Mark H Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 We have recently had a lot of spam postings, as it may not be too obvious how you report these here is a guide: At the bottom left of the post will be a button that looks like this: Click the button and fill out a quick detail on the form (if you want to) and click "Submit Report". By using this reporting method ALL of the moderators/admin will get notified and the spam message can be deleted quickly and the member banned. As the moderators cant all be on-line all of the time this will maximise the chance that the spam message will be deleted as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbo Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 How about an even quicker way - by anyone clicking the button, the new post is locked and the user (temporarily) banned until a moderator has had a chance to review it (and un-block if appropriate) ? If necessary, the button could also set an auto-message to be added to the post describing what's happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Too open to abuse, the next version of the forums will help with spam prevention and reporting a lot so hopefully the vast majority of the problem should go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbo Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Too open to abuse... Yes, I did think about that, but thought it was worth the suggestion. On the whole, we're a pretty easy going and tolerant lot here and I can't see anyone being a serial reporter. If anyone did, (s)he could always receive a ban / suspension of his/her own. If the next version of the forum will reduce it anyway, hopefully nothing more will be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 As Mark says, all the mods get the reporting notifications so it's almost like a fastest finger first as to who can get online and ban them first! This time it was me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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