New serial spammer--check mayers answer number 2
He is under jackjams999 now
At this point, log his IP useage and track accounts, if it's one computer and unused for any other account, IP ban
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He is under jackjams999 now
At this point, log his IP useage and track accounts, if it's one computer and unused for any other account, IP ban
We have a new one using multiple names but spamming the same thing:
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60589...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60554...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60593...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60565...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/58206...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60586...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60609...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60364...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60588...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60585...
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60584...
all different user names and it's continuing. I removed about 20 till my edits were stopped, it's your turn
7 Comments:
I'll keep my eye on this one, since you're out of edits
by Chris Green
Thanks Chris, this one is bad, we could sure use that Red Alert signal to iFixit. What a mess.
by mayer
He's posted 30+ links, and has ~10 accounts. I'll delete them until I run out of edits as well.
by Chris Green
What a real pita
by mayer
It looks like he's done. I'll continue to keep an eye on things, but there haven't been any new posts in 10 minutes.
by Chris Green
Unfortionatly, you can't just IP ban somebody. Even if you ban his IP address, all he has to do it reset his modem, and he has a fresh, unbanned IP. IP bans only can ban whole blocks of IP addresses (For example, block an entire country, state, or service provider.) Most people don't have static (non-changing) IPs, which makes IP banning a very uneffective tool against spammers.
1 Comment:
To add to that - even if they have a static IP, what happens when a spammer moves out of their apartment / house? The next person who moves in 6 months later then can't access our site, through no fault of theirs. There can be unintended consequences to harsh actions like that.
It looks like we have another minor spammer, Heven
I removed 3 posts earlier,
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/60830...
1 Comment:
Banned two accounts for this user: http://www.ifixit.com/User/342002/heven and http://www.ifixit.com/User/Contributions.... This abundance of spammers is making it clear we'll need a better solution.
Thanks for holding down the fort overnight, guys . I will go check out the flags you made and remove all of the spam answers.
2 Comments
i give up, who's meyer?
by mayer
I was tired --it was late and I was flagging spam. Sorry I misspelled your name--I do know better and I sentence myself to 20 lashes with a wet noodle.
by rj713