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Spam report thread [6]

Jul 14, 2011 8:41 AM

Spam Report Thread [5] has been locked without explanation, and no new thread has been opened to replace it. I have commented this in here

http://forums.adobe.com/message/3796780#3796780

but that thread is not very much visited.

As I seem not to be alone in thinking that a Spam thread serves very useful and necessary functions in these forums, I am again taking the liberty of opening a new version of it. As before, those with responsibilities in the forums may wish to delete it, to replace it by one of their own, or to keep it. If they decide the later, I would suggest adding a link to this thread in the recenty locked one.

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1. Noel Carboni,

Jul 14, 2011 8:46 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Well, okay, but I just don't see why you should have to open a new thread for what is essentially a pipeline for notifying the Admin of spammers... I wonder if the old thread was locked by accident.

This person has posted camera-related spam, but it's still mystery meat nonetheless: http://forums.adobe.com/people/Camille%20Wu

-Noel

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2. Claudio González,

Jul 14, 2011 8:51 AM in reply to Noel Carboni

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Noel Carboni wrote:

Well, okay, but I just don't see why you should have to open a new thread for what is essentially a pipeline for notifying the Admin of spammers... I wonder if the old thread was locked by accident.

...http://forums.adobe.com/people/Camille%20Wu

-Noel
Simply because there seemed that nobody else was willing to do it. And I don't expect to see any explanation of the reasons for closing the previous one without providing a new one.

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3. Noel Carboni,

Jul 14, 2011 8:54 AM in reply to Claudio González

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In any case, thank you for your service!

-Noel

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4. MichaelKazlow,

Jul 14, 2011 2:12 PM in reply to Noel Carboni

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Noel,

Got it Thanks.

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5. Claudio González,

Jul 14, 2011 2:40 PM in reply to MichaelKazlow

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Mike, I was beginning to think that this new thread was going to remain a secret between Noel and I. Thanks for noticing and for taking action.

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6. MichaelKazlow,

Jul 14, 2011 5:29 PM in reply to Claudio González

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The last thread somehow fell off my radar. I use NetNewWire to follow the forum. New posts are usually tracked to older threads, except when it doesn't. A moment of silence for the lost newsreader capability. I personally, prefer the referrals from the post abuse forum, but I have no problem with people posting to a spam thread. The quicker we remove spam, the better.

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7. Claudio González,

Jul 14, 2011 5:38 PM in reply to MichaelKazlow

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As I said in my opening message here, the previous spam report forum [5] was misteriously closed.

Many people report spam here because JC has said that it is more useful for him, specially if the link to the spammer is given.

We all agree that the sooner the better. That's why in another thread I propossed appointing "moderators with limited powers", the limit being to remove messages that are obviously spam, but the idea hasn't received much attention.

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8. Noel Carboni,

Jul 15, 2011 6:57 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Spammer peddling his software on ancient threads: http://forums.adobe.com/people/doubleCross

-Noel

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9. OldBob1957,

Jul 15, 2011 8:56 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Judgement call: Person replies to posts (kind-of), but has commercial link in signature and profile. It seems like a thinly veiled attempt at spam.

http://forums.adobe.com/people/jvarner24

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10. jerry050321111,

Jul 16, 2011 3:54 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Many people report spam here because JC has said that it is more useful for him, specially if the link to the spammer is given.

We all agree that the sooner the better. That's why in another thread I propossed appointing "moderators with limited powers", the limit being to remove messages that are obviously spam, but the idea hasn't received much attention.

<a href="[spam link 1 removed]">Microsoft Office 2007 Marking</a>
<a href="[spam link 2 removed]">Office 2007 Development</a>

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11. Pat Willener,

Jul 16, 2011 3:55 AM in reply to jerry050321111

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So you think spamming right here in the spam thread is best...?

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12. Claudio González,

Jul 16, 2011 4:46 AM in reply to Pat Willener

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pwillener wrote:

So you think spamming right here in the spam thread is best...?
Not the first case...

Pat, thanks for providing a link from the old Spam thread to this; I didn't know you had the power to enter in locked threads. How about changing the links in "Report spam" buttons such as the one near the top of the main page of this forum so that they point to this thread and not to the locked one?

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13. ~graffiti,

Jul 16, 2011 12:03 PM in reply to Claudio González

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http://forums.adobe.com/people/ansongchoo

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14. mytaxsite.co.uk,

Jul 16, 2011 4:37 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Posted a spam link with nothing to add to the discussion!

