Spam on the forum

Posts: 310 · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 4:45 am

Can we do something about spam on the forum? I get emails informing me that there has been a new post to a thread, and when I check it I find its some SEO spam post. These users make posts that have nothing to do with the discussion, and then throw in a URL to help the SEO of their website. Its pretty easy to spot them as the users only have 1 or 2 posts in their history, and have never contributed to the dicussions

Posts: 570 · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 5:35 pm

yeah. The forum has had the problem before. it's been good for about a year, but now its a problem again. I've been trying to delete the posts as I see them.

Posts: 310 · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 6:39 pm

You guys might want to integrate the StopForumSpam.com API into the forum. I have used it on several sites, and it does a great job of cutting out the spammers, and bots.

Posts: 858 · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:32 am

I delete them when I see them since I've got admin rights to these forums (on the premise that I've been with HMS for longer than just about anyone else) but honestly I don't watch them closely. Jason do you have the ability to install stuff like WhiteSites is talking about?

Posts: 570 · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:42 pm

jamie wrote:

Jason do you have the ability to install stuff like WhiteSites is talking about?

Jamie, sent you a PM regarding this.