I may be crazy, but is there something we can do to stop some of the spam?

[Claxon]

I see a least a couple threads a week, especially on bitcoin/crypto that are spamming the website.

Could we implement some sort of filter that if someone start a thread and their first point mentions crypto or bit coin that the thread is automatically locked and their account frozen for review by a human?

Maybe also add some sort restriction to new accounts being able to start new threads? I realize that one would kind of hurt, and I'm not strongly advocating for it. I'd just appreciate seeing some measures put in place to stop some of this stupid spam.

[Maya Coleman]

This is unfortunately just a fault of the current system of our forums, BUT we hope it will be greatly reduced when we switch over! Believe me. It's frustrating. I appreciate all of you for flagging things when you can. It helps me a TON! ^_^

[The Raven Black]

I remember the spam wars a decade ago. Compared to that, a couple threads a week feels like barely a nuisance.

The Raven Black wrote:

Paizo General discussion has been spammed for almost 8 hours now. That makes nearly 7 pages of spam.

[The Raven Black]

Maya Coleman wrote:

This is unfortunately just a fault of the current system of our forums, BUT we hope it will be greatly reduced when we switch over! Believe me. It's frustrating. I appreciate all of you for flagging things when you can. It helps me a TON! ^_^

Many thanks to you and the rest of the team for keeping the forums clear.

[Maya Coleman]

The Raven Black wrote:

Many thanks to you and the rest of the team for keeping the forums clear.

I will continue to do my best!

[Super Zero]

I think the down threads here always disappear pretty quickly.
And they're not exactly tricky...

[Perpdepog]

IMO the only real issue is when the spam is also silly enough for other folks to respond to it, which keeps bringing the thread back and makes it harder for the mods to get rid of.

[Farien]

Perpdepog wrote:

IMO the only real issue is when the spam is also silly enough for other folks to respond to it, which keeps bringing the thread back and makes it harder for the mods to get rid of.

But they would be so much fun to respond to.

And making it hard to remove is a bug in the forum software. One that will hopefully be fixed eventually.

[Maya Coleman]

Farien wrote:

But they would be so much fun to respond to.

And making it hard to remove is a bug in the forum software. One that will hopefully be fixed eventually.

As fun as they are to respond to (since some of them are just particularly silly), it's better than you don't please! Just flag them and move on other places!