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They are typically very sneaky

jonglass — Sun, 2 Jan 2011 16:26:46 -0500

If you try clicking on their user name, typically--and I don't know how they do it--you get redirected to their web page. Ask me how I know. ;-) I don't know if it's a Drupal bug or what--I wonder, though, as I long ago stopped even looking at them, if that trick still works.

-Jon

How do i find the node where it is?

Lucretia1987 — Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:00:19 -0500

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Now, how do I find the node where my post should be? And is hopefully being held as spam?
Is that the topic number?
Luc
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the moving cursor having written, blinks on ...

done, but...

ygor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:06:25 -0400

please do not abuse the privilege. It can be un-done.

Enjoy.
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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

can i please be added to notaspamer?

ap1994 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:51:15 -0400

I also would like to be in the club. I don't have any pictures to share yet but maybe some day.

Re Spam posts--What's their point?

GG — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:59:48 -0400

I've been wondering what the point is of those spam posts that have been showing up recently. They don't have any links, snd they don't generally mention any specific brand of product, so they wouldn't be able to sell anything. They're just gibberish, random words. What are they trying to accomplish? Surely they're wasting their own time. Aren't they? Or is there something I'm missing?

had you said something

innowen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:21:08 -0500

had you said something sooner... it'd have been taken care of sooner. welcome to notaspamer.

/innowen

41 weeks

Rae — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:10:00 -0500

If it makes you feel any better, I still get flagged as a spammer and I've been here for 41 weeks and 6 days :)

Sorry to be an impatient

alceria — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:37:30 -0500

Sorry to be an impatient pain in the butt, but can I please be marked as not a spammer? :) I spent a good hour last Saturday taking pictures and editing them for the web to illustrate a post I made here, and of course my links got my post rejected and sent into the Blackhole of Spam.

I'm not a spammer, you can call and ask my mom if you want... :)

-Lynn
(who has been here 5 weeks and 5 days, which should be long enough)

My hero!

SusanBeth — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:55:13 -0500

Thank you!

Got them !!

ygor — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:46:26 -0500

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"I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." (Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Waterson)

Can someone please look for my post of a couple of minutes ago?

SusanBeth — Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:34:38 -0500

It was in the "Book Light" thread in General Discussions. I did not remember in time that I was supposed to note what the rejection number was or whatever it's called, and apparently you can't go 'back' to get it. Sorry.

Probably it got marked because I gave a link to a specific type of book light in response to the OP's request. :(

Also, please mark me as not a spammer. I've been here for years, you should know I"m safe.

true

Jigglypuff — Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:30:03 -0400

I agree with notebklover. Further, if there are users who have been here a while you can always take the preemptive step of marking them as notaspammer.

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Levenger stole ALL of my money, but they left me all these nice, shiny organizational tools.

i am hoping that'll be true.

innowen — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:54:38 -0400

i am hoping that'll be true. chasing spam isn't how i wanna spend 30 minutes of my online life.

in the end tho, it's all up to doug. :) it's his domain.

/innowen

But presumably, the more

notebklover — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:17:24 -0400

But presumably, the more members marked notaspammer, the less time you'd have to spend unlocking member posts. Plus, you wouldn't have to do more than glance at a post to see that it's not spam. (Just pushing my own idea . . . :) )

I think it IS a great idea

innowen — Thu, 1 Nov 2007 12:13:42 -0400

I think it IS a great idea but very time consuming. I can only speak for myself but I have VERY limited on board time and most of it is not spent reading posts. instead it's spent cleaning spam and unlocking member posts.

But here's hoping the notaspammer accounts work and do what they're supposed to.
/innowen

DIYPlanner's War on Spam

dougj — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:36:14 -0400

Editor's Note from innowen: For those of you interested in switching over to the notaspammer account, you NEED to tell us via email. Also, if you've lost posts to the spam filter, let us KNOW right away (as in the day you post it) and if you can, the URL that got eaten, so we can look it up and immediately unlock it. The longer you wait, the harder it is to locate that needle in the haystack. We have dayjobs and are fairly busy, so if you can help us troubleshoot your issues when you have them, the faster we can help make your stay here on the forums happier.

Well, that's overly dramatic, and not at all accurate. It's more like a series of bloody skirmishes involving long-distance projectiles, inadequate armor, and a few raving lunatics wandering among the battlefields looking for adders to bite them. (I'll leave that metaphor there, just for the historians among us.)

Some people are noting that our defenses are poor and that sleazy operators (many of whom actually take the time to become members) are spam-bombing our forums and comment threads from time to time. Other members are complaining that our barricades are a little too strong, and that legitimate posts keep getting caught up in our filters. Both opinions, though completely opposite, are essentially correct. Unfortunately, that's the problem with most well-visited sites (and many which aren't).

So, we have at least a partial solution for you.

We have created a new role called "notaspammer". If you are getting caught regularly in the spam traps you can message one of the admin team to set you as notaspammer. Theoretically, this means your messages will always be directly posted and never be trapped by the filter. We only have two guidelines:

You must have had at least one posting caught as spam; and
You must have been a member for a minimum of one month.

The first guideline is because many people can be caught frequently because of an unlucky IP range, and the second is to prevent typical drive-by member spammers from applying.

So, if you're frustrated with your posts getting caught, please use the contact forms for myself, Innowen or Ygor, and let us know you want to be marked as notaspammer. Or you can just click on either of our names atop our posts and choose the Contact tab. Within 24 hours, you should be silently marked as a non-spammer.

In the meantime, if you have had a particularly insightful or valuable posting caught, you must let one of us know right away if you want it retrieved or moderated. Be sure to copy the node number (or address) of the post when it tells you that it's being held. We have a tremendous amount of spam hidden from regular visitors behind the scenes, and it takes us up to a half-hour of wading through viagra, cialis, breast enlargements and instant mortgages just to find a single post among them.

Thanks, folks, and we do appreciate your patience during this latest round.

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