Not sure what to think but I would definitely suspect that these are all the same person.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3641091?tstart=0#3641091
That's an awful lot of first time posters that are answering a question about nothing to do with the product.
Hi The thread and all of the posts are spammers:
http://forums.adobe.com/people/dibrod
http://forums.adobe.com/people/JoeDoe485
http://forums.adobe.com/people/kokocuk
http://forums.adobe.com/people/-EHOT-
http://forums.adobe.com/people/nobody0
http://forums.adobe.com/people/HwoR
NOTE: This is an additional Spammer on the thread that graffiti reported. They are also posting website links in the messages.
Acrobat Windows Forum
eidnolb
EDIT: This is a translation of one of their messages: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Message was edited by: eidnolb add'l info
Message was edited by: eidnolb Russian Language
http://forums.adobe.com/people/pretaa
Spammy URL in their profile and repeating verbatim posts made by others.
Isn't there a way to limit the number of links in a post? This spam post http://forums.adobe.com/thread/844275 contains several dozen links.
Can we even ban links for first-time posters (e.g. until a user has 10 legitimate posts, not all on the same day)?
We know that Google does not pick up links from spam posts, these idiot spammers obviously do not know that.
I am having a problem on the Flash Player Forum. Refer to my Post#130. I've brought up the threads of several from my email notifications and the thread is not there. Others are there but the Spammer's links are still in the thread. I'm trying to update the threads that are still pending and "updating" them, so they will appear on the Forum.
My problem is checking 40 threads from my email notifications is taking a lot of time. Does anyone know a better way?
The threads that I have brought up still contain the Spammer's links & I intend to use the Report Abuse Feature for those.
I've never encountered this before, so want to handle this in the best way.
Thanks for any help.
eidnolb
dave milbut wrote:
6 hours ago by Prince1211
4 hours ago by chester2125
...And still there four hours later.
Hey dave & OldBob, I'll call you and raise you 8 hours on the first spammer and 10 hours on the second one![]()
I have 12 threads that are 14 hours old:-)
eidnolb
8:44PM EDT adding 5 more threads by the same person in the last 16 minutes. http://forums.adobe.com/people/kakasjf
The Flash Player Forum is totally out of sync. 1 week are showing as last post on Page 1, and when you go to Page 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, then all but todays are found?? I wondered where they all went.
Message was edited by: eidnolb add'l info
http://forums.adobe.com/people/bziztrtr 11 threads
Thanks for removing the other Spammer that had 23 threads!!
eidnolb
Some more by this nutter:
http://forums.adobe.com/people/dinatenorioeo173
Never ending saga especially on DW forums that I use all the time.
This one planning to spam us!!1
<http://forums.adobe.com/people/peterfada?view=profile>
He should be obliterated before gets his chance!!
The Reader forum is under attack (by a few different user names.)
http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_reader_forums/adobe_reader
pwillener wrote:
As I've said earlier, the best way to discourage spammers is to remove their droppings quickly.
If their posts are left standing for hours, even after being reported multiple times, this makes the spammers very welcome and comfortable in these forums.
And, in my opinion, they discourage people reporting them.
I think registration has to be tightened up. All new users should be required to verify their email address before they can post anything. Also, there should be a limit of only 10 messages on any one day for new users for about a month.
I think, when I registered, I was not required to verify my email. I have 2 different accounts that I know of but I think I have used other accounts in the past if I didn't remember my login details.
hth
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