Spamwar - I'm flagging as fast as I can but.....

[Tacticslion]

... show-offs. ;P

[Spiral_Ninja]

Tacticslion wrote:

... show-offs. ;P

Actually, Google Translate. ;P

[John Woodford]

Mine was decades-old memory from HS German classes, though I checked to make sure I remembered one word correctly.

[Tacticslion]

>.>
<.<

I stand by my statement. :D

[Myfly]

Jungs, ihr seid spitze!

[Kajehase]

Just start all the verbs with "ge" and you're halfway there. ;)

[Chemlak]

I can't help it, this thread's title just makes me think of a certain song... (I think we're alone now: Tiffany)

Spammers behave
That's what the forum staff are wanting
And watch what you say
I don't understand
Korean

[Chorus:]
Flagging just as fast as we can
Hoping we can fend off all this spam
Tryin' to get it clear just for tonight
And then a mod comes on and bans it
And the forums are now clean
And then you say

I think I saw spam, there
There doesn't seem to be any more around
I think I saw spam, there
The hammer from Paizo is the only sound

[UnArcaneElection]

By the way, the spammer(s) have started hitting existing (and otherwise valid) threads (like this one).

[Kobold Catgirl]

*Cough*
That Card Game General Discussion subforum's been having some troubles.

[Roomlord Sore-shins]

SWEET JEEBUS! Card Game General Discussion is, if my translations are correct, being spammed by talk of opium and Gangnum Style!

I tried flagging, but jeez, so much spam!

EDIT: Is it not possible to just block a spammer's IP address or something?

[Cort Odekirk]

Roomlord Sore-shins wrote:

SWEET JEEBUS! Card Game General Discussion is, if my translations are correct, being spammed by talk of opium and Gangnum Style!

I tried flagging, but jeez, so much spam!

EDIT: Is it not possible to just block a spammer's IP address or something?

We can, and do, the problem is they are aware of that tactic and tend to go through providers that are also utilized by active users of the site. So if we block the IP, we also block a range of legitimate users. This is problematic for obvious reasons. So we do block when we can do so safely, but we also have other tactics.

[John Woodford]

Chemlak wrote:

I can't help it, this thread's title just makes me think of a certain song... (I think we're alone now: Tiffany)

<<snip>>

I missed the first time I read this that you pointed to the Tiffany cover of the song instead of Tommy James and the Shondells. Now I feel old.

[Chemlak]

I grew up in the 80s, sorry, that's the one I know.

And you're not old. You're better.

[Ross Byers]

I grew up in the 90s. I only know the Weird Al version.

[John Woodford]

You think you're a clone now?

[Alanis Morissette]

There's always two of you just a-hangin' around?

[TOZ]

Isn't it ironic?

[Tacticslion]

Yes. Ironically enough.

EDIT: Linked for "proof".

[captain yesterday]

A little bit too Ironic, yeah I really do think.

[Tacticslion]

Isn't it ironic?

Couldn't help it. Had to. EDIT: It's, like, legally required, now.

[Chemlak]

Tacticslion wrote:

Isn't it ironic?

Couldn't help it. Had to. EDIT: It's, like, legally required, now.

Is it ironic? It could be. I'm not sure. I'm torn.

[John Woodford]

Chemlak wrote:

I grew up in the 80s, sorry, that's the one I know.

And you're not old. You're better.

By an amazing piece of synchronicity, today is Tommy James' birthday.

[Tacticslion]

Chemlak wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Isn't it ironic?

Couldn't help it. Had to. EDIT: It's, like, legally required, now.

Is it ironic? It could be. I'm not sure. I'm torn.

YouTube.com wrote:

This video contains content from SME, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

EDIT: Got it. :)

EDIT 2/3:

Ross Byers wrote:

I grew up in the 90s. I only know the Weird Al version.

Alanis Morissette wrote:

There's always two of you just a-hangin' around?

Everybody shut up!

[RDM42]

Man the barricades.

[Tacticslion]

Yeah.

Though I gotta say: you guys are awesome. At least one person was banned before I could flag their posts. Hard. Core.

EDIT: PM'd zza ni.

EDIT: and PM'd the xiao and Sebastian Hirsch.

For the record, all you guys I'm PMing? Thanks for fighting Spam! I'm making a note that I did so in order to prevent you from getting overwhelmed with "don't post on Spam!" PMs.

