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    Bass-O-Matic...nope Spam-O-Matic

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by capt.dogfish, Jun 11, 2013.

  1. capt.dogfish

    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    Anyone else been discovered to be a spammer?
    CAP the Spammer

    EDIT: The spam bot seems to have reconsidered and approved my post. Maybe they had to run it by the NSA and Booz Allen.
     
    capt.dogfish, Jun 11, 2013
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  2. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Yes it even nailed me back 3 weeks ago. NBR added this back on April 8 and it still has a few bugs to work out. It is working very good because since April only 7 spammers have posted new threads here...I have deleted that many in one week before :mad2:

    Spam-O-Matic StatisticsSpam-O-Matic Statistics

    862 Spammers Denied Registration

    20 Spammers Permanently Banned

    30 Spammers submitted to Akismet

    1253 Spammy Posts Automatically Moderated
     
    toughasnails, Jun 11, 2013
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  3. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    Oh great...Now I'm craving a fried Spam on toast sandwich.......
     
    Shawn, Jun 11, 2013
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  4. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    Do not feel bad Capt. at the beginning it even called me a Spammer. it seems to be learning fast and is certainly keeping our workload down so we can annoy the users more than chasing down all the nitwits cluttering up all the threads.

    I know that the guys behind the scenes are updating a bunch of the filters regularly so please be paitent, and if a post does not come up just tell the local moderators here or PM me and I will see if I can have Charles or one of the SuperMods clear it for you as soon as they can

    Karen
     
    KCETech1, Jun 11, 2013
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  5. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    You can also give us a heads up here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/site-suggestions-help-announcements/716582-delayed-posting.html if it's taking too long for a post to be approved, we check regularly, but not as often as when spam-o-matic was first enabled. Back then, we had to approve dozens of posts per hour, not the number of posts needing approval has gone down significantly, but it's still doing some random things like flagging links to NBR as spam once or twice...

    toughasnails is right about there being less spam, the admins have confirmed to us that they are still working on refining how spam-o-matic flags posts too.
     
    tijo, Jun 11, 2013
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  6. Rob

    Rob Toughbook Aficionado

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    I am also getting so many damn crap/illegit registrations on TBT it's just ridiculous!
     
    Rob, Jun 11, 2013
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  7. capt.dogfish

    capt.dogfish The Curmudgeon

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    I've got a used Bass-O-Matic if you need it Rob :D
    CAP
     
    capt.dogfish, Jun 11, 2013
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