Spam in New Members Forum?

[Switters]

Is it normal for the ECF New members forum to be bombarded by spam early in the morning? The past few mornings it has been that way. I've reported a few but can't keep up with how many there are.

Oh,... And the VTR I just received the other day was defective so I'll be sending it back. What would be a good alternative? I kinda like the box mods...

 

[The Ocelot]

It has been lately. Most of the posts are by one or two people at a time, you only need to report one of their posts. The mods can figure it out. Once a spammer has enough posts to receive PMs, I've been spamming their inboxes to keep them busy. Feel free to join me.

 

[Rickajho]

Not normal, but they have been an exceptional PITA in the last several days. It will be dispatched when the next moderator gets on duty.

What kind of box are you interested in? VV/VW or mechanical?

 

[Switters]

Thanks ya'll.

Mad spammers this morning! I'm down for helping spam the spammers! lol

I guess I'm looking for a VTR/MVP equivalent. Something vv/vw. Easy to operate. I'm still fairly new to vaping, I'm not building my own coils yet. Just ready to move forward from my current setup.

 

[Sgt.Rock]

You'd think these [BugsBunny]maroons[/BugsBunny] would figure it out that their spamming is just a waste of effort...but oh wait..that assumes they are halfway intelligent...sorry my bad

 

[The Ocelot]

To be fair, I imagine it's a very low paying job and the people need money, so I don't blame them personally. I'm just hoping to harass them enough to move on. They are very active though, if you Google the phone number(s), which change frequently, you'll get about 1,000+ results every night from different forums they are bombarding.

 

[Switters]

Cool. I see they've been deleted now.
That's crazy @ The Ocelot. I had no idea it was that prevalent... Or that people might actually be getting paid for it.

 

[The Ocelot]

Cool. I see they've been deleted now.
That's crazy @ The Ocelot. I had no idea it was that prevalent... Or that people might actually be getting paid for it.

We have companies like that in the US too. Clickworker is one that comes to mind. People get assigned projects, like posting the same thing over and over on different sites and they get paid something like 15¢ per post. It's usually people who are homebound that work for them. The money is awful, but if they are fast they can make a couple of bucks an hour pasting something already copied.

As for the amount of spam, it's worse than I've every seen it, but something will be figured out. I'm not a mod, but I like to solve puzzles, so I'm pondering what can be done.

 

[thespragg]

Yeah my friend and I own a forum and the spam is insane, and virtually impossible the automatically stop unfortunately

 

[Steam Turbine]

As for a mod suggestion, did you consider the istick?

 

[The Ocelot]

I am also suspicious of posts from China that ask things such as, "what xxx do you like?" and "I've heard xxx is good," without revealing anything about their own vaping. Quite often they are unregistered suppliers who at some point will post a link to their company's site.

 

[Rickajho]

Cool. I see they've been deleted now.
That's crazy @ The Ocelot. I had no idea it was that prevalent... Or that people might actually be getting paid for it.

Normally, on here the filtering and other behind the scenes stuff takes care of the vast majority of SPAM and you never even see it. But this "India" SPAM - they are doing it the hard way and going through the work of manually creating accounts to get on and post.

To report a post - see that little triangle thingy to the right of Blog this Post at the bottom of every message? You click on that and it pops up a window to do the deed. Just put in a short note that it's SPAM. You don't need to do that for every post you find - one report for a post on each account you see is sufficient.

 

[Switters]

As for the amount of spam, it's worse than I've every seen it, but something will be figured out. I'm not a mod, but I like to solve puzzles, so I'm pondering what can be done.

Good! Keep pondering. It has been bad lately, so let me know if you figure something out.

 

[The Ocelot]

Normally, on here the filtering and other behind the scenes stuff takes care of the vast majority of SPAM and you never even see it. But this "India" SPAM - they are ding it the hard way and going through the work of manually creating accounts to get on and post.

They are also getting clever. For the ones that didn't have enough posts to get PMs I was posting visitor messages on their profile pages, but the last one had that feature disabled.

OMG! It's Learning!

 

[Switters]

@ Steam Turbine. The istick does seem like a good next step... And they're not very expensive, which is great! Thanks for the suggestion. I want to order something within the next couple of days.

 

[Switters]

I am also suspicious of posts from China that ask things such as, "what xxx do you like?" and "I've heard xxx is good," without revealing anything about their own vaping. Quite often they are unregistered suppliers who at some point will post a link to their company's site.

Yeah. I was wondering about those too.

 

[Steam Turbine]

Speaking of spam....

Here is some

 

[Switters]

haha. I haven't seen Provari spam before...
I'd like a Provari. Just a tad too expensive for my blood at the moment though.
Maybe for my 3rd or 4th device?
After I become a little more accustomed to the in's and out's of vaping.

 

[The Ocelot]

haha. I haven't seen Provari spam before...
I'd like a Provari. Just a tad too expensive for my blood at the moment though.
Maybe for my 3rd or 4th device?
After I become a little more accustomed to the in's and out's of vaping.

I'm glad to hear that it's new for you. The forums used to overflow with ProVari hatred.

I got my first ProVari to celebrate 6 months tobacco free. It was an accomplishment I never thought I would reach, so I wanted something special. I was also moving up from a Twist. There weren't many mods to choose from at the time - no MVP, DNA(insert number), VaporShark, etc. For what was available at the time the ProVari was a no brainer.

I love ProVaris, but now there are mods with features more specific for different styles of vaping, so a ProVari might not be the right choice for someone else - or even me sometimes, I also have bottom-feeders and mechanicals.

 

[Switters]

@ The Ocelot - The Provari has gotten a bad rep on the forum in the past? I'll investigate. haha It seems like a good device, as you said... I'd like to treat myself to one someday too!

Being new to the vaping community I'm trying to get as much knowledge as possible before making my next purchase. Since I'm liking the look of the box mods at the moment.... You think maybe the MVP or istick or something along those lines would be a decent choice? (For something not too terribly expensive, but that works great?)