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1lilithcat
Editado: Nov 11, 2015, 9:53 am

PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING SPAM

Distinguish between the following, and flag the highest level of the violation:

-- Type 1: Irredeemable commercial spam: make sure to flag the member's profile, as well as the spammy activity. This type includes things selling strollers, pharmaceuticals, live-streaming sports games, porn, and/or trying to create traffic/links to sites for such things. Sufficient profile flags will automatically result in temporary suspension and deletion of the member's activity, so use your profile-flagging powers wisely and carefully.

-- Type 2: Teachable moments: DO NOT flag the member's profile, but DO flag the violating activity (e.g. self-promotional Talk post, group, or local venue). This type includes promotional activity that violates the Terms of Service (TOS), but where the member is potentially redeemable, e.g. overzealous authors, overzealous publishers, or other members with small TOS violations but who are otherwise using the site legitimately. These cases should be reported to staff (by sending a message or email to staff and/or or posting on this thread), so the member can be taught how to use the site.

Specific procedures:
-- Overzealous authors or publishers (these fall under type 2): do NOT flag the member's profile. Report to staff here or privately. You can also send the member a polite message pointing them to the terms, mentioning the "no promoting" language, and pointing them to the Do's and Don't page for authors: http://www.librarything.com/about_authors.php
-- Suspected sock-puppetry to promote a book, write fake reviews, and/or stack ratings: do not flag the profile, but report to staff here or by message, so staff can investigate. This is a serious violation for which members can be permanently banned.
-- Profile flags for commercial spammers only (type 1): On the member's profile page, click on the "report for spam" link, then follow instructions to flag the member. Again, this is only for commercial spam, not for "overzealous" authors, publishers, or booksellers, which should be reported to staff instead. See Talk post: http://www.librarything.com/topic/85810
-- Spam or promotional posts in a Talk topic (type 1 or 2): flag the post as an abuse of the terms of service.
-- Spam or promotional groups (types 1 and 2): flag new groups using the "flag this group" link.
-- Spam lists: report in this thread, and flag the member if it's commercial spam.
-- Spam works (type 1 spam): flag the work as spam on the work's editions page, and then vote on proposed work spam. Make sure to read the guidelines before proposing or voting, especially for what is not spam. Voting page: http://www.librarything.com/spam_works.php
-- Spam in a review (type 1), or an explicitly promotional review (type 2): flag the review as an abuse of the TOS, using the red flag.
-- Spam or promotion in "published reviews," or other CK fields (type 1 or 2): post here and/or delete.
-- Spam or egregious promotion/advertising in venues or events (type 1 or 2): post here and/or delete. Note that authors are permitted to add events for their books.
-- Spam in book links / quick links: post here and/or edit to remove spam.
-- Spam author names listed on a work: No current procedure. Tim has asked us not to change CK to indicate spammers, and not to combine spam authors together.
-- Not sure if it's spam? Post here, and explain why.

Please note that Tim has asked us not to use either CK or the combining system (whether works or authors) for spam fighting.

For more information see these wiki pages:
Procedures for flagging and reporting spam: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Spam#Procedures_for_flagging_and_repo....
Spam works, guidelines for flagging and voting: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/HelpThing:Spam_works

(A copy of these guidelines, for pasting in new threads, can be found here or at the top of previous threads.)

2lilithcat
Editado: Ago 31, 2015, 9:31 am

Esta mensagem foi removida pelo seu autor.

62wonderY
Ago 31, 2015, 4:32 pm

spam profile, though it does seem like a nice place

http://www.librarything.com/profile/ExchangeForFood

7rybie2
Ago 31, 2015, 9:41 pm

Spam message already gone, profile just needs flagging.
http://www.librarything.com/profile/scottblount

10legallypuzzled
Set 1, 2015, 8:32 pm

Feel free to hit the profile after flagging the reviews. Those are real books, though.

http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=dsgJames23

13rybie2
Set 2, 2015, 7:21 am

>12 2wonderY: That's... amazing. I don't think I've seen such a wall of links.

142wonderY
Set 2, 2015, 7:33 am

>13 rybie2: And sneaky too, putting it in a group besides Book Talk.

15rybie2
Set 2, 2015, 1:38 pm

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195248#
http://www.librarything.com/profile/janivokalrozi654

Topic will probably disappear by the time I post this, but profile will need further flagging.

