? I know I've talked about it before but I can't remember.
The email address was @21tctrade(dot)com
I googled the name and it's been banned from a coding forum and spammed lots of others.
Not that spammers can't just get gmail accounts :)
http://libcom.org/user/sohel2009
New user has posted some interesting stuff about strikes in the News forum, but has also posted a link to what looks like a French distance-learning website.
But they appear to be spamming their stuff about strikes, and some of it's 9 months old if my quick reading of their badly-written (cut'n'paste from other sources?) text is anything to go by.
Yeah lots of the spammers cut and paste from elsewhere to make themselves seem more human. There was one a few weeks ago that was waxing lyrical about Wertkritik, but it turns out it wasn't actually a robotic value-theorist, but had copied it from the previous page of the thread :(
For admin reference, the spam currently in question is:
http://libcom.org/user/sohel2009
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/withdrawing-flexible-working-time-arrangements-previously-220920
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/withdrawing-flexible-working-time-arrangements-previously-22092-0
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/withdrawing-flexible-working-time-arrangements-previously-22092-1
http://libcom.org/forums/west-midlands-anarchists/withdrawing-flexible-working-time-arrangements-previously-22092-2
http://libcom.org/forums/news/withdrawing-flexible-working-time-arrangements-previously-22092009
http://libcom.org/forums/news/withdrawing-flexible-working-time-arrangements-previously-22092009-0
next time delete the posts before the user, there were a few on the anonymous account that needed to be got rid of.
Wellclose Square
the name looks familiar, they might have nicked that too. There have been a few french spammers recently, I think they think that we won't notice that they're spam links because they're foreign. They've also copied and pasted better bits to make them look halfway relevant.
Got a fucking weird bit of spam in my email today through the libcom message system - from http://libcom.org/user/bill-bartmann-1
Sorry, connection problems, just testing
http://libcom.org/forums/news/right-wing-tea-party-demonstration-washington-dc-15092009#comment-342082
http://libcom.org/user/eldayforum
http://libcom.org/user/oblinmeni
http://libcom.org/forums/news/free-partyrave-scene-revival-23082006?page=1#comment-342207
Don't think they've posted yet, but somehow I doubt whether http://libcom.org/user/unlimitedporn is gonna make much of a contribution to the place either.
Farce
pick them in the sweepstake, innocent until proven guilty on libcom.
Maybe I'm just overly suspicious and they'll turn out to be a sound Slovakian communist or something, but http://libcom.org/user/erapbiammazex looks a bit dodgy as well.
Farce
libcom has at least one bonafide one of these!
Joseph Kay
really?
http://libcom.org/user/zomiapecreare
http://libcom.org/user/maxsegqu
http://libcom.org/user/ascoobbeict
http://libcom.org/user/acaiberrycleanse
I actually googled acai berry cleanse; it's a 'herbal therapy' that 'may fight cancer, increase energy, aid in weight loss and more.'
http://libcom.org/user/buyamoxilonline
http://libcom.org/forums/freedom-press/how-make-money-10102009
Spammers with avatars and profile fields :(
Mike Harman
They've been doing that for a while, first I saw was a few months back. Should I have mentioned it?
http://libcom.org/user/akfour-seven
Message:
I stand here today humbled by the task before dofus kamas, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our cheap dofus kamas. I thank President dofus for his service to buy dofus kamas, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
http://libcom.org/user/shiro220
These users sent me spam through the contact form thingie.
http://libcom.org/user/akfour-seven
http://libcom.org/user/backlinkhunterz
http://libcom.org/forums/news/free-partyrave-scene-revival-23082006?page=1#comment-346367
http://libcom.org/user/melicleaste
http://libcom.org/user/jaysd
only posts: an exact, word for word repeat of what someone said 1 year ago about a specific personal experience (on the day spammer joined), and a news item about his two blogs on where to get cheap shoes.
I just spotted that one myself.
It'd be worth reporting any posts which are just a copy and paste of the previous post.
http://libcom.org/user/wwe-divas-nude
let's see if it posts anything though; innocent until proven guilty and all that.
http://libcom.org/user/cashmoneymillionaire
No posts yet, may just have a brilliant name.
http://libcom.org/user/personalizedchecks
got sent this
blocked.
