Trolls, spammers and other undesireables

**chasem** · 5th October 06, 12:47 PM

Typically they (the spammers/trolls/etc) won't read the responses to their post.

Anyway, should it not be suggested that when these posts are spotted, one should send a PM to a member of the mod crew, to insure that it is seen/taken care of quickly? Or would you guys prefer not to receive the PM's as you'll likely see the posts anyway?

**Panache** · 5th October 06, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by chasem

Typically they (the spammers/trolls/etc) won't read the responses to their post.

Anyway, should it not be suggested that when these posts are spotted, one should send a PM to a member of the mod crew, to insure that it is seen/taken care of quickly? Or would you guys prefer not to receive the PM's as you'll likely see the posts anyway?

I have done this, generally speaking the mods seem to always be on the ball and have already zapped the offender. I can't imagine they mind extra sets of eyes looking out for our forum.

Cheers

**Mike1** · 5th October 06, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by chasem

Anyway, should it not be suggested that when these posts are spotted, one should send a PM to a member of the mod crew, to insure that it is seen/taken care of quickly?

From one angle, this does seem to be the best way of handling it. From another angle, it just means the Mods are going to see a glut of well-intentioned PM's.

Here's my suggestion - if you see a spam post over 8 hours old, then start waving flags at us. If it contains offensive language or graphics, then do not delay in contacting us, we want it out of here as quickly as possible.