distractionware forums

I've been noticing that people are actually come to advertise stuff on here. Usually, when you click on a topic with a link that says something OTHER than a level, it'll contain info about cheap deals and a link to a website.

The best thing to do is to report this to Terry by clicking the, "Report to Moderator" button, and putting the comment simply as, "This message is spam." I've done this many times, and Terry gets rid of each advertiser, and the forum is all good.

I would like help on this though - if you see a suspicious topic, check it out, and if it's spam, report it.

Together, we can keep distractionware distracting with levels, not deals on stuff no one wants. :viridian:

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Then protect!

Yeah, it's spambots sweeping the interwebs, looking for forums they then register to to advertise.
It's not too drastic right now, I haven't seen an ad thread pop up too often; however, maybe integrating reCAPTCHA with the forum software would help completely holding these guys off.

Quote from: ThePaSch on September 27, 2011, 10:51:02 PM
Yeah, it's spambots sweeping the interwebs, looking for forums they then register to to advertise.
It's not too drastic right now, I haven't seen an ad thread pop up too often; however, maybe integrating reCAPTCHA with the forum software would help completely holding these guys off.

The forum does have reCAPTCHA.

does that mean i get banned for toribash? :victoria:

Quote from: robloxfan1999 on September 29, 2011, 12:58:19 AM
does that mean i get banned for toribash? :victoria:

No, naive little Robloxian, you don't get banned.  :shiny::viridian:^{I found a twenty-first trinket.}

Quote from: robloxfan1999 on September 29, 2011, 12:58:19 AM
does that mean i get banned for toribash? :victoria:

No - Toribash is, as you said, an online game. The people I'm talking about are advertising items - clothes, food, etc...

And medicine.

THE WORST KIND OF SPAM IS MEDICINE SPAM.  :victoria:^{I HATE SPAM}

Quote from: Dispensers Heal on September 29, 2011, 01:43:32 AM
And medicine.

THE WORST KIND OF SPAM IS MEDICINE SPAM.  :victoria:^{I HATE SPAM}

Out of curiosity, what is a medicine spam?

Spamming medical advertisements.

"Medicine Ad"

RATING:  :victoria: :victoria: :victoria: :victoria: :victoria:

ANNOYANCE:  :violet:  :violet:  :violet:  :violet:  :violet: :shiny: :shiny::shiny::shiny::shiny::shiny::shiny::shiny: READ ERROR 404: SCALE BROKEN :violet:

Wow, that was a stupid question  :-[    :P

Quote from: Vex69 on October 03, 2011, 10:31:30 PM
Wow, that was a stupid question  :-[    :P

Of course it was!

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