spam on bananas.org

crazy banana · 07-31-2012, 12:17 PM

I have seen a lot of spam on bananas.org since I have joined the forum, just today " immigration to Canada". Annoying! As a newbie I have also received requests in PM for seeds and/ or pups of banana plants.
I would suggest a " report" button for the forum, so that our mods can me notified of spam and inappropriate posts and can act accordingly.

H2O · 07-31-2012, 12:24 PM

The triangle

crazy banana · 07-31-2012, 12:47 PM

Oops, thank you .
Does that also work for reporting inappropriate PMs?

caliboy1994 · 07-31-2012, 01:08 PM

Well, the PMs asking for banana seeds aren't really spam.....Spam is advertising on the site.

kaczercat · 07-31-2012, 02:11 PM

Yes I've seen it too just in the past month or 2. never really happened before.

Dalmatiansoap · 07-31-2012, 02:58 PM

Thats the price of free membership

caliboy1994 · 07-31-2012, 04:05 PM

Good thing there are mods to enact the ban hammer.

harveyc · 08-02-2012, 01:12 AM

Ante is right: when some folks complained about an annual membership fee for new members and Jarred (Mediahound) changed it to provide free memberships to everyone, he warned of increased spam. I've dealt with most of the reported cases by banning them and deleting the posts (three this week). I ask that folks not bother to reply to spam posts but just report them so that me or another mod can deal with it. There are times I go on trips (4 day Scout outing last week) and won't be able to deal with the reported cases, but someone other mod might come by and deal with it. I'm around more than most and have dealt with about 90% of the reported spam messages in the past few months.

It takes enough time to deal with the spam when I do the deletion/banning so I don't bother to write a "thanks" message to whoever reported the spam, but please know that everyone appreciates it when you help out by reporting spam messages.

laserlight · 08-02-2012, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazy banana

I have seen a lot of spam on bananas.org since I have joined the forum, just today " immigration to Canada". Annoying! As a newbie I have also received requests in PM for seeds and/ or pups of banana plants.
I would suggest a " report" button for the forum, so that our mods can me notified of spam and inappropriate posts and can act accordingly.

Just scroll to the bottom of the PM list and click delete in the drop-down. Thats what I did. I think theres a option to turn them off too.

crazy banana · 08-02-2012, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harveyc

Ante is right: when some folks complained about an annual membership fee for new members and Jarred (Mediahound) changed it to provide free memberships to everyone, he warned of increased spam. I've dealt with most of the reported cases by banning them and deleting the posts (three this week). I ask that folks not bother to reply to spam posts but just report them so that me or another mod can deal with it. There are times I go on trips (4 day Scout outing last week) and won't be able to deal with the reported cases, but someone other mod might come by and deal with it. I'm around more than most and have dealt with about 90% of the reported spam messages in the past few months.

It takes enough time to deal with the spam when I do the deletion/banning so I don't bother to write a "thanks" message to whoever reported the spam, but please know that everyone appreciates it when you help out by reporting spam messages.

Thank you for all you are doing! It is really appreciated. My apologies that as a newbie I had not figured out yet that such a button already existed.

07-31-2012, 12:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
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07-31-2012, 12:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
H2O •.¸ ¸¸.•¨¨ •.¸¸¸.• Location: France Find me on the map! Zone: 8 Name: Jc Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 255 BananaBucks : 67,086 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 101 Times Was Thanked 307 Times in 148 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 415 Times	Re: spam on bananas.org The triangle __________________

07-31-2012, 12:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
crazy banana Location: San Diego Find me on the map! Zone: 9-11 Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1,641 BananaBucks : 2,375 Feedback: 73 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,020 Times Was Thanked 2,962 Times in 1,115 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,999 Times	Re: spam on bananas.org Oops, thank you . Does that also work for reporting inappropriate PMs?

07-31-2012, 01:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
caliboy1994 <div style="font-style: italic;"><div style="font-style: italic;"></div></div> caliboy1994's Photo Gallery Location: SFV, California Find me on the map! Zone: USDA zone 10a; Sunset zone 18/19 Name: Andreas Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,301 BananaBucks : 263,737 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,474 Times Was Thanked 2,196 Times in 1,148 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 236 Times	Re: spam on bananas.org Well, the PMs asking for banana seeds aren't really spam.....Spam is advertising on the site. __________________ "The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings." ~ Masanobu Fukuoka Find me on linktree here as Solarpunk Farmer: https://linktr.ee/solarpunkfarmer

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07-31-2012, 02:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
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07-31-2012, 04:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
caliboy1994 <div style="font-style: italic;"><div style="font-style: italic;"></div></div> caliboy1994's Photo Gallery Location: SFV, California Find me on the map! Zone: USDA zone 10a; Sunset zone 18/19 Name: Andreas Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,301 BananaBucks : 263,737 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 1,474 Times Was Thanked 2,196 Times in 1,148 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 236 Times	Re: spam on bananas.org Good thing there are mods to enact the ban hammer. __________________ "The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings." ~ Masanobu Fukuoka Find me on linktree here as Solarpunk Farmer: https://linktr.ee/solarpunkfarmer

08-02-2012, 01:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
harveyc Been nuts, gone bananas harveyc's Photo Gallery Location: Isleton, Calif Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Name: Harvey Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,119 BananaBucks : 280,142 Feedback: 5 / 100% Said "Thanks" 6,025 Times Was Thanked 4,460 Times in 1,896 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 1,785 Times	Re: spam on bananas.org Ante is right: when some folks complained about an annual membership fee for new members and Jarred (Mediahound) changed it to provide free memberships to everyone, he warned of increased spam. I've dealt with most of the reported cases by banning them and deleting the posts (three this week). I ask that folks not bother to reply to spam posts but just report them so that me or another mod can deal with it. There are times I go on trips (4 day Scout outing last week) and won't be able to deal with the reported cases, but someone other mod might come by and deal with it. I'm around more than most and have dealt with about 90% of the reported spam messages in the past few months. It takes enough time to deal with the spam when I do the deletion/banning so I don't bother to write a "thanks" message to whoever reported the spam, but please know that everyone appreciates it when you help out by reporting spam messages. __________________

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