Chuck Nessa Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 Delete his account. Oops, I see he's gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 Weird. It seemed like the more it was reported the higher rate of submissions came in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 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?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 I thought this was about jazz pianist/educator Hans Groiner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 The board is invaded by spam once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 Yes, l was shown a truckload of flight booking posts when asking for unread content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 I wonder how anyone could think that this is an efficient sales method! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 These things are bot operated. If only one percent falls for them they make money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use3D Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 I'll also be hanging around more to take care of these bots while Jim is away or otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 That was the worst I’d seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 For anyone wondering about my use of "Hans Gruber", the first batch of airline "offers" was posted by someone using the name "Alan Rickman". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 I was just disappointed that there was nothing on flights to Tierra Del Fuego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 58 minutes ago, sidewinder said: I was just disappointed that there was nothing on flights to Tierra Del Fuego. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted February 12, 2023 Report Share Posted February 12, 2023 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 👽👽👽👽👽 😁😁😁😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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