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    @UbiToon @ubiBlush Serious talk about spam and unwanted advertisement threads

    This weekend's past, we witnessed the biggest influx of spam threads to date. Yesterday alone I counted over 50. The two threads that mentioned it got locked. We understand that moderators can't check the forums 24hrs a day but something needs to be done. It's very disconcerting to come to the forums and see such a mess like this. Makes you not want to visit. What is currently being done to prevent spam bots advertising in threads? It has to be more than just ignore them and left the first mod to come on shift delete them.
    If you value us as customers I encourage you to take stricter measures to combat spam.
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    FWIW, the new forum seems to have better automated anti-spam detection.
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    +1 Tony! It was awful yesterday.
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    Originally Posted by TONY-NOVA Go to original post
    This weekend's past, we witnessed the biggest influx of spam threads to date. Yesterday alone I counted over 50. The two threads that mentioned it got locked. We understand that moderators can't check the forums 24hrs a day but something needs to be done. It's very disconcerting to come to the forums and see such a mess like this. Makes you not want to visit. What is currently being done to prevent spam bots advertising in threads? It has to be more than just ignore them and left the first mod to come on shift delete them.
    If you value us as customers I encourage you to take stricter measures to combat spam.
    Hey! Unfortunately we don't work over the weekend so sometimes the spam can come in hot. We will eventually be moving over to the discussions platform which should help with the SPAM bots, some of them are crafty and talk about Ghost Recon but then link you to a spam site. They have been evolving.
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    Yeah, I was.
    But I wouldn't blame the CM's or mods they don't work on sundays
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    @Toon I have a question.
    Will the new discussion site facilitate our feedback to the team?
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    Originally Posted by UbiT00n Go to original post
    Hey! Unfortunately we don't work over the weekend so sometimes the spam can come in hot. We will eventually be moving over to the discussions platform which should help with the SPAM bots, some of them are crafty and talk about Ghost Recon but then link you to a spam site. They have been evolving.
    Right, I gather. But until we move to the discussions panel what is going to be done to combat the spam? Can't just walk away from the problem and say "well, we don't work on weekends". Customers are on the forums on the weekends and have to witness the disaster that occurs. It's enough to make your eyes bleed. If you came here when not working on the weekends and saw what occurs, you'd know! You'd be just as upset!
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    Still Tony, it's kind of our choice to be here 24/7.
    You can't expect everyone to do that and they do need some time to rest
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    Originally Posted by ArgimonEd Go to original post
    Still Tony, it's kind of our choice to be here 24/7.
    You can't expect everyone to do that and they do need some time to rest
    Ed, my brother. It didn't matter what time you visited the forums yesterday. There were so many at one time it nearly took over the first page of threads.
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    I don’t work weekends….right so a online always open forum has no moderators at the weekend? Is that a joke? So next weekend I can post some horrible stuff and it will stay there until Monday?

    That’s about as useful on the internet as the battle belt.
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