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A question about Mod reported Spam

Townman
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Re: A question about Mod reported Spam

@Anonymous - the concept would not indicate a post had been reported, unless one sought to report it (again).

@Mav & @Strat - does the number of reports on non-spam posts influence the thought process over if a post needs moderation?

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Anonymous
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Re: A question about Mod reported Spam

@Townman - Which is why I said "should they care to look". You can look at reporting a post without actually reporting it.

jaread83
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Re: A question about Mod reported Spam

Hopefully it will lessen the amount of repeated reports but at the same time, possibly not. A lot of users ignore my 'this is an old thread' warning on topics with the last reply being over 120 days old... we shall see Smiley

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Re: A question about Mod reported Spam

On a good day we're able to identify and remove spammers before they even make their first post.

 

As @jaread83 mentioned this recent PM spamming was borne out of a Lithium issue with the ranking system so, hopefully, once fixed, such spamming will be reduced to zero once more.

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Re: A question about Mod reported Spam


@Townman wrote:


@Mav & @Strat - does the number of reports on non-spam posts influence the thought process over if a post needs moderation?

 

Nope, every report is read, potentially discussed and action taken if deemed necessary 

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