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Thwarting Spam Threads

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Australia says

May I make a suggestion, if a thread is marked as spam. That the discussion title, be changed too automatically, perhaps to some pre defined title.

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Raincutter says

+1000000000000 Honestly this keeps going worse. I believe this has also been suggested sometime back but either staff didn’t notice it or it is simply too hard to implement.

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dtbaker moderator says

do you mean automatically change the title if the first message in a thread is reported?

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Australia says

Yes.

if page = 1 and post count = 1 and flag = spam title = “Suspended” or whatever

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doru says

I believe this has also been suggested sometime back but either staff didn’t notice it or it is simply too hard to implement.

yes it was suggested since is a logical step to do.

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TNL3542 says

i have seen a lot more spamming here lately .. i think its getting a little out of hand also

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KingDog staff says

Yeah we get these massive attacks every so often. I’ve been pushing for an automatic account suspension after so flagged spam comments, too.

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TNL3542 says

Yeah we get these massive attacks every so often. I’ve been pushing for an automatic account suspension after so flagged spam comments, too.
yeah something needs to be done
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KBRmedia says

Why not just hide them from public until moderation? Seems simple enough.

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harmonikas996 says

Why not just hide them from public until moderation? Seems simple enough.

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Agree with you!

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