16Lyndatrue
Set 3, 2015, 12:30 am

Enthusiastic author (free account, all three books in her library are hers, and I leave it to someone else to post a kind comment on her profile.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195258#
http://www.librarything.com/profile/MarieTayse (Provided ONLY for someone else to make a comment. Please don't flag it.)

19MarthaJeanne
Editado: Set 3, 2015, 8:02 am

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195272
http://www.librarything.com/profile/jkmdsimckil

That one had two flags on it, that are now gone, so 'someone' voted one down.

20MarthaJeanne
Set 3, 2015, 8:26 am

28Lyndatrue
Set 4, 2015, 1:02 pm

29Lyndatrue
Set 4, 2015, 1:03 pm

30lorax
Set 4, 2015, 1:06 pm

>28 Lyndatrue:

No need to trust, the links are there now.

43Lyndatrue
Editado: Set 5, 2015, 10:27 am

44lilithcat
Set 5, 2015, 10:35 am

>43 Lyndatrue:

Profile picture is also spam (although I guess that goes away when the account's suspended)


It should. In any case, we can't flag profile pics. I can certainly see the logic of that, though in cases like this, it's too bad!

45MarthaJeanne
Set 5, 2015, 10:37 am

At least those who missed the spam topic can see a reason to finish off the spammer.

Today seems really heavy on the spam.

52rybie2
Editado: Set 5, 2015, 4:47 pm

http://www.librarything.com/profile/yogastair

Edit: profile pic has wall of advertising, links, and other crap

55MarthaJeanne
Set 5, 2015, 5:11 pm

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195369

I think this one maybe comes under teachable moments, so I have not flagged the profile. I would on a repeat, though. This is a commercial tour company.

64Yamanekotei
Set 8, 2015, 2:45 am

67Jarandel
Set 8, 2015, 5:19 am

www.librarything.com/topic/195453
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Jiamaxwell

69lilithcat
Set 8, 2015, 4:14 pm

Author promotion:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/195481

(Comment left on his profile.)

80Lyndatrue
Editado: Set 10, 2015, 1:48 pm

81MarthaJeanne
Set 10, 2015, 3:35 pm

84lilithcat
Set 10, 2015, 6:21 pm

>82 henkl:

1 minute, and topic and profile are both gone. Is that a record?

88Yamanekotei
Editado: Set 11, 2015, 2:35 am

"Mahkotabola.net is Agen Bola SBOBET 338A which has been very reliable in providing gambling services account creation Ball online, with free registration to every ball game online" in Indonesian.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/mahkotabolanetagenbo
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Mahkota_Bola

ETA
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Agen_Bola

93Collectorator
Set 11, 2015, 3:40 pm

This member has been suspended from the site.

94rybie2
Set 11, 2015, 3:42 pm

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Henrywilliam
Has only spam works entered, all of which have been flagged as such, but member needs further flagging.

99gilroy
Set 12, 2015, 6:28 am

https://www.librarything.com/topic/195633

Overzealous author. Profile needs a note.

110rybie2
Set 12, 2015, 7:11 pm

http://www.librarything.com/profile/gottabinn for spam links in profile picture

114rybie2
Set 13, 2015, 1:21 pm

http://www.librarything.com/profile/asxcmrmfg for spam links in profile picture.

122rsterling
Editado: Set 14, 2015, 11:11 am

Which staff member normally deals with spam stuff? This is a message for that person:

The "edit quick links" page needs to be cleared out of everything in the DELETE ME section, under Online Booksellers. https://www.librarything.com/editquicklinks/online:booksellers
These are quick links that have been added that were either duplicates, or spam, or links pointing to author pages or specific books, or other things that were not proper quick links. (When I spot those, I clear out any spammy or promotional URLs and mark them for deletion.) Jeremy used to clean this stuff out when he worked at LT, I believe, but I don't think it's had a clean in a while.

(edited to add link to relevant page)

129Lyndatrue
Set 16, 2015, 12:23 am

Topic will probably vanish, but profile still needs flagging

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195806#
http://www.librarything.com/profile/mazinjuriya

132rybie2
Set 16, 2015, 9:57 am

http://www.librarything.com/profile/weds for spam links in profile picture.

