Green spam

[chyna]

Ladies the green living area is seriously infected with spam. I'm steering clear of it for awhile so if anyone posts in there I for one probably won't notice. This is ridiculous!:mad:

[RoseMary]

Ladies the green living area is seriously infected with spam. I'm steering clear of it for awhile so if anyone posts in there I for one probably won't notice. This is ridiculous!:mad:

Ditto~and it's buried in several other areas, too. Everybody be careful what you click on!

[Hillary Black]

I'll check with Clev if there are more spam filters to add although I know he updated it recently. Sadly, spam is inevitable no matter what you do. We could assign a senior member (or two?) to have access to delete per the suggestion.

Nominees? Volunteers?

Many thanks - !
Hillary

[vintage girl]

I would be more than happy to volunteer to do this. I can check daily and purge as necessary. I won't have access to internet for a couple of weeks starting around September 9th to about the 27th, but after that I could check daily:) Just let me know.

[Seattle Cottage Lover]

I volunteer also! Bring it on!

[shabbychick]

I'll volunteer as well. I usually check the board several times a day anyway.

[memmey]

I was on a Bird forum years ago before my little Parrolet died of old age. We had a Super Moderator and it was the V-bulletin format. I think I remember that the moderators computer has to be linked with the site some special way????
Moderating is not just chopping the spammers heads off it is also acting as a go between when the posters have issues( between each other sometimes). Remember the girl that got mad at us and thought we were taste-less idiots and left in a huff? That was years ago. Remember her Rosemary? I forgot her name. She had a cabin???
We don't get mad here and disagree thank goodness. The bird site had lots of arm chair veterinarians and wanna-be bird trainers.
I guess I am saying this because the bird site moderators we had were level-headed and kind. The power to moderate is a huge responsiblity.

Absolute power corrupts:p:D

[Gigi]

Love to be a volunteer also-Count me in - to helping this forum "spam" free.

[shabbychick]

I hear what you're saying, Memmey. I own a Yahoo group and have to act as a mediator at times for list disputes as well as doing the usual housekeeping. Luckily, Yahoo has pretty good spam filters. However, I think on this list, even with supermoderator status, a person could understand that their job is only to deal with spam and let the C&B people deal with everything else. I don't think anyone here wants to be "in charge," so to speak. If someone can just smite the spammers, that's all they'd need to do.

[Carrie]

Wow. What have the spammers done? Unreal. I see clothing knockoffs in every folder. I wish I had my ban hammer here, but I only have one on my forum. I feel a song coming on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE
:mad:

[memmey]

LOL:p:pCarrie that is sooo funny!!!

[RoseMary]

Oh, Carrie, that is soooo funny~thanks for sharing it!

Memmey, I remember the girl you mean. Wasn't her little place in the Adirondacks? I remember that we weren't the right kind of 'cottage' people. I hope she found a group that suited her:p.

[Hillary Black]

Great comments/suggestions. We'll decide and let you know.

For now I think it's cleared but let me know if you find any we didn't catch.


Many thanks!
Hillary