We got a lot of spam here

[Alan Tubbs]

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[Wookiee]

@pwal don't quote it report it.

[pwal lɒwq]

10 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

@pwal don't quote it report it.

that was a screenshot not a quote 🙄

[Wookiee]

2 hours ago, lɐʍd said:

that was a screenshot not a quote 🙄

It reproduced the information as good as a quote if you can't see you are in effect doing the spammers job by making what gets hidden visible again, then we can only conclude you are in fact the originator of the spam. Consequently you will be dealt with as a spammer. 

Unless you report it mods don't know about it, we don't spend all day, unlike yourself,  in these forums looking for spam. We have lives and music to make.

[user 905133]

To me reporting spam is another way to contribute to the community.

Edited Friday at 08:51 PM by user 905133
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[Kurre]

Ok ok. I confess.

I look away and hope someone else take care of it.

I'm a despicable person. Very bad.

Have a nice day. 😘

[Glenn Stanton]

yeah 'cause hitting the ellipsis ("•••"), selecting Report, and checking a couple of boxes is a tough one...

Edited Friday at 09:54 PM by Glenn Stanton

[pwal lɒwq]

16 hours ago, user 905133 said:

To me reporting spam is another way to contribute to the community.

i've reported spam many many times over the years, but it's never made a difference 🤷‍♀️

[Alan Tubbs]

How do you report it?

[user 905133]

1 hour ago, lɐʍd said:

i've reported spam many many times over the years, but it's never made a difference 🤷‍♀️

That's odd.  I have always found someone has deleted the spam I reported and has removed the offenders' accounts.  Some times it even gets deleted before I am done reporting an account's spam.

[user 905133]

5 minutes ago, Alan Tubbs said:

How do you report it?

On each message there are three dots in the upper right corner (unless you are zoomed in too much).  Click on that; select Report; choose Spam if you are sure its spam.

For languages I don't understand, I used Google's Translate feature with the Detect Language setting.

Edited Saturday at 01:37 PM by user 905133

[pwal lɒwq]

1 minute ago, user 905133 said:

That's odd.  I have always found someone has deleted the spam I reported and has removed the offenders' accounts.  Some times it even gets deleted before I am done reporting an account's spam.

i guess my point is that they who control the forum would put in place technology that prevents the spam getting through in the first place, not just some unpaid mod hiding them

[Alan Tubbs]

Thanks.

[user 905133]

9 minutes ago, lɐʍd said:

i guess my point is that they who control the forum would put in place technology that prevents the spam getting through in the first place, not just some unpaid mod hiding them

You might remember some discussions where at least one of the moderators and/or staff talked about fine tuning spam detection features/options.  My takeaway was there there is indeed spam detection but that some spam managed to get through and tweaks were then made in such a way as to not impede legitimate posts.  

Sorry, but I have too much to do today to look up those posts, but I do remember them.

PS: BTW I am no so sure it is a good idea to advertise the spam detection algorithm.

Edited Saturday at 01:47 PM by user 905133
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[pwal lɒwq]

3 minutes ago, user 905133 said:

You might remember some discussions where at least one of the moderators and/or staff talked about fine tuning spam detection features/options.  My takeaway was there there is indeed spam detection but that some spam managed to get through and tweaks were then made in such a way as to not impede legitimate posts.  

Sorry, but I have too much to do today to look up those posts, but I do remember them.

fair enough, but "fine tuning spam detection" lol is bullshit, and for an online company to not be able (or unwilling to bother) to prevent/block spam is a big red flag - imagine using the bandlab social media functionality, what data is being lost there? this is the only forum/website i see this amount of spam, and websites are my work for the last 25 plus years, it's really sad to me (not including the almost as long time i've used cakewalk/sonar products) weep weep etc

/fwiwandasyouwere