Do we still leave these in to make it easier to delete the spam mails?
http://libcom.org/forums/news/hi-mates-im-new-forum-02102009#comment-347257
http://libcom.org/user/chrstnsln22
Vlad336
came here to say
Another of the quite sophisticated ones:
http://libcom.org/user/kaderkhan
http://libcom.org/forums/history-culture/italian-movements-influence-angry-brigade-02092009#comment-347214
Another day another spammer: http://libcom.org/user/daivd00 http://libcom.org/news/wildcat-strike-german-car-part-manufacturer-23022009#comment-347439
http://libcom.org/user/webhosting44
This Christian spam is sort of a refreshing change from the usual viagra and penis-extension stuff: http://libcom.org/forums/history-culture/looking-primary-source-material-political-violence-late-imperial-russia-p#comment-348429
I think it's time for a more serious CAPTCHA mechanism, as it seems that bots are learning basic arithmetic really well.
tojiah
Who would have thought computers would be good at arithmetic :O
i only pressed the button once;
http://libcom.org/user/henrylcoles
well spotted
Our spammer thread just got spammed. Shame he fucked up the html :)
Right, think I got all of them now. Thanks Jef and everyone else for your help as well.
If people notice spam posts please use the report button as we can see that more easily.
http://libcom.org/user/onlinepornvideox
Hey, I'm ok with the basic arithmetic - but if you make the captcha more complex, it could knock me off- and I might guess a fair few others without natural talent :wall: for numbers.
wtf?
I think we should make fruttyror a mod, they did manage to make a post that was 500 lines long.
Also, http://libcom.org/forums/general/introductions-22042006#comment-349509
http://libcom.org/user/leejane30
I didnt report this, but it's giving me the power to un-report it. Something to look into?
Also, what the fuck?
Tarwater
Don't know about the reporting, but it looks as if there's been a cut and paste from the pickets thread.
tttyyy11, as evinced here.
~J.
anuj-singh advertising pest control or some shit here
~J.
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/anarchist-organizations-michigan-or-lack-thereof-18102009#comment-351577
http://libcom.org/forums/news/acquisition-bargain-generic-toprol-metoprolol-online-blood-squeezing-recipe-27112009
http://libcom.org/user/megrexyzexbet
http://libcom.org/forums/higher-ranking-dating-salubrious-01122009
got 'em.
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/anarchist-organizations-michigan-or-lack-thereof-18102009#comment-352296
http://libcom.org/user/masumbdk
Inept spammer is inept.
Here
Here
Here
Three in a row. Do I get a prize? :p
If you get ten in a row they make you a mod.
~J.
New member - stacy7 - fastest weight loss program apparently
You gotta ask yourself what happened to the first six stacies, though.
I think this is a spammer, but I'm not quite sure, since they just tried to post a link to google. :|
'Be careful of scammers on the internet,' says scammer on the internet
http://libcom.org/forums/theory/be-careful-scammers-internet-06122009
Followed by a post solely consisting of :wall: .
paysoon elevates spamming into an art form.
Whoever deleted paysoon, you need to block the account first and delete all the posts before deleting it.
http://libcom.org/news/katie123-07122009 advertising free laptops
http://libcom.org/user/hana
http://libcom.org/forums/news/local-council-cut-backs-15112009#comment-353385
http://libcom.org/forums/middle-east/johnny-blaze-08122009
also http://libcom.org/user/pspconvervid
This one's got a profile pix and everything.
~J.
BigLittleJ
blocked user and deleted the links but left the rest up in case catch wanted to have a look.
Admins should pay closer attention when approving page edits:
http://libcom.org/notes/about
Classic welcome-thread spam.
I'm not sure that this user is actually a communist. Although I am impressed by their egoism in creating a "me" tag.
EDIT: Fuck, and another: http://libcom.org/user/parist
http://libcom.org/news/riots-police-brutality-first-day-alexandros-grigoropoulos-murder-anniversary-06122009#comment-353938
EDIT: Fuck, AGAIN: http://libcom.org/user/gabrielmelvoin It's got to the point where I'm automatically suspicious of anyone making a slightly bland first post.
EDIT: And another, this time giving an exotic foreign touch: http://libcom.org/user/gjazz35 http://libcom.org/forums/general/k%C3%A4mpa-tillsammans-who-are-they-23122007?page=1#comment-354094
EDIT: Jesus fuck they've been hyperactive: http://libcom.org/user/willowwisp
Fuck you.
Ironic, spamming in the spam thread.
~J.