<http://forums.adobe.com/people/compugene>

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15. Claudio González,

Jul 17, 2011 7:01 AM in reply to Claudio González

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It had been too quiet for too long:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/dfgnrg%20jher

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16. Noel Carboni,

Jul 18, 2011 11:55 AM in reply to Claudio González

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This spammer thanked me - presumably for making a thread in which he could spam about something so unrelated that it only makes sense as SEO spam.

http://forums.adobe.com/people/zaubererschweiz

-Noel

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17. dave milbut,

Jul 18, 2011 12:26 PM in reply to Claudio González

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a user with a url as a user name (how could THAT possibly slip by without being flagged for special characters?!!)

anyway... i can't link directly to him... here's the post in the soccer (futbol) thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3804976#3804976

the user appears to be named h**p://www.MaddenWii.com (replace the "**" with "tt", please delete after you get it!)

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18. dave milbut,

Jul 18, 2011 12:32 PM in reply to Claudio González

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http://forums.adobe.com/people/Upertuperdfu

guy likes to put spam links as anchor tags over periods in his sentences. and in his profile. just dump him and his posts (imho! )

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19. mytaxsite.co.uk,

Jul 18, 2011 8:42 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Do you know?

<http://forums.adobe.com/people/nickory>

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20. Claudio González,

Jul 19, 2011 4:24 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Promotion and link to completely unrelated commercial site.

http://forums.adobe.com/people/nickory

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21. MichaelKazlow,

Jul 19, 2011 7:38 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Got hickory. Thanks for the heads up. Someone got the others.

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22. Noel Carboni,

Jul 19, 2011 1:50 PM in reply to Claudio González

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No work to do for this post, I just wanted to say...

THANK YOU

...for watching this thread, making the spammers go away, and making the forums more enjoyable.

-Noel

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23. Marian Driscoll,

Jul 21, 2011 11:40 AM in reply to Claudio González

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http://forums.adobe.com/people/nick%20argent

Each of his posts include his web address and some sort of key phrase obviously intended to help with SEO.

"flash designer"
"london graphic designer"
"london flash designer"

His last two posts today were not even formed properly.

He might be a legitimate poster but his links are too spammy.

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24. Claudio González,

Jul 22, 2011 4:24 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Spam right in here:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/lennie0823

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25. Claudio González,

Jul 22, 2011 4:29 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Link to a completely unrelated commercial site in message posted in an unrelated forum.

http://forums.adobe.com/people/lennie0823

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26. Claudio González,

Jul 23, 2011 4:40 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Very active today in the Reader forum:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/jiliom
http://forums.adobe.com/people/lovepondit30
http://forums.adobe.com/people/jipsyj

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27. Claudio González,

Jul 23, 2011 8:50 PM in reply to Claudio González

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They are back:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/sulimanargu

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28. Claudio González,

Jul 24, 2011 12:20 PM in reply to Claudio González

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Another (and very active) one:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/TruLightt

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29. mytaxsite.co.uk,

Jul 24, 2011 7:32 PM in reply to Claudio González

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This guy looks a professional spammer to me because there is nothing wrong in his website yet he is asking a silly question to post a spam link!!!

<http://forums.adobe.com/people/Bert%20Gonzalez1>

Very ingenious method!

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30. Claudio González,

Jul 27, 2011 4:27 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Starting early today:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/vujian

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31. mytaxsite.co.uk,

Jul 27, 2011 5:18 PM in reply to Claudio González

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This geezer is asking stupid questions or making stupid comments to post
his spam link:

<http://forums.adobe.com/people/apnetv1

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32. dave milbut,

Jul 28, 2011 5:10 AM in reply to Claudio González

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he's still there:

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http://www.MaddenWii.com
2 posts since
Jul 18, 2011

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33. Pat Willener,

Jul 28, 2011 6:10 PM in reply to dave milbut

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dave milbut wrote:

he's still there:

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http://www.MaddenWii.com
2 posts since
Jul 18, 2011
That is not a valid user link.

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34. OldBob1957,

Jul 29, 2011 8:59 AM in reply to Pat Willener

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pwillener wrote:

dave milbut wrote:

he's still there:

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http://www.MaddenWii.com
2 posts since
Jul 18, 2011
That is not a valid user link.
For whatever reason, it seems you can't get to the user link. Possibly something he did. Try looking at the last entry in this thread, he's there:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/862847?tstart=0

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35. Noel Carboni,

Jul 29, 2011 5:52 PM in reply to Claudio González

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http://forums.adobe.com/people/876800

-Noel

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36. Claudio González,

Jul 30, 2011 4:53 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Here we go:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/fujiana

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37. Claudio González,

Jul 30, 2011 11:28 AM in reply to Claudio González

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And another one:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/niloki

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38. Claudio González,

Jul 30, 2011 6:43 PM in reply to Claudio González

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And still one more:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/vibianasultana

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39. Claudio González,

Jul 31, 2011 4:46 AM in reply to Claudio González

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Posting appartently inocent and irrelevant posts in existing threads:

http://forums.adobe.com/people/xiaob5

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