138Lyndatrue
Set 17, 2015, 1:35 am

>136 Mr.Durick: still needs plenty of flagging on both the group, and the profile.

139MarthaJeanne
Editado: Set 17, 2015, 1:37 am

>138 Lyndatrue: They're gone. Both 136 and 137.

1432wonderY
Set 17, 2015, 7:50 am

147Taphophile13
Set 17, 2015, 3:06 pm

Profile https://www.librarything.com/profile/urvishpatel still needs flagging. All the "books" (ads) are gone.

1532wonderY
Set 18, 2015, 2:17 pm

Ha ha! Three flags before it's even edited to spam links.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195914
http://www.librarything.com/profile/janydyyar2

we're good.

154lorax
Set 18, 2015, 2:21 pm

>153 2wonderY:

Has anyone official ever okayed the flagging of spam probes before the links go in? It's obvious that they are going to be spam, but given the dire warnings against "misuse" of spam flagging I've never dared to be pre-emptive in my flagging, since someone will undoubtedly protest that we don't know this one is going to turn into spam just because the last 499 did, this one might just be a poor clueless newbie, and then we're the horrible TOS-violating bad guys.

1552wonderY
Set 18, 2015, 2:32 pm

>154 lorax: Well, and that was a reason for me recording the topic and profile links here, so that if there is a complaint, we know what it's referring to. That one was pretty obvious. If I'm not sure, I'll star it and return in another few seconds.

159elenchus
Set 19, 2015, 12:14 pm

Anyone have any insight into this case? I'm not savvy enough on the process to have spotted where / when it was flagged. It appears to have been mistaken:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195947

161lilithcat
Editado: Set 19, 2015, 2:29 pm

> 159

No idea. I searched for any discussions of it in this group, but couldn't find anything. It's possible that a spammer might also have added it and someone flagged the work because of that. It shows only one member, though if the flagger were "offed" that might have changed the number. But that's just a guess.

163elenchus
Set 19, 2015, 7:35 pm

>161 lilithcat: appreciate the look, lilithcat. It may have been a mistake in the manual add process, not sure how easy that could happen. I think it worked itself out, which suggests it was an accident of the add process.

165gilroy
Set 20, 2015, 7:13 am

https://www.librarything.com/topic/195964#

Overzealous author. I'm not good at notes on profiles so can someone drop this one a line, please?

166MarthaJeanne
Set 20, 2015, 8:53 am

170lilithcat
Set 20, 2015, 9:12 am

171lilithcat
Set 20, 2015, 9:13 am

172MarthaJeanne
Set 20, 2015, 9:27 am

Spamming author is gone.

178MarthaJeanne
Editado: Set 21, 2015, 2:42 pm

184MarthaJeanne
Editado: Set 23, 2015, 1:56 am

http://www.librarything.com/groups/moisturizestheskin
http://www.librarything.com/profile/nivaspight

Do these peple use Google translate for their texts? And what language do they start from?

187Mr.Durick
Editado: Set 23, 2015, 5:49 am

http://www.librarything.com/topic/189204#5281898

I think maybe the poster and several messages are gone.

189Lyndatrue
Set 23, 2015, 1:18 pm

It's not exactly spam, but it's surely close. Someone much kinder and more diplomatic than I needs to post a reminder to jak.susanity (please don't flag the profile, though) over this topic:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/196100

Not sure what an "ARC" is, but I'm very sure I'm about to flag the topic.

Would we call this an "Enthusiastic Reviewer"?

190lorax
Set 23, 2015, 1:22 pm

>189 Lyndatrue:

An ARC is an "Advance Reading Copy", a pre-release copy of a book sent to reviewers. They're one of the forms frequently used for Early Reviewers; usually they look like a trade paperback with extra promotional information on the cover, and frequently images and other such details are absent.

I'd point the poster at Hobnob With Authors and Member Giveaways.

191Marissa_Doyle
Set 23, 2015, 1:25 pm

An ARC is an "advance review copy"-- a pre-publication edition of a book that gets sent out to reviewers. It often hasn't been through its final proofreads yet, but is sent out anyway because most of the big review journals want to read books from 4-6 months before their release date in order to be able to have reviews in print to coincide with a book's release.

Maybe suggest she post in the Hobnob group?

192Taphophile13
Set 23, 2015, 1:43 pm

>189 Lyndatrue:
kristilabrie has already noticed and pointed her in the right direction.

