Increasing spam is a bummer. Anything I/we can do to help with that?

[NorBro]

how, lol

 

[paulears]

On a forum I moderate, there are new spam tools - all new members get their details matched to a database, and it's amazing how many matches the software catches - lists of banned members, dodgy servers and posts that other forums have had issues with. It's a xenforo site, but I suspect the action is from a plug-in. Even in this Nord VPN day - it still seems to warn us about some new sign ups. If we ban people, their details get added to the database.

Really? I do get mistaken for Pete Waterman as I now have glasses.

 

[scorsesefan]

Just at a quick glance with that small avatar pic

 

[Alex H.]

On a forum I moderate, there are new spam tools - all new members get their details matched to a database, and it's amazing how many matches the software catches - lists of banned members, dodgy servers and posts that other forums have had issues with. It's a xenforo site, but I suspect the action is from a plug-in. Even in this Nord VPN day - it still seems to warn us about some new sign ups. If we ban people, their details get added to the database.

Yep. Still, some accounts slip through. I will say, for every spam post I have to zap here, there are 15-20 that never get through to begin with.

 

[Jim Feeley]

Thanks for all your work Alex & colleagues!