Petition for Further Punitive Action to Spammers

lucifer_sam · 03-22-2010, 08:37 AM

Ordinarily I would post this in the mod cave, but I'm curious as to what everyone else thinks about this. I've been wondering this for a while...

Why is it that spammers can continue to advertise for themselves in whatever media possible without any apparent repercussions? Shouldn't there be some sort of penalty that can be applied to their accounts in those locations? Don't those media-hosting sites have some obligation to prevent spam from leaking out their site?

I want to know if there's any extra incentive we can give people to think twice before they post about some garbage here. If that means talking to people from myspace, soundclick, etc., I don't see why we should have to pay them respect for the people who constantly feel the need to advertise here. I know Facebook has existing rules in place in reference to people advertising groups, false accounts and that sort of thing, is there any way we could do something about that?

I'm aware this doesn't apply to every spammer we see, but the majority of people seem to try to post-whore to fifteen, leave a link and bounce, or just open a thread and post everything after the www/. It seems like there should be some course of punitive action we could take to dissuade users from inundating us with all this goddamn nonsense.

Thoughts?

right-track · 03-22-2010, 09:21 AM

Make them pay.
Charge them a weekly fee for their advertisements and share out the money between the members.
I'll be happy to do the accounts administration and redistribute the wealth.

jackhammer · 03-22-2010, 07:51 PM

Here is some lovely spam for ya to get started:

http://www.musicbanter.com/album-rev...ssic-soul.html
http://www.musicbanter.com/album-rev...a-lullaby.html
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ges-movie.html
http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...ka-demons.html
http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...-festival.html
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...tml#post839991
http://www.musicbanter.com/introduct...-everyone.html

lucifer_sam · 03-22-2010, 08:15 PM

If you want your job back just ask. :wink:

Dr_Rez · 03-22-2010, 09:08 PM

No further spammer action will make any headway. Spam has always been and always will be. Sadly they are some smart ****ers when it comes to spammage.

SBWNik · 03-26-2010, 10:10 PM

We used to have a lot of problem with spammers and spambots on the site I own. Simple addition of a captcha type filter, and a simple rule that anyone posting links has to wait 25 CONSTRUCTIVE posts before being allowed to, at the risk of getting booted if they repeatedly try to bypass this, got rid of 99% of the problem.
We still get the occasional one who tries to get clever, but its as quick to delete a membership as it is to post spam.

03-22-2010, 08:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	Petition for Further Punitive Action to Spammers Ordinarily I would post this in the mod cave, but I'm curious as to what everyone else thinks about this. I've been wondering this for a while... Why is it that spammers can continue to advertise for themselves in whatever media possible without any apparent repercussions? Shouldn't there be some sort of penalty that can be applied to their accounts in those locations? Don't those media-hosting sites have some obligation to prevent spam from leaking out their site? I want to know if there's any extra incentive we can give people to think twice before they post about some garbage here. If that means talking to people from myspace, soundclick, etc., I don't see why we should have to pay them respect for the people who constantly feel the need to advertise here. I know Facebook has existing rules in place in reference to people advertising groups, false accounts and that sort of thing, is there any way we could do something about that? I'm aware this doesn't apply to every spammer we see, but the majority of people seem to try to post-whore to fifteen, leave a link and bounce, or just open a thread and post everything after the www/. It seems like there should be some course of punitive action we could take to dissuade users from inundating us with all this goddamn nonsense. Thoughts? __________________ first.am

03-22-2010, 07:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Here is some lovely spam for ya to get started: http://www.musicbanter.com/album-rev...ssic-soul.html http://www.musicbanter.com/album-rev...a-lullaby.html http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ges-movie.html http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...ka-demons.html http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...-festival.html http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...tml#post839991 http://www.musicbanter.com/introduct...-everyone.html __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

03-22-2010, 08:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	If you want your job back just ask. :wink: __________________ first.am

03-22-2010, 09:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dr_Rez Registered Jimmy Rustler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,361	No further spammer action will make any headway. Spam has always been and always will be. Sadly they are some smart ***ers when it comes to spammage. __________________ Best chance of losing virginity is in prison crew* Always Checks Credentials Crew nba > nfl crew Shave one of my legs to pretend its a girl in my bed crew

03-22-2010, 09:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Make them pay. Charge them a weekly fee for their advertisements and share out the money between the members. I'll be happy to do the accounts administration and redistribute the wealth.

03-26-2010, 10:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
SBWNik Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 67	We used to have a lot of problem with spammers and spambots on the site I own. Simple addition of a captcha type filter, and a simple rule that anyone posting links has to wait 25 CONSTRUCTIVE posts before being allowed to, at the risk of getting booted if they repeatedly try to bypass this, got rid of 99% of the problem. We still get the occasional one who tries to get clever, but its as quick to delete a membership as it is to post spam.