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  1. TRUCK ACTION

    TRUCK ACTION Grand Toyotaholic

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    I see we have spammers again, a post @ the end of every post!!!!!

    This problem as pretty much killed another site!

    Hope the problem will be addressed!!!:mad:
     
  2. jaybee

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    I notice that..
     
  3. ToxicToyz

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    And posting things not even related to previous posts
     
  4. 85Toyota

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    Yeah it's all a bunch of bull$h!t ... Crap like that needs to be addressed as soon as it starts poppin' up ... :cool:
     
  5. jctoy29

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    Yeh spammers are annoying. Kick them out of our house!
     
  6. dagnisaun

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    yep.. I've been reporting them too but I guess moderator is too busy :(
     
  7. Litneon

    Litneon Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Yes, some of us have a life....:rolleyes:

    I can delete them as soon as they show, but they just come up with another user name and start again. I've been communicating with Jeff trying to see if we can make it more difficult to get a username...
     
  8. TRUCK ACTION

    TRUCK ACTION Grand Toyotaholic

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    Find a way to send a return destroy virus & wipe they ****ing Computers Out!!
     
  9. TRUCK ACTION

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    I see there are back again!!:(
     
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    Having more than one mod would help this problem and help the entire site. Its not reasonable to expect one mod to keep up a forum even this small.
     
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    dagnisaun Enthusiast

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    we only have one mod?
     
  12. Litneon

    Litneon Super Moderator Staff Member

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    I think there are two more, but I'm not sure how active they are.

    Lownloud is or was one, along with Slamdtaco.
     
  13. smartmonkey

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    Lownloud was last on yesterday and slamdtaco hasn't been on for 10 months.

    Litneon, What about getting a new mod like what happened a couple of years back?
     
  14. lownloud

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    Hey all, yes Im alive, but as Litneon put it, busy busy, rest assured, Im sure that we can get it under control. . . Feel free to message us anytime. . .
     
  15. Litneon

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    Thomas, we'd have to address Jeff about that. I kinda got the idea from previous discussions that he wanted to limit the Mods to two besides himself. I know for a fact that he does quite a bit of work himself on here, but the whole spam issue is a tough call.

    The choice is to either work with the spam filters and delete the ones that make it through manually, or eliminate spam by making it almost impossible to become a member.

    Neither of these situations is ideal and neither would be required if we all lived by the moral "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

    But I digress...

    Maybe we could design a bot to spam the spammers.
     
  16. Robert m

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    I got 2 spam PMs from member flyinryanp over the last month
     
  17. White Trash

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    Same here.

    I'm used to V bulletin boards with the ability to report posts and pm's by clicking an icon and filling in a text box. That makes life very easy for lazy bastids such as myself. :lol:
     
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    Same here...
     
  19. Litneon

    Litneon Super Moderator Staff Member

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    When that happens, you can either message me, or Jeff. Ultimately Jeff has to take care of it, but I can pass on the message.
     
  20. White Trash

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    I'll assume Jeff has a screen name?
     

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