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Paddle2See
Scratch Team
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

joshuaho wrote:

K, sorry for giving you 7 reports in a row…. But how do you find the rest of the posts? Do you look them up?
We built in this nice little feature that we can use to delete all posts and topics owned by a given Scratcher with one button click. We only use it for spammers - it is very handy when they get off a lot of posts.
joshuaho
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

Paddle2See wrote:

joshuaho wrote:

K, sorry for giving you 7 reports in a row…. But how do you find the rest of the posts? Do you look them up?
We built in this nice little feature that we can use to delete all posts and topics owned by a given Scratcher with one button click. We only use it for spammers - it is very handy when they get off a lot of posts.
Ok, thanks for letting me know. I will only report one spam topic per spam-bot in the future.
cheeseeater
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

I just read the updates and something has been put in to stop the spammers. And I can officially declare that it works!
I just reported 4 spams and that was all, none after, and all the forums were clear. I think spam-bots are finally defeated!

(I would be interested in how the spam-bot thing works!)
jvvg
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

cheeseeater wrote:

I just read the updates and something has been put in to stop the spammers. And I can officially declare that it works!
I just reported 4 spams and that was all, none after, and all the forums were clear. I think spam-bots are finally defeated!

(I would be interested in how the spam-bot thing works!)
There will be more coming, unfortunately.

It probably uses hidden JS and other techniques like that.
joshuaho
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

jvvg wrote:

cheeseeater wrote:

I just read the updates and something has been put in to stop the spammers. And I can officially declare that it works!
I just reported 4 spams and that was all, none after, and all the forums were clear. I think spam-bots are finally defeated!

(I would be interested in how the spam-bot thing works!)
There will be more coming, unfortunately.

It probably uses hidden JS and other techniques like that.
Uh, oh. That means more reporting from scratchers. But I would be more than happy to help tackle those spam-bots.
4510man
Scratcher
23 posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

Good job! How can I help!!
joshuaho
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

4510man wrote:

Good job! How can I help!!
By reporting the spam-topics.
4510man
Scratcher
23 posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

joshuaho wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

joshuaho wrote:

K, sorry for giving you 7 reports in a row…. But how do you find the rest of the posts? Do you look them up?
We built in this nice little feature that we can use to delete all posts and topics owned by a given Scratcher with one button click. We only use it for spammers - it is very handy when they get off a lot of posts.
Ok, thanks for letting me know. I will only report one spam topic per spam-bot in the future.

Dear writer of this note,

do u do bloon tower? I see your account picture

joshuaho
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

4510man wrote:

Dear writer of this note,

do u do bloon tower? I see your account picture

Yes…. the 5th one. I like that game.

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ProdigyZeta7
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

I just reported the motherload of spam.

Definitely not solved.
cheeseeater
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:

I just reported the motherload of spam.

Definitely not solved.
Well I'm seeing less and lesser spam everyday.
Paddle2See
Scratch Team
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

cheeseeater wrote:

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:

I just reported the motherload of spam.

Definitely not solved.
Well I'm seeing less and lesser spam everyday.
Yeah - but it's still coming so keep looking and reporting like you have been - it really helps!
cheeseeater
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

Paddle2See wrote:

cheeseeater wrote:

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:

I just reported the motherload of spam.

Definitely not solved.
Well I'm seeing less and lesser spam everyday.
Yeah - but it's still coming so keep looking and reporting like you have been - it really helps!
Ok! I'm glad it helps!
QuillzToxic
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

Everyone! If you are part of this visit: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17998754/#player and join Or have some fun as my error console throughs at you
WarriorLakepelt
Scratcher
100+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

Paddle2See wrote:

Yeah, we have a new group of spammers that are really posting fast. We've been having some discussions about it and are going to be making some changes soon.

Thanks for your help reporting these spammers - we need your help to keep them off Scratch.

For now, you can save yourself (and me) some work by just reporting one post of each commercial spammer. I'm just going to click on the “delete all posts” button on them anyway and less reports makes the queue more manageable.

Its pretty sad, whoever got the idea shouldn't of done that. Now i cant go one day without spam. But ill try my best to find as many as possible to stop the spam bots, Taking a break from project making anyway.
Scratchter03
Scratcher
100+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

I will look for spam topics and help for this!
explodingstuff
Scratcher
100+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

I MIGHT have been in a spam topic before, it was originally my PokeFarm journal because I was muted on PokeFarm, and it was perfectly fine until somebody posted “Show all your Pokemon/Eggs on this topic!” and it got removed.

Last edited by explodingstuff (April 28, 2014 20:49:24)

Deerleg
Scratcher
1000+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

Really? I never see spam. Either that, or I don't pay attention.
(Then that means I really should.)
sparks
Forum Moderator
100+ posts

ATTENTION! The spam problem seems to be finally solved!

This is quite an old thread And we've since managed to reduce the spam on the Scratch forums so I'm going to close this thread

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