Do we have an inform mod button?

Wildtim · 03-19-2008, 05:22 PM

I found a repulsive post put up here by a troll and wondered how to best inform the moderators of its existence so they could "take out the trash" as it were.

I know some forums have a button that sends a post and comments to the appropriate Mod included with each post.

Do we have any feature like that here?

I PM'd a couple of you guys so you could take care of it but was just wondering about this type of thing.

Doc · 03-19-2008, 05:25 PM

I sent pms to 3 Mod so should get fixed

Wildtim · 03-19-2008, 05:32 PM

Me too but I was looking for a better way.

JMS · 03-19-2008, 05:36 PM

As you look at the post you will see in the upper right hand corner a yellowish orange upside down triangle. Those are for reporting specific posts!!

Wildtim · 03-19-2008, 05:43 PM

Duh!!! thanks!! I don't know how I missed it.

KenS · 03-19-2008, 05:43 PM

JMS
Usagi Yojimbo
"As you look at the post you will see in the upper right hand corner a yellowish orange upside down triangle. Those are for reporting specific posts!!"

Thanks, That's the information we all need to keep this place clean!
Ken

Wildtim · 03-19-2008, 05:50 PM

Kind of a testament that in this long I have only looked for that button once. and hopefully never again.

cabo_sailor · 03-19-2008, 06:00 PM

I almost PM'd the cretin but decided that he/she would probably just enjoy it.

RobertFontaine · 03-19-2008, 06:07 PM

It is actually quite nice how little this is required. While I think we've gotten of track on b/s/t occassionally this forums members are unusually both polite and self-restrained.

It is pleasant not to require forum nazis

-Bob

sensei_kyle · 03-19-2008, 06:12 PM

The offending post has been removed, and the user has been banned.

The admins do a great job keeping things updated and secure. Every once in a while a spammer does make it through though.

The best thing to do it the "report post" icon. This generates an e-mail to all of the moderators, and I believe the admins. This helps us take care of the problem quickly.

DemonsDanceAlone · 03-20-2008, 12:07 AM

It's really ironic, as I was reading this I got a PM with an Einstein quote about Buddhism, and a link to a rather crude website on Meditation and Rebirth. Not at all offensive, but the person joined today, had no posts, and appropriate or not I don't need the spam. Perhaps the report icon could be adapted to PM's as well? This is the first one I've ever gotten, on any forum actually. I fwd'd it to a few of the mod's, so hopefully it was a one-time thing...Was this a site-wide spam or am I the lucky winner for today?

kerryman71 · 03-20-2008, 12:13 AM

I didn't get it today, but I did receive one like that about a
month or so ago.

John

azjoe · 03-20-2008, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemonsDanceAlone

It's really ironic, as I was reading this I got a PM with an Einstein quote about Buddhism, and a link to a rather crude website on Meditation and Rebirth.

"Patricia" has been banned as a member. The spammer got about 15 PMs out before I stopped it. Those of you who got them should just delete them. Sorry for your inconvenience, but there's no way to 100% stop spammers.

Wildtim · 03-20-2008, 02:29 AM

Don't you just wish you could spike those people Joe

Don · 03-20-2008, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertFontaine

It is actually quite nice how little this is required. While I think we've gotten of track on b/s/t occassionally this forums members are unusually both polite and self-restrained.

It is pleasant not to require forum nazis

-Bob

Well said and that is how we wnat to stay, Gentlemen and Ladies

azjoe · 03-20-2008, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildtim

Don't you just wish you could spike those people Joe

I've always wished that there was no truly anonymous proxy feature on the internet... that way perps could be traced by the ISPs or some overseer entity. But that's not likely going to happen with the strong feelings about privacy and rights of speech that many of us endorse in the internet realm. So we've got to pay the price for the freedoms.

In thinking back, I believe the same name (Patricia) was used the last time. Probably a software spambot of sorts, although a human has to be involved to get through the filters we have in place, at least to register, and get started. Anyway, when the server crashed and the host restored back to 10/31 it erased "her" membership and ban. Fortunately, we have a throttle in place on PMs, emails, etc that prevents a user from generating them very fast (there's a required delay between successive submits). So, while it's annoying to the few that get them, we don't have the whole site inundated in a few seconds.