| TomP63 12.07.2015 05:55 |
Do we really need all this spam on the Zone? Is there somebody who can stop this? Tom |
| Costa86 12.07.2015 06:13 |
The solution is a Captcha. link As long as php is supported, it should be doable. |
| thomasquinn 32989 12.07.2015 07:03 |
This is getting beyond ridiculous. We need action NOW. If it's too much for YV to handle, for god's sake, just give someone else authority to deal with this. Surely deleting spam isn't a contentious issue?! |
| Haystacks Calhoun II 12.07.2015 07:10 |
Nuts. Site is unusable now. Make it stop. |
| Marknow 12.07.2015 07:30 |
Looks like nobody wants to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. |
| Another Roger (re) 12.07.2015 08:05 |
Who is actually looking after this forum these days? This is beyond lazy! Someone needs to do their job now, or give some of the respected posters in here OP status. |
| thomasquinn 32989 12.07.2015 08:07 |
YV is in charge, but I don't think she comes around here much anymore, and I'm almost positive no powers are going to be delegated. I just don't think they, YV and Richard Orchard, care that much anymore. |
| Another Roger (re) 12.07.2015 08:11 |
thomasquinn 32989 wrote: YV is in charge, but I don't think she comes around here much anymore, and I'm almost positive no powers are going to be delegated. I just don't think they, YV and Richard Orchard, care that much anymore.It must be possible to get in touch with Richard through facebook or something. It doesn't take a lot of effort to delegate some admin rights to a regular and reliable poster in here? |
| Another Roger (re) 12.07.2015 08:19 |
It's safe to say Richard Orchard doesnt care anymore. Last login: Saturday, April 10, 2010 There are so many Richard Orchards on Facebook. Can anyone tell me who is the right one? |
| emrabt 12.07.2015 08:25 |
The site has been Dead for a long long time. |
| Chief Mouse 12.07.2015 08:50 |
YV still does care. She did remove Jeffabino's other accounts and all of his spam posts (I did send her a message a couple of times about it and it was resolved). And I think she will also remove these spam threads as soon as she notices them. But I agree, the forum needs a general makeover. |
| pittrek 12.07.2015 09:03 |
I noticed her and all the threads are gone now. It's more efficient to write her instead of complaining here |
| brians wig 12.07.2015 10:15 |
Customer: What have you got? Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon, egg sausage and bacon Egg and spam Egg, bacon and spam Egg, bacon, sausage and spam Spam, bacon, sausage and spam Spam, egg, spam, spam, bacon and spam Spam, sausage, spam, spam, spam, bacon, spam tomato and spam Spam, spam, spam, egg and spam Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam. Or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and spam. Wife: Have you got anything without spam? Waitress: Well, the spam, eggs, sausage and spam That's not got much spam in it Wife: I don't want any spam! Customer: Why can't she have eggs, bacon, spam and sausage? Wife: That's got spam in it! Customer: Hasn't got much spam in it as spam, eggs, sausage and spam has it? Wife: Could you do me eggs, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam, then? Waitress: Iiiiiiiiiiiich!! Wife: What do you mean 'Iiiiiiiiiich'? I don't like spam! Waitress: You can't have egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam. Wife: I don't like spam! Customer: Shush dear, don't have a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it, I'm having spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam, and spam! Waitress: Baked beans are off. Customer: Well, could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then? Waitress: You mean spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam and spam? link |
| Costa86 12.07.2015 15:09 |
Yes, YV has been doing some spam maintenance recently. But that's not the point. What is needed isn't manual mod work. It's a spam prevention system. This site needs a Captcha for every message posted. If I'm given enough permission, I'm happy to implement one and be relinquished of all authority once that is done. It doesn't cost anything really. |
| Doga 12.07.2015 21:38 |
This site is not dead, on the contrary, it seems people around the world are using less and less the all forums. But this place still has a lot of activity compared to other forums. Is because is not just to talk, right? But i agree itneeds a modern interface and a way to eliminate the span faster. |
| tcc 12.07.2015 23:55 |
I noticed that Richard Orchard had removed his posts on how to post a torrent in the Announce section. |
| Costa86 13.07.2015 04:49 |
If it keeps getting three pages of spam posts, it will die. The sad thing is that it's relatively easy to prevent spam. And if Richard is paying for the hosting and bandwidth, he might as well do something (maybe he is looking into it already), or else he'd be paying for nothing. |
| Costa86 13.07.2015 04:51 |
At least one of the spambots has a profile picture - not sure if that was done automatically.... |
| Haystacks Calhoun II 13.07.2015 10:21 |
Are you fucking kidding me? |
| Costa86 13.07.2015 10:45 |
The General Discussion forum is witnessing the brunt of it all. It's not usual spam though - there's too much of it. It's akin to a DoS. |
| matt z 13.07.2015 11:01 |
Wow. Five and a half pages of spam in a few days. I just figured someone would take care of it like usual. Though a captcha would be annoying for every post at least it'd prevent this kinda bombardment. Ugly stuff. |
| pittrek 13.07.2015 11:46 |
In a few HOURS, not DAYS, YourValentine cleaned it up this morning :-( |
| Chief Mouse 13.07.2015 12:24 |
That's bullshit! |
| YourValentine 13.07.2015 12:45 |
Sorry, people, I do what I can. When I see the idiot I delete him immediately. Pittrek is nice enough to keep notifying me on fb - I get his messages at work and I delete as soon as I can. |
| Nitroboy 13.07.2015 12:56 |
Thanks :) |
| emrabt 13.07.2015 12:59 |
Thanks Yourvalentine. I know it will never happen but it is really time Richard got more help here. |
| hobbit in Rhye 13.07.2015 13:00 |
This time it's not normal spam: I can sense some malicious person who want to ruin QZ specifically. You know who they are. The fight against spam is not an easy one. I once lost one of my website to spam. My website demanded an email validation, plus a captcha, for new members, but dozens of new spammers still get through EVERYDAY. There were days the number of spamming came to hundreds/day. I was tired of it and blocked all new member and asked them to converse with me to confirm that they are reasonable human before I unlock their accounts. Well, it turned out that many of the spammers were human and they could fool me to get through. So no point in blaming YV. I think it's rather Richard who must do something, anything (capcha, email validation, blocking some IPs?, spam filters etc. ). |
| Chief Mouse 13.07.2015 13:01 |
YourValentine wrote: Sorry, people, I do what I can. When I see the idiot I delete him immediately. Pittrek is nice enough to keep notifying me on fb - I get his messages at work and I delete as soon as I can.Thank you :) I don't think anyone is angry at you. More like the system of the forum is to blame. |
| mooghead 13.07.2015 16:03 |
I do not know your personal circumstances YV but it would appear you are 1 of 2 people who can deal with this situation (correct me if I am wrong). With the greatest of respect, with this being a prominent message board for such a massive band like Queen I don't really find it acceptable that you need to be informed via PM's on Facebook about a spam attack. If I were you I would at least check in on the site every now and then, just out of curiosity if nothing else. Are you even a Queen fan? How often do you actually visit the site? I mean no offence. |
| Costa86 14.07.2015 17:44 |
hobbit in Rhye wrote: This time it's not normal spam: I can sense some malicious person who want to ruin QZ specifically. You know who they are.I too think this is a possibility. |