Joseph Bullough wrote:I think some more guildlines need to be developed making it more difficult to create a profile. As it is the average idiot can quickly create a bogus profile. It used to be just a periodic occurance, but lately it seems like that's almost all there is. Summitpost has done a great job limiting the amount of spam and other garbage on the site - hopefully the ball does not get dropped on this issue.

http://www.summitpost.org/users/qudosanimations/119957
http://www.summitpost.org/users/symforiana824192/119959

When I woke up this morning and checked SP shortly thereafter, I found over 120 spam "articles" and about 10 "albums" from more than 30 different accounts.

I cleaned that up, which was not a quick matter, but they were coming back even as I did it. And they have been back since.

It is way too easy to spam this site. I have also informed the other elves that I am not doing cleanup on this scale anymore unless some real changes are implemented, and I have outlined two different, specific ideas instead of just complaining.

Other members tired of seeing this stuff should speak up, especially if they have constructive suggestions.

Bob Sihler wrote:

Joseph Bullough wrote:I guess this is becoming medicalpost.org

http://www.summitpost.org/users/lmaclinic/119921
http://www.summitpost.org/users/pendragonhealth/119914
http://www.summitpost.org/users/hsdcsocial/119919
http://www.summitpost.org/users/ldcadmin/119918

I deleted those when I got up this morning, but sometimes an alternative approach is a little more fun:

http://www.summitpost.org/users/qudosanimations/119957

i hate to point this out, but that's libel. while i agree with and approve of your zestful approach, that is technically an actionable statement.

Bob Sihler wrote:

Joseph Bullough wrote:I think some more guildlines need to be developed making it more difficult to create a profile. As it is the average idiot can quickly create a bogus profile. It used to be just a periodic occurance, but lately it seems like that's almost all there is. Summitpost has done a great job limiting the amount of spam and other garbage on the site - hopefully the ball does not get dropped on this issue.

http://www.summitpost.org/users/qudosanimations/119957
http://www.summitpost.org/users/symforiana824192/119959

When I woke up this morning and checked SP shortly thereafter, I found over 120 spam "articles" and about 10 "albums" from more than 30 different accounts.

I cleaned that up, which was not a quick matter, but they were coming back even as I did it. And they have been back since.

It is way too easy to spam this site. I have also informed the other elves that I am not doing cleanup on this scale anymore unless some real changes are implemented, and I have outlined two different, specific ideas instead of just complaining.

Other members tired of seeing this stuff should speak up, especially if they have constructive suggestions.

i do agree it's becoming far too overwhelming to deal with. my suggestion was for some kind of quasi-mod role, where we as users could flag those items (id's, accounts, articles) that were clearly spam for further review by actual mods and hide them from general view. short of that, i am not sure. but i do agree something needs to be done. maybe all articles need to be rubber-stamped by a mod before they go live? and all profiles? not sure how many come in on a given day, so i have no idea how burdensome that would be...

bscott wrote:

Bob Sihler wrote:

Joseph Bullough wrote:I guess this is becoming medicalpost.org

http://www.summitpost.org/users/lmaclinic/119921
http://www.summitpost.org/users/pendragonhealth/119914
http://www.summitpost.org/users/hsdcsocial/119919
http://www.summitpost.org/users/ldcadmin/119918

I deleted those when I got up this morning, but sometimes an alternative approach is a little more fun:

http://www.summitpost.org/users/qudosanimations/119957

i hate to point this out, but that's libel. while i agree with and approve of your zestful approach, that is technically an actionable statement.

Yeah, I know. I won't keep it there long.

bscott wrote:

Bob Sihler wrote:

Joseph Bullough wrote:I think some more guildlines need to be developed making it more difficult to create a profile. As it is the average idiot can quickly create a bogus profile. It used to be just a periodic occurance, but lately it seems like that's almost all there is. Summitpost has done a great job limiting the amount of spam and other garbage on the site - hopefully the ball does not get dropped on this issue.

http://www.summitpost.org/users/qudosanimations/119957
http://www.summitpost.org/users/symforiana824192/119959

When I woke up this morning and checked SP shortly thereafter, I found over 120 spam "articles" and about 10 "albums" from more than 30 different accounts.

I cleaned that up, which was not a quick matter, but they were coming back even as I did it. And they have been back since.

It is way too easy to spam this site. I have also informed the other elves that I am not doing cleanup on this scale anymore unless some real changes are implemented, and I have outlined two different, specific ideas instead of just complaining.

Other members tired of seeing this stuff should speak up, especially if they have constructive suggestions.

i do agree it's becoming far too overwhelming to deal with. my suggestion was for some kind of quasi-mod role, where we as users could flag those items (id's, accounts, articles) that were clearly spam for further review by actual mods and hide them from general view. short of that, i am not sure. but i do agree something needs to be done. maybe all articles need to be rubber-stamped by a mod before they go live? and all profiles? not sure how many come in on a given day, so i have no idea how burdensome that would be...

My suggestions were manual account activation or a specially designed tool to allow quick and easy mass deletion of accounts.

Bob Sihler wrote:My suggestions were manual account activation or a specially designed tool to allow quick and easy mass deletion of accounts.

both ideas seem reasonable to me.

http://www.summitpost.org/users/buyfansty/120631
http://www.summitpost.org/users/vagabondtrout/120565 (this belongs on Lonely Planet, not here)

No one mentioned you yet Pela b/c that beard (and snotsickles) gives ya cred!