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Why don't mods delete spammer's posts?
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Eriamjh
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Dec 22, 2006, 08:17 AM
 
Occasionally, I see spam posts. The users are usually banned, but their posts are left up.

Why aren't they deleted? What is the point of leaving the offending post up? Doesn't that give the spammers a reason to do it again? Doesn't that give the spammers what they want, their junk on a message board?

Just curious...

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Dec 22, 2006, 08:19 AM
 
Demon used to change the spammed url to something silly.
     
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Dec 22, 2006, 09:18 AM
 
usually we'd at least censor the url.
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Dec 22, 2006, 11:35 AM
 
Yeah, leave the post with a castrated URL up as a warning

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Dec 22, 2006, 12:29 PM
 
Ok.

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Dec 22, 2006, 12:32 PM
 
It's an issue of not following procedure. Proper practice for a mod or admin when spotting a spammer is to ban then and then do a post search, deleting all posts. Not everybody does.
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Dec 22, 2006, 12:44 PM
 
Uh, then what do we not pay you for?
     
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Dec 22, 2006, 01:49 PM
 
To give Marden rule 8 violations.
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Dec 22, 2006, 01:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
To give Marden rule 8 violations.
Nah, that's not work, that's a hobby

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Dec 22, 2006, 02:39 PM
 
Somehow it all comes back to the rule 8...

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Dec 22, 2006, 02:45 PM
 
If tooki is smiling, I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with MacNN.
     
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Dec 22, 2006, 03:58 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
If tooki is smiling, I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with MacNN.
That's what I mean. He's smiling because he's not here.
     
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Dec 22, 2006, 04:06 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
If tooki is smiling, I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with MacNN.
How do you know.

Maybe he is battling oversized, animated sigs in other forums ? *shudder*

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Dec 22, 2006, 04:15 PM
 
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Dec 22, 2006, 04:21 PM
 
Stop by teh wombat sometime, and see what we do to spammers there....
     
   
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