193Lyndatrue
Set 23, 2015, 1:47 pm

>192 Taphophile13: Yeah, I saw that she had. I'm thinking about copyrights on "Enthusiastic Reviewer" though. Advance Review Copy Who knew?

I'll go un-flag it.

199Taphophile13
Editado: Set 24, 2015, 2:39 pm

201Lyndatrue
Set 25, 2015, 1:49 pm

Enthusiastic author

http://www.librarything.com/topic/196186#

Here's the profile (for someone to leave a comment on, NOT to flag, please):

http://www.librarything.com/profile/G-M-S

206Yamanekotei
Set 27, 2015, 1:48 pm

208MsMaryAnn
Editado: Set 27, 2015, 5:55 pm

Enthusiastic author
Leaving message on profile

http://www.librarything.com/topic/196253

ETA: Profile for future reference http://www.librarything.com/profile/JasonGolden

209MarthaJeanne
Editado: Set 29, 2015, 5:26 am

http://www.librarything.com/groups/thefatchemicalproces
http://www.librarything.com/profile/olvishawn

Enthusiastic author
http://www.librarything.com/topic/196259
(reference only: http://www.librarything.com/profile/eugene.uttley)

ETA Author responded to my message with the links to terms and Author pages that he had probably overdone his advertising. Then wanted to friend me!

213Lyndatrue
Set 28, 2015, 6:34 pm

217MarthaJeanne
Set 29, 2015, 5:28 am

see >209 MarthaJeanne: for more on an enthusiastic author. I don't understand this mentality.

219MsMaryAnn
Set 29, 2015, 1:51 pm

2202wonderY
Set 29, 2015, 3:34 pm

Spam profile

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Richestlu

I've checked out the homepage.

222Taphophile13
Set 30, 2015, 9:20 am

223Taphophile13
Set 30, 2015, 9:23 am

"interferes with a thriving fit of anxiety with the immense electronic step of the most pack satisfying sound in cutting edge music: a drop. On occasion like that, "

lots of links
https://www.librarything.com/topic/196346#
https://www.librarything.com/profile/piinkkyangll

224henkl
Set 30, 2015, 9:25 am

>223 Taphophile13: Gone already

2252wonderY
Set 30, 2015, 10:26 am

From Jaipur today, we have a Spam profile

http://www.librarything.com/profile/TheDivineLuxury

232CDVicarage
Out 1, 2015, 5:55 am

233.Monkey.
Out 1, 2015, 6:10 am

Quite clearly. They've made like 50 spam posts in book talk. Not going to bother to link them all, far too many.

234Ennas
Out 1, 2015, 6:39 am

I think the posts are gone now. They disappeared faster than I could flag them. :-) The profile was still there.

Is it really necessary to let new members make so many new posts in a short time? If that could be blocked, it would only bother spammers, I think. No normal person would do that, woud they?

235.Monkey.
Out 1, 2015, 6:46 am

I know such things have been suggested before, clearly not much has come of it.

2362wonderY
Out 1, 2015, 8:45 am

>232 CDVicarage: So, what is happening with this account? Are the works and reviews spam?

237.Monkey.
Out 1, 2015, 9:12 am

I would imagine they are, given that the person joined and proceeded to make literally at least 50 gibberish spam posts in Book Talk. But I will leave that for someone else to officially determine.

239MarthaJeanne
Editado: Out 1, 2015, 9:35 am

240Yamanekotei
Out 1, 2015, 9:38 am

>236 2wonderY: >237 .Monkey.:
I google translated his/her boook reviews and flagged them all. I also flagged the account.

241MarthaJeanne
Editado: Out 1, 2015, 9:44 am

I'm wondering how that account is surviving.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/kjftgdedw

The one in >239 MarthaJeanne: is gone already.

2422wonderY
Editado: Out 1, 2015, 10:05 am

Would flagging the profile also rid us of the 58 reviews? Or do they each need to be flagged first?

블랙썬­­카­­지­­노­­ ▶oX600

This kind of entry should be spot-able, eh?

243.Monkey.
Out 1, 2015, 10:18 am

It'd probably toss the reviews when the acct goes (it should be flagged regardless, they're a spam acct), but not the actual books, which are presumably spam as well?

