Offering to Help about the SPAM

[Frances144]

I am offering my assistance/time to this forum to help keep the Spam content down on a twice daily basis.

IMHO, I think the huge spam amount is strangling the forum and deterring new threads/answers from being seen. It is probably not helping newer members either.

I am very happy just to get rid of spam and nothing else. I would not intentionally interfere with threads unless requested by other Admin.

I hope I am not treading on feet but honestly the spam quantity is ridiculous. I do not want to offend anyone either.

 

[Trewsers]

I am offering my assistance/time to this forum to help keep the Spam content down on a twice daily basis.

IMHO, I think the huge spam amount is strangling the forum and deterring new threads/answers from being seen. It is probably not helping newer members either.

I am very happy just to get rid of spam and nothing else. I would not intentionally interfere with threads unless requested by other Admin.

I hope I am not treading on feet but honestly the spam quantity is ridiculous. I do not want to offend anyone either.

I think that's a really super offer and I hope Mike sees this thread - thank you in advance. I think too think that the amount of spam is causing folk to just look away.

 

[Frances144]

My Admin references are I have been an Admin on a large Hospital Facebook group for over ten years.

 

[carthorse]

I've been trying to keep on top of it, but despite deleting loads it's been added to all the time.

 

[Frances144]

@carthorse - I am very happy to help. To be the Spam Monitor.

 

[carthorse]

You'd have to speak to Mike, I can't alter settings to allow you to do that.

 

[Frances144]

@Mike

 

[newforest]

Maybe there is a setting that new members need approval before being allowed to post.
I have seen on some fb groups that you cannot comment unless you have joined for twenty four hours, I believe that was to stop people trolling what they randomly find.

 

[carthorse]

Mike has tried various ways of stopping, or at least reducing, it but nothing seems to work.

 

[newforest]

I never understand the reasoning because it's so random, you are unlikely to sell products that way as surely everyone just ignores.

 

[Sparky Lily]

I find the spam very off-putting, so would probably participate more without it.

 

[newforest]

I think the spam is actually AI bots
I just looked and there are five members online and 3800 guests. Those are not human.

 

[Trewsers]

And again this morning more spam. I hate having to trawl through it all to find an actual real thread. I clicked on one because I thought it was a newcomer but it wasn't - just more spam! ugh. I'm also happy to help get shut of it.

 

[Frances144]

I have pm'ed @Mike, linked him to this thread, tried to contact him. Nothing.

@carthorse - do you know how I can contact him?

 

[carthorse]

Only the ways you'v alrady tried @Frances144

 

[Mike]

Thanks, it's being a right pain. Have replied to you.