The Cellar - View Single Post - New anti-spam technique implemented (mods take note)

glatt · 08-22-2012, 07:29 AM

I just deleted like 30 spam posts this morning.
It was rather tedious. Maybe I'm not doing it the most efficient way. I go to the moderator's queue, and see the post waiting for moderation, and then I follow the link to the thread where the post is actually located, find the post, and then soft delete it as spam. Can I delete them as spam directly from the queue? I only see "approve" "delete" and "ignore" as options in the queue, and assumed the "delete" option was a hard delete so I've never used it there.

If there is going to be this much spam every day, I need to find a faster way to deal with it.

Also, a good 20 or so of the posts were from one bot. Do you think it would be a good idea to limit a new user to 5 posts until they have been approved by a mod, and then they can post all they want?

08-22-2012, 07:29 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just deleted like 30 spam posts this morning. It was rather tedious. Maybe I'm not doing it the most efficient way. I go to the moderator's queue, and see the post waiting for moderation, and then I follow the link to the thread where the post is actually located, find the post, and then soft delete it as spam. Can I delete them as spam directly from the queue? I only see "approve" "delete" and "ignore" as options in the queue, and assumed the "delete" option was a hard delete so I've never used it there. If there is going to be this much spam every day, I need to find a faster way to deal with it. Also, a good 20 or so of the posts were from one bot. Do you think it would be a good idea to limit a new user to 5 posts until they have been approved by a mod, and then they can post all they want?