Panacik Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Can Neowin complain to the company? The spam posts from them are increasing. Not only are they now daily, but they are also being posted minutes behind each other. I was going to email the company from my Neowin email account, but havent yet... Im guessing Marshal would be the one to email them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ Rogue ~ Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Let's just ban the domain they're registering with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Let's just ban the domain they're registering with? Possibly, if they are using the same domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Yeah its very irritating. Im into video encoding and i like to try all the software and im always looking for new peices of software to see if they are better than Handbrake and it p***** me off when i see a thread thats talking about converting DVDs to H264 to find out its a one post wonder posting the samme damn Aiseesoft program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I put the domain in the spam filter, but you guys have seriously got to calm down. This is literally the first time I've seen one and I had to go looking for it in the trash after I saw this thread. That means that the reports we get from you guys are working, they aren't spending that long in the wild and we are dealing with them as we get them. If it happens more at a late time in the world, there will certainly be less staff available to deal with them, but we'll get to it. We hired 2 guys for that purpose alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 I put the domain in the spam filter, but you guys have seriously got to calm down. This is literally the first time I've seen one and I had to go looking for it in the trash after I saw this thread. That means that the reports we get from you guys are working, they aren't spending that long in the wild and we are dealing with them as we get them. If it happens more at a late time in the world, there will certainly be less staff available to deal with them, but we'll get to it. We hired 2 guys for that purpose alone. If it was mindless spam, that would be fine, but its the same site continually posting the same spam to promote their software, which is really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorlag Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 It is normal today to be flooded with automatic spam, if you own a forum or a blog.... Really annoying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetix63 Veteran Posted March 26, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 26, 2009 If it was mindless spam, that would be fine, but its the same site continually posting the same spam to promote their software, which is really annoying. And if they're using a bot to do it (which is more than likely) then there's little we can do other than try and deal with them as soon as we can. Like Joel says, we know it's frustrating - and we try to deal with spam as quickly as we can, but please Rich - take a chill pill. It is junk, it is spam, and it is easily ignored. If we're able to spot a pattern amongst the members posting the spam, such as a common IP range, then we can block those. But as Joel said - it took me a while to find one of these in the trash too - unless I'm missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 And if they're using a bot to do it (which is more than likely) then there's little we can do other than try and deal with them as soon as we can. Like Joel says, we know it's frustrating - and we try to deal with spam as quickly as we can, but please Rich - take a chill pill. It is junk, it is spam, and it is easily ignored.If we're able to spot a pattern amongst the members posting the spam, such as a common IP range, then we can block those. But as Joel said - it took me a while to find one of these in the trash too - unless I'm missing something. Lol. Alright mate, i understand what your saying. If there is no common connector such as IP range etc, then it is hard, i know that. I am just frustrated that its the same company each time is all, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Reply from them: From: support (support@<< spam >>) Sent: 28 March 2009 10:10:20 To: Rich hi rich, Please accept my apologize firstly. I have checked, it was sent by a new staff. We will not send it in future. Thank you for your reminding. ------------------ support 2009-03-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Veteran Posted March 28, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 28, 2009 Thanks so much, Rich. I really appreciate it. I'm seeing their spam eeeeeeeeverywhere. It makes me think << spam >> is pretty vile. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted March 30, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 30, 2009 When Joel added them to the spam list it would have pretty much solved the problem. There would be little point in them posting new ads if the company name gets instantly and automatically removed and the links back to their site get instantly and automatically b0rked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunder Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Possibly, if they are using the same domain. On our forums, they use gmail accounts. Can't exactly block that. :no: At least we're not alone here... Hopefully they will fulfil my request to bugger off. :D Thanks for the good read, if only this topic would surface on google as the #1 result for "<< spam >> forum spam". edit: lol, now i can't even use the word... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow... you seem to be getting LOTS of spam on your forum :s. Poor moderation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunder Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow... you seem to be getting LOTS of spam on your forum :s. Poor moderation? On the contrary, that folder is just a repository for all the spam we get. In fact, moderation was excellent over the past year. Most spam that was posted on the forum was sent to the "dustbin" within an hour of its creation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 On the contrary, that folder is just a repository for all the spam we get. In fact, moderation was excellent over the past year. Most spam that was posted on the forum was sent to the "dustbin" within an hour of its creation. Oh i see! In that case, please ignore my previous remark :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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