Yawn: http://libcom.org/user/nathanpet
ETA: Yawn: http://libcom.org/user/tracyull
ETA: God, they really love taxipali's threads: http://libcom.org/user/trueplay
i caught this one at 1 min 5 sec
let's stop them before they start
http://libcom.org/user/penisenlargement
http://libcom.org/user/tracyd82
http://libcom.org/user/pheobehall85
petey
I already blocked that one but didn't delete him :)
They really love taxipali's stuff, for some reason:
http://libcom.org/user/patrickneal
http://libcom.org/news/solidarity-march-salonica-imprisoned-anarchist-trail-28112009#comment-354539
Since he'll get deleted, I feel I should record for posterity that his profile was trying to sell vasectomies. You have to be pretty brave and/or foolhardy to buy them off strangers on the internet. :eek:
http://libcom.org/user/susiewats
Farce
especially as a surprise gift.
http://libcom.org/user/charlieb21
http://libcom.org/user/sheilasand
http://libcom.org/user/garyp21
http://libcom.org/user/patcullen
http://libcom.org/user/rossgel
http://libcom.org/user/sherrilovegood
Just opened up 20 of the last registered posters and deleted 15 as spammers, the others had no posts or profile info to check.
How much do we care about this issue and is there a quicker way of dealing with it if we do? Obviously it doesn't affect libcom too much if loads of profiles on here are full of spam links as long as they're not posting.
There was an interesting variety of spam, levelling up in wow, wow gold, aspen ski homes, SEO experts, acupressure, a blog for Moms and so much more :)
Users Angel jones and janmiles are here to spam
is this rash of spammers why yiz have added the math puzzler at the log-in?
petey
That's been on there for ages hasn't it?
odd, i thought there was one when you posted the first time after logging in, but not at the log in, until recently. was i oblivious? :confused:
petey
I don't know, I get logged in automatically. I think you're right.
http://libcom.org/user/budding10
http://libcom.org/user/shyfmr073
http://libcom.org/news/nepal-victory-turns-sour-22012009#comment-356294
Just got to a deleted user (herogames) but someone deleted him before I could open the profile, but hadn't deleted the posts first.
http://libcom.org/forums/news/new-year-wishes-27122009
http://libcom.org/user/juliatolmachea
I checked out a few of the poster names in the sidebar and delted over half of them because they were spammers, I then looked at the last 20 people to register (except two I'd looked at already) and deleted 18 of them as spammers.
Is it worth the effort of deleting them or not?
Do we have a registration confirmation to the email address?
A spammer managed to fuck with the tag intros:
http://libcom.org/intro/animation-dance-association
I've banned them, but unsure how best to undo the tag damage.
cheers, i've manually redone it. quite annoying that intros don't have revision histories but are user-editable - i'll create an issue ticket for it...
http://libcom.org/news/something-smells-different-cuba-04052008#comment-358467
http://libcom.org/user/yourtrx
http://libcom.org/tags/wrist-tendonitis
interesting tho'
http://libcom.org/user/joshtacks
http://libcom.org/user/gebyrfrivisa
Jason Cortez
You spotted that as well, I was just thinking how amazing it'd be if tacks gave up platformism in favour of becoming a wrist tendonitis spammer.
http://libcom.org/user/matixeckst
http://libcom.org/taxonomy/term/3073
http://libcom.org/user/howtoplaypoker
"apartments in johannesburg" on the News forum this morning, unles it's meant as an ironic critique of the rich under post-apartheid South Africa, is an ad for an Estate Agency.
http://libcom.org/user/megan32
JH beat me to it
http://libcom.org/library/wheres-theres-smokeanarchism-after-rnc#comment-360092
http://libcom.org/forums/libcommunity/icc-laws-down-law-18122009#comment-360768
http://libcom.org/forums/organise/youth-crime-other-communty-issues-19122009#comment-361117
giraffe rocking horse? :confused:
http://libcom.org/user/jackcamberairsoft
http://libcom.org/library/hello
http://libcom.org/user/judithstoui
http://libcom.org/user/houstonhost
http://libcom.org/user/garjs23
http://libcom.org/tags/canada
That was uncalled for Jason.
http://libcom.org/user/konnieiq22
http://libcom.org/forums/news/solidarity-fau-berlin-16122009?page=2#comment-362935
http://libcom.org/library/danny-demichele
http://libcom.org/user/weightlosspill