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August 6th, 2009, 09:08 AM
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| | I do Ouchy-Bleedy.
Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Albany, Ga.
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Spammers need to <insert many adjectives that I havent used since I was in the Navy and would get me kicked of this site>.
When I see more than 1 spam thread, I try to report them when I see them.
This morning I again ran into this rule: Quote:
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This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between reporting posts. Please try again in 18 seconds.
| I dont know if you can change it, but I think it could be better for the forum if it was changed to something like 20 to 30 seconds.
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August 6th, 2009, 09:32 AM
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I see that at least once a day.. lol
Really would be nice if we could report faster, but at the same time 60seconds doesn't take that long to pass either. | 
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August 6th, 2009, 09:35 AM
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| | He who is Nude.....
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Yeah, that old chestnut...
It is a pain when there are dozens of SPAM threads created, which just fill up the "Recent Discussions" box(/window/pane/whatever) and I try to report them all - but that message continually appears...
I was contemplating whether to suggest that (as I am often the one to see and report them, then have to wait until early after noon to see them get wiped) maybe I could 'quarantine' them somehow - until whenever the Mods are online to purge them... Alas, I never bothered with doing that as it prolly wouldn't happen...
If the delay setting could be changed, that'd make it easier for reporting though.............
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August 6th, 2009, 09:37 AM
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| | Ride 'em Cowboy
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No real need to report the same person more then once that does a does a dozens posts...The site has a Kill em and the horse he rode in on script.
Course the flip side, if they removed the 60 second rule...spammers could post more and quicker 
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August 6th, 2009, 09:50 AM
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| | He who is Nude.....
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I don't think there is a minimum time for posting - I've prolly posted about three times to three different threads within the last 60 seconds...
Regarding creating new threads, I don't know whether that is the case or not, and I didn't know about the "Kill em and the horse he rode in on" script/button doofrey...  | |
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August 6th, 2009, 09:52 AM
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August 6th, 2009, 09:53 AM
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August 6th, 2009, 09:53 AM
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This forum requires that you wait 10 seconds between posts. Please try again in 1 seconds | |
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August 6th, 2009, 10:22 AM
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THe fact is if you report a user once, and we see them as a spammer, we hit a button and every single thing they did is gone. So this only really comes up with there are multiple accounts involved which only happens once in a while. Thanks for reporting though  | |
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August 6th, 2009, 10:29 AM
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| | I do Ouchy-Bleedy.
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Well the thing is that there were 2 different spam threads(I thought by different authors as each had only 1 post) I found this morning. I reported one, backed out to the main PC Hardware and Tech - Tech Support Forums - TechIMO.com forum, and found another spam thread. I tried to report it and that is when I ran into the "wait 18 seconds" message. I thought I would suggest it this time.
FWIW -Um, for me it usually takes more than 10 seconds for the page to refresh after I have posted. That has never bothered me. | |
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