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If it looks like a porn topic, DON'T OPEN IT!!!; Be aware, it's more than text!
Topic Started: Nov 29 2008, 04:21 PM (1,114 Views)
cowprint
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Well, there are spam posts with rather obvious thread titles about Porn and whatnot.

DO NOT OPEN THEM. SERIOUSLY.

I clicked on one to report it and saw much more than I bargained for. While these things normally contain text and links, these contain extremely NSFW images related to sex.

Please, just leave them alone until a Mod gets in the building. Don't learn it the hard way like me. >_<
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Thanks for posting this.

Unfortunately, us mods still have to view the topics. At least Opera allowed me to block the images.

Another problem, however, is that I cannot moderate the forums in the "The Webcomic" section. So I can clear up the spam in the "Anything Else" section, but as long as madhollywood isn't here, I'm unable to take care of anything else.

I know that Firefox and Opera allow for these images to be blocked, so those who come across them please use your browser to block them until we are able to find a solution for this problem.

I've emailed Rheingold regarding this issue, but haven't received any sort of response as of yet.
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Can you give us all mod status, so the first one who gets here can get rid of it?
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It includes pictures? That's more than I expected; I just ignore them.
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Nov 29 2008, 08:24 PM
Can you give us all mod status, so the first one who gets here can get rid of it?

I don't think that's the way to solve the problem, because then we'll have far too many mods. Now I'm not just saying that because I'm a mod either, so don't assume that.

I think we need a more permanent fix for this. Younger children may join the forums in interest of CVS and find things that are not for viewing with their innocent eyes. I mean I'm not a young child and I find it offensive. I think we need something to prevent this from even becoming a possibility.
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I think what we need are more global mods. Like you said, you can only fix part of the forum. As far as I know, only madhollywood and Wakcher are global mods?
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I wasn't aware madhollywood was a global mod nor was I aware Wakcher was a mod at all. Not that they shouldnt be, I'm just saying I didn't know.

Now I wouldn't ASK for myself to be made a global mod, but I know that I'm on QUITE frequently and I'd be able to delete the posts ASAP
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Um, neither of them is---Wakcher told me he didn't want to be involved with adminning (I totally just made up that word, didn't I?) the board...but I could make madhollywood and rarisgod both global mods (no one else said they wanted to, but if they did I'd probably make them mods also...).
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Pardon, I mixed up madhollywood and Rheingold. And I mistook all along that Wakcher had some powers.

Number of mods = What would make a good ratio?

If the forum grows fast, we can gradually appoint more (I'm guessing most of the KOU wouldn't mind). At the moment it's quiet enough for just a few to handle .
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Dec 1 2008, 10:38 AM
Pardon, I mixed up madhollywood and Rheingold. And I mistook all along that Wakcher had some powers.

Number of mods = What would make a good ratio?

If the forum grows fast, we can gradually appoint more (I'm guessing most of the KOU wouldn't mind). At the moment it's quiet enough for just a few to handle .

I was thinking the same thing, like with an increasing size (which soon will happen I hope!) then we could appoint more mods, I think it would be quite beneficial.

In addition, I notice that I've been appointed global mod. I'm not the type who's going to say "YAY POWER" I think it will benefit the forum for now, as pretty much every time I come on the computer I click the link to the forum, so I will be able to control the ridiculous spam that we have been getting lately.

I do thank Rheingold for the appointance.
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>> I'm not the type who's going to say "YAY POWER"

You just did...(jk)
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Really now, are we stooping to that level? :D
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I think the creator of the spam porn topics is still a member of the forum. Do we have warning levels? Or just not bothering to kick anyone?
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Really? I thought I banned them all until 10000 days from now....
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Dec 1 2008, 11:47 PM
Really? I thought I banned them all until 10000 days from now....

They usually use proxy websites and such to avoid IP bans...
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Not IP bans, username bans. ;)
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Dec 2 2008, 04:16 PM
Not IP bans, username bans. ;)

Ahh nothing like a good ban! LOL
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Yeah... Anyway, please think carefully before doing IP bans. I'm from one of those countries that uses a dynamic IP. Once in a while, I find myself banned from joining sites/posting in tag boxes. :/ I have to try again another day.

10000 days? That means in about 27 years, we'll suddenly find ourselves bombarded with spam again. I await that day. :P
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If you find yourself banned, you can try https://sureproxy.com, which I've never had problems with, no matter how many filters were on the computers I was using.
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27 years, hmm? <_<
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