WHAT ATTRACTS SPAMMERS TO OUR SITE?

[redeye]

I am just stumped at the amount of time these spammers put into invading our inner sanctum. If we dont ever buy from them why do they even bother to post the crap? i dont understand why this method of marketing would even be feasable to do even if they were selling knives. I mean we are a knife siote so why would they think we wanna buy blood pressure meds or Egyption viagra? lol it just makes me scratch my head and wonder WTF

[Vagrant]

I am just stumped at the amount of time these spammers put into invading our inner sanctum. If we dont ever buy from them why do they even bother to post the crap? i dont understand why this method of marketing would even be feasable to do even if they were selling knives. I mean we are a knife siote so why would they think we wanna buy blood pressure meds or Egyption viagra? lol it just makes me scratch my head and wonder WTF

I believe they have computer "bots" that do the work for them, "hitting" many sites/boards faster than we can nuke them
If only one person buys anything they have made a profit.
Read a lot - learn a little.
Read a little - learn enough to "bluff" like you really knew a little

[natcherly]

It is relatively easy to join this forum, part of the friendliness I guess. Spammers find that a plus. As Mr. V notes, there are bots or scripts that these guys buy to post on open forums. Other hoops can be installed through which prospective members would need to jump. For example, ever run into a site that asks you to key in numbers and letters that are shown bent and distorted in a text box? That kind of thing.

[Bama]

We have been over run with them this weekend.

[Bama]

Well, speak of the devil, Spam Man is back in full force.

[catavengercaptain]

You mean you don't want to buy any swamp land from me?

[Bama]

You mean you don't want to buy any swamp land from me?

[Bonzo]

You mean you don't want to buy any swamp land from me?

Mr. Cat-A-Capitan,

The mods have deleted over 300 spam posts the last few days. Unfortunately, we cannot all be here all the time. I hereby nominate you for a mod post. Anybody who can launch a sea going cat ship from the Arizona desert has all my blessings.


Best regards,

Bonz

[~Chad]

Bonz, that spammer is killing us tonight, theres no way to close his account?

[BTB0923]

Bonz, that spammer is killing us tonight, theres no way to close his account?

What he said. Can't the whole xLADYroot account go the way of Sprite i.e. BANHAMMER?

[Vagrant]

The mods are limited to deleting post, ONLY the Administrator can stop this
We COULD edit the posts but that won't stop them, and takes longer.
Sometimes that is FUN with a REAL person doing the posts but, this is a bot/program

[~Chad]

I figured only Arthas could delete an account Al. I wish y'all could delete accounts when it comes to spammers though.

[Bonzo]

Bonz, that spammer is killing us tonight, theres no way to close his account?

What he said. Can't the whole xLADYroot account go the way of Sprite i.e. BANHAMMER?

Gentlemen,

As much as Mr. Arthas would like, he cannot turn admin power over to the mods. That's the only way we could zap trolls out of the system, only he can do it. It's one of the reasons we went from just Mr. Arthas and our Sainted Mr. Pushbutton to the Motley Crew.

Best regards,

Bonz

[redeye]

it sure is a pain in the a** for the mods ,hats off to them for their diligent attempts at keeping us spam free thanx guys

[~Chad]

it sure is a pain in the a** for the mods ,hats off to them for their diligent attempts at keeping us spam free thanx guys

Absolutely. And they do a great job. That spammer's posts are already gone!