You telling me that degree was worthless?
Not at all. Any Belgian-based, EU-funded, pseudo-medical quango would snap you up in a heartbeat.
You telling me that degree was worthless?
You'll be wanting a medal and a safe space to cry ....It's spam. And its dealt with. Every ******* night by me prior to going to bed. Do I get thanks, like say a mug - do I ****. I do it for the love.
The pattern appears to be that a new account is created and then the spam posting starts by using the new account to post random numbers in successive posts into an existing thread. I suspect this is used to build up a posting history before starting new threads. I don't know if ARRSE enforces a rule like that, but many forums require that new members post a certain number of times in existing threads before they are allowed to start a new one of their own and the spammers will be following an SOP.Thanks, now I know what those are about. Learn something new every day. Even old goats can learn!
Have not noticed it before tbh but that no doubt is down to your brave single handed fight with the hoards from the east.It's spam. And its dealt with. Every ******* night by me prior to going to bed. Do I get thanks, like say a mug - do I ****. I do it for the love.
Luckily for me the ones who hit the QM's tend to be obvious if Chinese spam types, the difficult ones are often the ones who know the CO and have posted trade adverts but either not sought permission or the CO's haven't passed it on, luckily though we can put this into a holding cell and get approval later.But if I'm zapping them as and when they pop up in the morning / during the day, Guns is doing the same from the other side of the world - and with the amount of other mods doing the same - just makes you wonder how much the site is getting hit. The COs will know cos they can see a report of who's killed who (which sometimes gets me into trouble when I zap a genuine member who just happens to be working in one of these shithole countries).
And you didn't see the months old, pages long thread in this forum seeking a solution to the Chinese spam problem.Have not noticed it before tbh but that no doubt is down to your brave single handed fight with the hoards from the east.
Do you mean threads or treads..Hi mods
Was just on there and some of the treads changed to some form of language from south east asia, seems you have been hacked
No good. Planning my escape to WalesARRSE probably needs more moderators. Any volunteers from England?
Are you mental? That thread is necessary for my sanity. How about one where people are discussing the president of an entirely other country, like he matters to them?I'm no expert (no sh1t) but wouldn't it be possible for these hits to just get redirected to one of the more esoteric bits of the forum? Gingers I Would or similar.
The spam factories have hundreds of people just doing Google searches to keywords and then hammering the Top 100 sites. Once they think they have a lead they pass it on for more spamming. It's easy because even those spammers that are real people are paid nothing or less and so it only takes one or two take ups to have success.
We get two types - first is the classic spam where they push out rubbish. The other is the random "1" in a thread. These people are creating accounts that are live to sell on. I like hoofing those best because someone is looking to make money on those and if they have sold it on and it is no longer active they may need to explain to the seller....
You get love? Wow, sign me up! Where do I apply to be a mod and how long before the luuuve comes through??It's spam. And its dealt with. Every ******* night by me prior to going to bed. Do I get thanks, like say a mug - do I ****. I do it for the love.
No, because you would also be banning genuine members who are living there as ex-pats or on business trips. And I don't recall anybody saying that the IPs were from China either, they could be living anywhere, we just know the spam is Chinese language. If they are using a VPN they could make it look like they're from any country they want.Would it not be wise to block all IP adreeses from the relevant ISP,s ie. all Chinese.