Spam Idea

**greedyboy** · 27-11-2008, 08:24 AM

Just had a quick brain wave (head is still hurting).

Why not have an additional button/link on each post to report spam. Just one simple click. If the button is clicked buy 5 or more member the post is automatically hidden until it can be verified by a mod.

The report post button is fine but you have to go through to another page and then type in some info etc etc. I am not being lazy, but I have come across 3 or 4 posts by the same person this morning. Just a quick click and job done.

A nice quick solution 'one click spam TM'

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**Anthony** · 27-11-2008, 10:10 AM

Thanks for your suggestion, Dean.

I've suggested before that if a thread is reported a certain number of times it could be hidden from view until a moderator can review it. The one click though is new, and I'm not sure if its possible but can certainly look into it. It could probably work quite well, if it can be implemented.

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**greedyboy** · 27-11-2008, 10:17 AM

I'm sure a backend could be quickly written for something like this that isn't very complex. Personally the report post system is ok but for the amount of spam its tedious. Especially when one guy this morning posted 20 spam messages all over the place.

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iBuy · 28-11-2008, 02:34 PM

Yeah, something like this would be very easy to implement, just need to talk to the right coder.

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uktrader · 28-11-2008, 02:39 PM

I think there is a v-bulletin mod for this, but I know others who have used it and it can have the affect of people clicking as a joke and the Mod's and Admin's having to revue post's all the time.

**Anthony** · 28-11-2008, 03:24 PM

We are trying out a new plugin at the moment which has already caught out quite a few threads/posts from spammers in the past 24 hours.

In essence what it does is to scan posts before they go live from a certain usergroup and if identified as spam, it places the thread in the moderation queue for review before going live.

We shall see how we get on.

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