Stop Hans Gruber!!

[Chuck Nessa]

Delete his account.

Oops, I see he's gone.

[Dub Modal]

Weird. It seemed like the more it was reported the higher rate of submissions came in. 

[JSngry]

I've been in communication with Jim A about the spam flood. He is now aware and is taking action. Also, I'm swatting them down as fast as I can, but a deeper action will need to be taken that only ownership has the tools to administer.

It's definitely a nuisance and diminishes the board experience for us all.

[jlhoots]

8 spam airlines phone numbers in the last 10 minutes. Can those be deleted?

They're using more than one user name.

Now 11, should the site be shut down until this is stopped??

[Teasing the Korean]

I thought this was about jazz pianist/educator Hans Groiner.

 

[JSngry]

Those users have all been flagged as spammers, meaning that they won't be able to post anything else and their posts will be rendered hidden. Deleting them is something I don't have time do do right now, but will do after work today.

The problem is that this seems to be some kind of a bot-driven operation. As soon as one or two users are flagged, some new ones come along.

Further administrative action is needed.

[Jim Alfredson]

I just suspended all new accounts until I can figure out what's going on. We do have CAPTCHA that is supposed to quell this stuff.

[EKE BBB]

The board is invaded by spam once again. 

[mikeweil]

Yes, l was shown a truckload of flight booking posts when asking for unread content.

[Dan Gould]

I find it ironic that after Jim finally upgrades to improve "security" this has started when it never happened before, not at this level. Hope whatever is undertaken works.

[jazzbo]

I wonder how anyone could think that this is an efficient sales method!

[mikeweil]

These things are bot operated. If only one percent falls for them they make money.

[Use3D]

I'll also be hanging around more to take care of these bots while Jim is away or otherwise.

[Brad]

That was the worst I’d seen. 

[Chuck Nessa]

For anyone wondering about my use of "Hans Gruber", the first batch of airline "offers" was posted by someone using the name "Alan Rickman".

[sidewinder]

I was just disappointed that there was nothing on flights to Tierra Del Fuego.

[J.A.W.]

58 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

I was just disappointed that there was nothing on flights to Tierra Del Fuego.

😄

[Rabshakeh]

Well done to the admins for putting the lid on this.

Looking forward to my trip on Air Blue to Bishkek. Never have seen such amaze deals 👽👽👽👽👽 😁😁😁😁😁

[Jim Alfredson]

On 2/11/2023 at 7:00 AM, Dan Gould said:

I find it ironic that after Jim finally upgrades to improve "security" this has started when it never happened before, not at this level. Hope whatever is undertaken works.

It was happening before. I just shut off all new registrations. The only way to become a member was for me to manually add the person. It was this way for years; probably at least 6 or more.