EDIT: If anyone else wants to use my template for PMing folks, it's the next post (you can simply "Quote" that post, and delete the "[quote = "Tacticslion" ]" and "[ / quote ]" that appear on the top and bottom for ease and speed.

[Tacticslion]

Chris Lambertz wrote:

We're taking care of it. Please don't continue to make threads or posts in response to the spam. Flags work just fine.

EDIT: I'll open this back up and respond more thoroughly once we got a hold of the current barrage of posts.

God bless you, and keep up the good flagging ("Breaks Other Guidelines")

~ Tac

[Tacticslion]

Temporary cessation of flagging and PMing duties - I'm off to drop my eldest son at school.

EDIT: Okay, okay. Just a few more. I can stop any time I want. (Also, dressing my son takes long than previously planned.)

[Chemlak]

Heck of a battle going on in General Discussion...

[Zaister]

I just flagged like 30 posts there...

[captain yesterday]

I think I'm going with Personal insult/abusive today.....

[Chemlak]

They're appearing almost as fast as I can flag them. I wonder when anyone with forum privileges arrives at Paizo.

Anyway, back to flagging.

[Uncle Teddy]

I've noticed each user id tends to post once or twice.

[John Woodford]

Cue up the Dave Clark Five:

Here they come again (ooh-oo-ooh)
Flag 'em for the ban (ooh-oo-ooh)
Time to get a move on (ooh-oo-ooh)
We will yell with all of our might:

Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban

Get 'em on the run (ooh-oo-ooh)
They ruin all our fun (ooh-oo-ooh)
Now we're gettin' angry (ooh-oo-ooh)
We will yell with all of our might:

Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban

Here they come again (ooh-oo-ooh)
Flag 'em for the ban (ooh-oo-ooh)
Time to get a move on (ooh-oo-ooh)
We will yell with all of our might:

Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban
Flag 'em for the ban

[Tacticslion]

Uncle Teddy wrote:

I've noticed each user id tends to post once or twice.

Almost all are two-hit-wonders at which point the account is abandoned and a new one is created, because they know they'll get banned and their account deleted.

EDIT: Oh, hey, and I'm back.

[Chemlak]

This means war.

Time for some REAL fighting music.

The Wurzels (Combine Harvester)

I found a spammer on the forums last night
(Ooh arr ooh arr)
I flagged their post because it doesn't seem right
(Ooh arr ooh arr)
Now something's telling me
That Paizo's gonna see
Come on now forumites, flag and then just leave!

(Chorus)
Cuz I found a brand new spammer on the site
I didn't want to see
Come on now let's flag together
In perfect harmony
I flagged twenty of them
And you flagged forty-three
Cuz we found a brand new spammer on the site
We didn't want to see.

[Sethvir]

They're really going to town this morning. Flagged a bunch too, but I really need to get some work done this morning.

[Bey-Rystar Staveon Takehiko]

John Woodford wrote:

Cue up the Dave Clark Five

Chemlak wrote:

The Wurzels (Combine Harvester)

*Tsk*. Amateurs!

(Actually, thanks for the great music!)

Here's how you wage war!

(EDIT: Source, for the curious!)

Lyrics wrote:

A warning to the people,

The good and the evil,
This is war.

To the flagger, the poster,
The sub-thread, the searcher,
This is war.

It's the moment of truth, and the moment to flag,
The moment to live and the moment to frag,
The moment to fight, the moment to fight
To fight, to fight, to fight!

To the right, To the left
We will flag them to death!
To the edge of the posts
It's a brave new forums
From the last to the first

To the right, To the left
We will flag them to death!
To the edge of the posts
It's a brave new forums
It's a brave new forums!

A warning to the flagger,
The spammer, the poster,
This is war.

To the tech team, the spam-bot,
The forumites, the mod team,
This is war.

It's the moment of truth, and the moment to flag,
The moment to live and the moment to frag,
The moment to fight, the moment to fight,
To fight, to fight, to fight!

To the right, To the left
We will flag them to death!
To the edge of the posts
It's a brave new forums
From the last to the first

To the right, To the left
We will flag them to death!
To the edge of the posts
It's a brave new forums
It's a brave new forums
It's a brave new forums!

I do believe in the mods
Raise your hands to the team
The fight is done, the war is won
Lift your hands toward the team
Toward the team
Toward the team
Toward the team
The war is won

To the right, To the left
We will flag them to death!
To the edge of the posts
It's a brave new forums
From the last to the first

To the right, To the left
We will flag them to death!
To the edge of the posts
It's a brave new forums
It's a brave new forums
It's a brave new forums!

