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Ok WTF is it with all the spammers...…………...someone needs to just nip this in the butt now. I have noticed lately it has gotten worse...…..and well today the whole first page is spam...……

Not sure who runs the site but I think someone who is on here needs to have access to ban these asshats and clean the place up...….
 
It always happens at night (where i live on the east coast) when the forum is less active.

Is there a mod you can adjust for new members where you can only create one topic every 12-24hrs until you get a certain post count?

Im usually on the site after midnight, because i have access to the web while im at work.

It doesnt seem to happen on XS650.com?

Just going to put it out there that myself, and im sure a couple other members, would volunteer to keep the forum clean at least until the spam stops. I understand that this would be a special position on xs400 and dont expect anyone else to be granted the power of a ban hammer lol.

I just think that the spam is a problem for current members and possible new members that come here looking for answers and they see posts about writing essays and cheap viagra. The posts dont even make any sense lol..
 
I'm able to remove and ban spammers now to help keep this site free from crap non-xs400 stuff. This will also make it a bit easier on Travis now. :)
 
I just tweaked some of the spam settings, so hopefully that should help. I also asked a couple of members who consistently report spam to help clean it up. There is a spam cleaner feature I can enable for certain users so instead of reporting it, they can just get rid of it.

I like the idea of the throttling posts, but I don't think it's built into the software. That would have to be an add-on.
 
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