Moderation Returns to the Badlands of Deskthority

[Muirium]

Could swear it's been days since I last saw—and killed—any spam on here at all. […]

Same here, and the mod log proves it.
It’s as if the spammers had noticed that now it’s not going to be that simple for them any more.

Indeed. The one I caught mid-spew the other day may well be our main man. His previous attacks of a dozen spams per sitting always stung. The table has now turned. Joke's on you, punk!

That log's a pleasant list of the three of us taking turns to throw them out. The three trashmen of spampocalypse!

[Go-Kart]

Since law and order has been restored, I swear I've seen more HHKBs in the banner than I have previously

[Muirium]

Deleted topic “Do I want a mechanical keyboard?” written by “masikoben”
» Muirium 8 minutes ago
Deleted topic “Mechanical mice” written by “jingsani”
» Muirium 16 minutes ago

Mechanical mouse? That all you got?



Dead men don't edit.

[Go-Kart]

[Archie]

Good news, folks: we got ourselves some mods again! Say hello to the new management.

Wow! DT resurrection? Great news!

[Muirium]

It's been days since I last deleted spam. Getting an itchy trigger finger. Sure none of you punks care to oblige?

I think the all-new DESTROY WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE experience our friendly neighbourhood spammers are feeling may have put them off a little bit.

[Archie]

I hope things will go well. Is the boating in Turkey an official DT's activity now BTW?
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=26755

[kbdfr]

I hope things will go well. Is the boating in Turkey an official DT's activity now BTW?
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=26755

Google translation of the title of the topic you link to: "Where is the best place to rent a yacht in Turkey?"
Google translation of the first post: "It would be better to buy a boat, hmm"

Considering the author has a respectable post history, did not (at least yet) add a spam link to the post and even answered (even if in a not very understandable way) a critic to their post, I don’t think mods should delete anything there.

But as obviously it was in the wrong section (DT wiki talk), I just moved it to Off-Topic

[Muirium]

Good move.

It looks like a post-spam removal thread to me. Only makes sense if there’s something missing. I assume someone else did it. I prefer to deface spam when people are talking to it.

[Archie]

I just moved it to Off-Topic

Thanks.

[Muirium]

Like every invasive lifeform, our resident spammer is having to evolve with our defences.

Beware of spam payloads hidden with the /size tag, shrunk to an invisibly small font*. Anyone can check any post on the forum: simply hit the Quote button and you'll see the exact text they entered, spam payload and all. If you see one: report it to your friendly local Spambusters.



We'll be along in a moment. Just need to, eh, get this thing moving…

*Or indeed the color tag, or both. See what I mean?

[Bjerrk]

Gotta say, I've been feeling the good vibes of this place lately.

[ifohancroft]

So, you wanna be a moderator? How about a challenge?



See this list? Me and Agecanonix have found many spam accounts by searching, slicing and dicing it today. I must have just deleted ten of them. (And found some delightful oddballs along the way.) But I also deleted two full page ads for utter garbage, too, written like DT itself condones it and containing our harmless replies as dim witted comments.

You know those spammy usernames when you see them, and that fly by night spammer modus operandi. Prove your skills by finding some and linking the posts right here! May the best mod win!

Honestly, some of the posts I’ve found make me think the spanner sometimes just forgets to come back to edit in the payload.

You don't seem to have left any. Even from the accounts registered today
Great job guys!

[Muirium]

Thanks! It's a team effort, and we've got a tight one indeed. (Covering many timezones.) So far, so good. The spammers haven't a chance!

If that changes, we'll let you all know, and we'll raise up a posse.

[kbdfr]

A team effort indeed, and a well coordinated one at that.
We aim at not only barring spammers, but also frustrating them

[keyboardjoy]

Sterling effort from the mod team; you three turned the tide against the spammers literally overnight.

[Palatino]

Sterling effort from the mod team; you three turned the tide against the spammers literally overnight.

Now the next mission has to be: introduce you to a switch that you prefer to MX Blue!

[ifohancroft]

Sterling effort from the mod team; you three turned the tide against the spammers literally overnight.

Now the next mission has to be: introduce you to a switch that you prefer to MX Blue!

I vote for him to try Box Jades

[Muirium]

We aim at not only barring spammers, but also frustrating them

I couldn't possibly comment.

[kbdfr]

Their desperate attempts are rather amusing

[lhutton]

Wait is this the thread where we come to to say how MX Blue is the best switch made?

[Muirium]

No, that one's here.

[hellothere]

(Entry into bitmap ineligible to residents of Arizona.)

Awwww. Dang!

[Polecat]

(Entry into bitmap ineligible to residents of Arizona.)

Political retaliation for passing the Arizona Anti-bagpipe Act.

[Muirium]

DT’s search function must be pretty disgusted with me after what I’ve just been typing in:

search.php

Works though. Zapped about 10 spam posts (and their accounts) for “casino” and several more for our good friend “Pakistan”. We did have one legit user from there once, though.

“Porn” is a stickier search term, given its especially depraved secondary use around here!

[kbdfr]

DT’s search function must be pretty disgusted with me after what I’ve just been typing in:

search.php
[…]

Your link does not display the terms of your search.
Unfortunately

[Muirium]

The second one does.

I got tired of making up new spammy terms. Hoping for crowd assistance. Maybe Someone is reading! Poor bastard, Someone. All the expectations we have for you, and never the thanks. I feel for ya.

Besides, I’m sure you remember back when search terms should be long and specific. Before Google punched us all in the balls by feeding all of our delightful, considered, one could even say “passionate” queries through the same dumdumdumumum filter as everyone and their dog. Ah, finding things! Those were the days…

Dear search engines,
Kindly find your goddamn ass.
Love you.
—µ

[Shorle]

This is some great DT news! Congrats to the sherriffs and may your tenure be long!
Looking forward to the keycap groupbuys with miniature novelties and artisans of you guys.

[Muirium]

This morning's spree spammer was well named. I just killed 9 posts of theirs, all made within as many minutes, then put the tenth shot through the man himself. Rest in peace, spamface.

[wobbled]

What's with the Model M hunters searching for Ms in posts made before the average fornite players date of birth