A brave new forums
The war is won
The war is won
A brave new forums

(For the curious, it's expected that the old hymnal technique is used: you substitute "forums" (pronounced "for-uhms" and thus potentially disruptive) for "for'ms" (pronounced "for'ms", thus differentiating from "forms" but with a pause short enough to clip to the song.)

EDIT: Oops. Link added at the top.

[The Doomkitten]

*Strides in, KittenKannons smoking*

It begins again...

*Starts vigil.*

[Tacticslion]

The Doomkitten wrote:

*Strides in, KittenKannons smoking*

It begins again...

*Starts vigil.*

"Begins"?! Pfft! Where you been for the last two hours?!

;D

(Also, the link under "KittenKannons smoking" is a Gravity Falls spoiler by way of funny GIF.)

[captain yesterday]

Gonna have to check that show out :-)

[Tacticslion]

captain yesterday wrote:

Gonna have to check that show out :-)

YUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUS YUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUS

[Paper Jam Dipper]

Tacticslion wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Gonna have to check that show out :-)

YUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUS YUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUS

IKKATAKKAIKKATAKKAIKKATAKKAIKKATAKKANAKNAKNAK

[captain yesterday]

G@!+~!n spammers taking all the good aliases, I wanted to be kingkyok!!

Now how am I supposed to catch Orthos (for reasons I no longer remember)

[Abraham spalding]

Some advice for flagging:

When you see several spam threads being generated look what username is creating them. Only grab a single thread for each username. Then click on the username and go to their posts (or threads) and then flag there.

That way you do not have to try and open every thread you can simply hammer the offender's posts using "this one simple method they don't want you to know about!"

[The Doomkitten]

Dancing with the sugarplum fairies in my dreams, where, alas, there is no WiFi.

And then going to school.

That GIF... is great.

I have avoided watching cartoons of late, because on the rare occasion that I have to babysit, I am absolutely astounded by their stupidity. However, a lot of my friends have been pushing me in the direction of Steven Universe and Gravity Falls-that GIF may have just sealed the deal with Gravity Falls.

[Tacticslion]

Abraham spalding wrote:

Some advice for flagging:

When you see several spam threads being generated look what username is creating them. Only grab a single thread for each username. Then click on the username and go to their posts (or threads) and then flag there.

That way you do not have to try and open every thread you can simply hammer the offender's posts using "this one simple method they don't want you to know about!"

This... this is a brilliant post on so... many... levels.

Okay.

The internet is done.

Abraham spalding finished it.

Well done, sir. Well done.

EDIT: To be clear, because, you know, Internet, the above is in humorous jest, but not sarcasm. I genuinely "heart" Mr. spalding's post. A lot. Also, this is a technique I've been using for some time. I'm sorry I didn't share it sooner!

[Tacticslion]

Paper Jam Dipper wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

Gonna have to check that show out :-)

YUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUS YUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUSYUS

IKKATAKKAIKKATAKKAIKKATAKKAIKKATAKKANAKNAKNAK

Spoiler:

Oh, uh, hey, there, buddy! It's okay! Don't... don't worry!

Do... do you want a snack? Here, have some crackers.

...

...

... yikes.

[Orthos]

Tacticslion wrote:

Abraham spalding wrote:

Some advice for flagging:

When you see several spam threads being generated look what username is creating them. Only grab a single thread for each username. Then click on the username and go to their posts (or threads) and then flag there.

That way you do not have to try and open every thread you can simply hammer the offender's posts using "this one simple method they don't want you to know about!"

This... this is a brilliant post on so... many... levels.

Okay.

The internet is done.

Abraham spalding finished it.

Well done, sir. Well done.

No, don't say that!

[The Doomkitten]

General discussion is completely overrun!

Tech Team, I choose YOU! (If you guys are there :P)

EDIT: Oh noes! We haz a defector in General Discussion! pcardinal, spamming about Core games.

[Tacticslion]

Orthos wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Abraham spalding wrote:

Some advice for flagging:

When you see several spam threads being generated look what username is creating them. Only grab a single thread for each username. Then click on the username and go to their posts (or threads) and then flag there.

That way you do not have to try and open every thread you can simply hammer the offender's posts using "this one simple method they don't want you to know about!"

This... this is a brilliant post on so... many... levels.

Okay.

The internet is done.

Abraham spalding finished it.

Well done, sir. Well done.

No, don't say that!

Too late!