All Spammed Out, Cheerio For A While

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  1. Tallpaul

    Tallpaul Noble Member

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    Fair comment mate, I'm not convinced that Rob gives a hoot. But I'll leave it alone.
     
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  2. joe mc donald

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    Perhaps. But he put a lot into this forum and faced the trouble makers before so i don't think he wants it all to end just like that.
    Joe.
     
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  3. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    It doesn’t take long to post something, even if it’s just a ‘sorry, life is a bit mad at the moment’. It’s a long-standing situation.
     
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  4. Baza

    Baza Elite Member

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    This is all very reminiscent of what happened to the Ducatisti website and forum in the early noughties run by a guy in the West Country. All of a sudden it just collapsed and ceased to exist.
     
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  5. Dartplayer

    Dartplayer Crème de la Crème

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    That’s a shame. I dislike the level of spammers getting through, but will miss both your contributions. I hope to see your guest appearances :sun::party:
     
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  6. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
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    I agree that it's a shame that this forum has seemed to be more of a spam magnet as of late. And I truly hope that @Rob will step up. But I'm game to continue. As an analogy, I'm not gonna quit riding my motorcycle just because there are so many idiots on the roadway these days. I watch out for them then get away from them as best I can and continue on. So, too, do I do that on the forum. So count me in. I'd truly miss the friendships I've made here plus learning new stuff and seeing great builds and laughing and sharing motorcycles stories and experiences and.... You get the picture.
     
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  7. learningtofly

    learningtofly He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!
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    With you, Sandi! It's irritating but no more than that.
     
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  8. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

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    Click on the spammer name, hit "ignore" and it's done.
    But yes something has to be done anyway.
    Bad to see members leaving because of that.
     
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  9. DCS900

    DCS900 Careful, man! There’s a beverage here!

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    I think SJ’s point is valid though... don’t have any information on here you wouldn’t be happy that anyone in the world would know... I presume IP address’s are linked to names, usernames, email addresses, passwords etc...
     
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  10. Jugg

    Jugg Senior Member

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    It's not that hard to make an account and username, if someone really wanted to get your information they'd get it whether they are a spammer or not. If you really don't want any of your information anywhere then the Internet is not the place to be.

    As for the leaving the forum because of spammers I'm relatively new here but I'm with sandi, it's annoying but life goes on.
     
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  11. Rooster

    Rooster Grumpy Member
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    Can’t see the big problem really. Just mark it as “ignore” refresh page and move on.

    I guess Rob could make the creation of new accounts more difficult with some sort of authentication process, but that’s assuming the software used to manage this forum allows it.

    But the odd bit of Spam is no reason to leave.
     
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  12. Golgotha

    Golgotha Guest

    I'm sure there's more to the issue than the proprietor(s) simply not giving a shit. We have no idea what's going on in people's lives or what it really takes to exterminate a problem like this(at least I don't anyway). That's why I'm keeping my bitching at a somewhat comedic level.

    That being said- @Havit, get your shit together..."bruv." :D
     
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  13. Havit

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    My soul is crushed:oops:Golgotha.:p
     
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  14. Vulpes

    Vulpes Confused Member

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    Yep, ignore and refresh, and move on.
     
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  15. joe mc donald

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    Nice to hear from you and sad to see good members go. Me i will just keep hitting the ignore button. This Forum is to good just to let it die. And here we have great people and a following that is second to none. Thanks for all you are doing.
    Joe.
     
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  16. Havit

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    All we can do
    All we can do is keep our heads above water and keep removing spam. Thanks for your support Joe
     
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  17. joe mc donald

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    No thanks to you for giving us somewhere we can talk to each other and be a member of the best family world wide. They just don't bother me any more as i just ignore and go on the the peeps that matters.
    Joe.
     
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  18. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    That annoying rattle on the bike is just annoying, until your big end goes. If something isn't maintained properly expect more problems as time goes on.
     
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  19. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    #39 Octoberon, Mar 4, 2022
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    Ignoring the account posting spam is a simple solution and really not that onerous, even if it is a little irritating. More concerning is that two members have lost all their post recently, and many others seem to have lost some over the course of the week I got curious and tracked it. We don't know why, and we don't know it won't happen again. Right now the forum seems to be in the same state as a bike that's out of warranty and not being serviced. Sooner or later something will fail. I say this as someone who's spent their career in IT.
     
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  20. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

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    #40 Octoberon, Mar 4, 2022
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    Absolutely right. Everything you post publically on the internet that isn't encrypted will be picked up, indexed and profiled by the likes of Google, Facebook etc.

    IP addresses aren't linked to names directly. It's easy to anonymise that, too. Using a VPN obscures your location but there are other ways to identify people.
     
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