Are we a bunch of overweight folks?

[dralarms]

dang, every morning I log on to find anywhere from 3 to 6 new threads hawking some kind of weight loss junk. Somebody trying to tell us something?

 

[BernardSmith]

Not necessarily trying to hint that that you are .. um.. hefty but if you tend to click on the bait even once then others who buy that information send out more of the bait intended to attract you. Get an ad blocker...

 

[dralarms]

Not an ad. It’s a post in the forum. I’ve been deleting and banning them as soon as I see them and I’m sure that someone else is getting the rest since there’s usually only 3 or so each day when I log in

 

[sour_grapes]

Well, here is a shout-out to the moderators who take care of this kind of garbage! Thank you.

 

[Trevor7]

HEAR HEAR!
...Besides, spending money on weight loss products leaves less $ for wine.

 

[dralarms]

The way I look at it is if the post has a link in the title it’s gone unless it’s from an established member

 

[balatonwine]

Yes, we are all overweight. And next month we will all need to refinance our mortgage. And early next year we will have erectile dysfunction. The world of spam.....

 

[bstnh1]

I get zero ads/spam on here. Not sure why. I use AdBlock Plus, but that wouldn't be blocking posts on here. I stay logged in - not sure if that makes a difference.

 

[meadmaker1]

@dralarms are you slowing down or leaving them up so the neysayers can see um.

 

[dralarms]

@dralarms are you slowing down or leaving them up so the neysayers can see um.

Been busy this morning. Sorry

 

[meadmaker1]

Nothing to be sorry about.
Thank you.

 

[balatonwine]

I get zero ads/spam on here. Not sure why. I use AdBlock Plus, but that wouldn't be blocking posts on here. I stay logged in - not sure if that makes a difference.

Yes, these spam are posts. Adblock has no control over such spam. You may not see them because @dralarms is tirelessly deleting them before you see them.

I saw one this morning, they look like this:

 

[balatonwine]

Good grief. Here is another one since my last post (I am blanking out the links in these posts):

 

[dralarms]

They’re getting smarter, I’m seeing some that the forum software is missing.

 

[balatonwine]

They’re getting smarter, I’m seeing some that the forum software is missing.

It is a war of attrition.

You improve your software filtering.

The spammers improve ways around it.

The only real "solution" is human editing. I run a small forum. And no new user gets to post anything until approved. That stops all the spam eventually. Yes, the spammers keep trying, but eventually they learn it is a lost cause and move on. But it comes at a human time cost to approve all new user posts and topics, and reduces the forum's real time access for new users. But, quite frankly, most new users will tolerate the wait to get their first post or comment approved if done within 24 hours if informed at first signup that this wait will occur. They are not calling 911, only posting on a forum.