Another fifty posts bite the dust.

I've been reporting a lot of the obvious advertising/spam/pointless posts but would you like to start cracking down on the meaningless one liners or posts that have absolutely no purpose?

I'm seeing another trend, of reviews of WSO & outside IM products being posted.

They almost always start off with some supposedly newer member (low post count).

Then the author of the WSO or IM product will chime in just like clockwork, a day or two later, spamming their own links.

The flow of the threads are almost always consistent.

I reported one thread & do appreciate that it was dealt with, that specific product was one of the same guys that keep sneaking in reviews/links.

It's obvious who spams their own WSO/IM products, because they will never post anything in the SEO forum, unless they stand a very good chance of making money from that post.

Example, they will never jump in & help another forum member that needs help & doesn't have anything to do with what their selling.

A guy that sells backlinks or Adsense themes has plenty of opportunity to help without Paypal being involved (WSO, etc...).

Keep up the good work Pearson,

With the Panda multiple threads, I am trying to consolidate the best posts into one thread. That means that I go through a thread and cherry pick the best posts.

There are some absolutely brilliant posters here and some of the discussions are excellent. It is important that the casual reader can get access to these posts without having to wade through a sea of dross.

I am doing my best to catch the product pitchers but it just isn't possible for me to read every single post. We really do need your help to get rid of the spammers.

Pearson

Whenever I spot a spammer I do my best at reporting them. I reported someone earlier for simply creating an account and copying a portion of a message and reposting it.

However, it is difficult sometimes to tell if someone is spamming.

The other day I saw a post in the reviews section for a product that I will not speak of, but to be honest the product was complete crap, I purchased it only so I could prove so.

Well right before I posted an honest review, someone else posted. They had exactly enough posts to post inside of the review section and gave the product an outstanding review..

I wanted to report it, but I didn't know if there would be a violation if I was "wrong" for doing so.

Anyways, I think you are doing an outstanding job. Keep up the great work and let's all work to get rid of these guys

P.S. It's funny.. I know we are against spamming, but there are a lot of people who promote spamming, even if it's indirect.

I am giving up trying to limit the Panda posts to one thread. I feel like King Canute and the sea. ;-).

Will continue to try for less emotive threads.

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One thing I see that is certainly out of hand is how many threads turn into "p.." contest between people who have no clue to start with about the subject. We used to call them Trolls and they wasted a whole lot of bandwidth. I guess it's just a sign of the times, lots of angry folks out there looking for a slow moving target.

Another 200 posts deleted this morning. Some people never learn.

One current trend by the sig spammers is to start a new thread asking a beginner's question. If somebody asks such a question but it is obvious from their sig that they are much more experienced, don't waste your time answering it as the thread won't be there for long ;-)

That has been on of my pet peeves for a long time. Sadly, you get a bunch of
spam posts in reply, and some even attempt a real one. Crazy.

Then you see some sort of SEO expert link in their sig. Yeah. Like
they should be taking clients. And getting paid. But then, very popular
to promote spamming forums for "SEO" anyway. They practice what
they preach, I suppose.

Paul

I've noticed a lot of copying recently...

For example, I post a reply helping someone out....
Moments later someone with less than 5 posts replies basically copying the points that I had made... frustrating.

I do try and report as many spam comments as I can but I worry sometimes that I might over do it! I can be a bit harsh!


Eleanor

Get rid of the 60 seconds between reporting posts. It's annoying to have to wait.

I do my best but I cannot see every post. We really do appreciate it if you senior people report dubious posts.

Pearson

I've been in this forum for quite a long time and I hate to hear from my friend that this forum has been attacked by pointless spammers.

On the other side, yes it's true (based on what I saw). So I want to help in cleaning this forum 'Cause I've learned a lot here. I think it's time to help one of the major sources of my knowledge about IM.

Would also be much better if you will ask suggestion from the senior warrior members before I suggest mine.