eleanor_rigby wrote:It seems there have been some bits of forum spam of late - its not too nice and I think it sets a bad atmosphere around the forum. Who ever Punk1212 is seems to be the culprit - maybe a bit more attention should be given to moderation of these forums?
Just a thought, I'm sure we all want to keep this place a nice and approachable forum and free of random spam about World of Warcraft!
eleanor_rigby
Spam is rife in all forums, it's impossible to keep totally clean of it - I don't believe the 'little' spam we have here 'sets a bad atmosphere' though. The checks I have put in place take care of the majority of it plus there are 'report this post' links on each post - however NO ONE has ever used them! So I take it it's either not an issue or easier to leave it to the 'moderator' to deal with.
I also regularly 'cleanse' the spam membership accounts, most of them, if not all of them are simple automated harvester signups and are deleted.
To date, we have over 1000 genuine accounts with 'real' people benefiting from this site. A lot of hard work is done by many here, and I am sure that it is well appreciated by most.