2442wonderY
Out 1, 2015, 10:23 am

Well, most appear to be spam works, but there is one real work that seems to have been affected and twisted:

http://www.librarything.com/work/16175226

776 members, including a Legacy Library, but no title, no cover.
The remaining reviews don't seem to harmonize with each other, and neither do the tags.

245.Monkey.
Out 1, 2015, 10:25 am

Ah I think that might be the work that was recently in bugs due to its...well, yeah, you can see. XD

247Lyndatrue
Editado: Out 1, 2015, 10:30 am

Please flag that profile NOW

http://www.librarything.com/profile/fdgcbnfgh

(I'm just waking up. Just as the other spam profile, there were multiple topics in book talk being posted.)

248MsMaryAnn
Out 1, 2015, 10:29 am

2492wonderY
Out 1, 2015, 10:32 am

Whew! There was a certain eerie beauty to the repeated symbols. I kept getting distracted by the patterns.

250Lyndatrue
Out 1, 2015, 10:35 am

The other profile is still around, though.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/kjftgdedw

(I'm drinking my first cup of coffee, 2wonderY, and nothing much distracts me until it takes effect.)

251MsMaryAnn
Out 1, 2015, 10:53 am

>250 Lyndatrue: and 2wonderY
The profile is still there. All the reviews are suppressed. If the account is finally zapped won't the spam works remain unless they are flagged and voted on? I'd be happy to flag them (less the one legitimate buggy one) if that's the case.

252Lyndatrue
Out 1, 2015, 11:02 am

>251 MsMaryAnn: I'd say that flagging would be the right thing to do. I don't know the answer (about whether the works remain), but suspect that they will. I wonder if the second spammer was the same person as the first, or at least the same group?

253MsMaryAnn
Editado: Out 1, 2015, 11:17 am

>252 Lyndatrue: Off to flag the works. Hopefully, they will be voted on quickly.

ETA: No need to flag works. They've already been suppressed as spam.

2542wonderY
Out 1, 2015, 11:20 am

I'll bet that staff is keeping the profile up in order to study the new spam techniques presented.

255Mr.Durick
Out 1, 2015, 11:12 pm

I flagged this even though google translate refused to try to translate it. It looks like spam, and someone else had already flagged it.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/196464#
http://www.librarything.com/profile/princessdutch

I may be wrong.

Robert

256Mr.Durick
Out 1, 2015, 11:14 pm

And there are more, but people are flagging them.

Robert

257Crypto-Willobie
Out 2, 2015, 12:52 am

This
http://www.librarything.com/topic/196492#
and many related posts tonight in BookTalk.
Have flagged posts and members but theyre coming fast...

258Yamanekotei
Out 2, 2015, 12:59 am

Re 257

They might come back around the same time tomorrow, be aware, people!

259MarthaJeanne
Out 2, 2015, 1:01 am

But at least for now they are gone, and I won't have to be up at this ungodly hour tomorrow.

260timspalding
Out 2, 2015, 1:10 am

Some real bastards tonight. If this keeps up, I'll have to add some new things to catch them.

262Mr.Durick
Out 2, 2015, 2:19 am

There is nothing here that I can identify as commercial, but I flagged it anyway:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/196510
http://www.librarything.com/profile/LARAAKIM11

263Yamanekotei
Out 2, 2015, 2:36 am

http://www.librarything.com/profile/maxoim

Got to have account busted for sure...

264yolana
Out 2, 2015, 8:02 am

https://www.librarything.com/topic/196569
https://www.librarything.com/profile/romlsfhr

I don't know what this is about to be honest but there are 17 identical threads in book talk which is very spammy.

265rodneyvc
Out 2, 2015, 8:03 am

Postings in this new group https://www.librarything.com/groups/naturalherbsclinic

And in Book Talk

267.Monkey.
Out 2, 2015, 8:42 am

Tim, can you please make some sort of anti-spam thing that prevents new users from making more than, say, 5 posts in a short period??

268drneutron
Out 2, 2015, 8:45 am

Yeah, this one's really bad...

270.Monkey.
Out 2, 2015, 8:51 am

Anyone else getting REALLY SICK of flagging?? UGH too many. >___<

271gilroy
Out 2, 2015, 8:54 am

>270 .Monkey.: The last few have all been the same pattern too. Those nonsense characters...

272PawsforThought
Out 2, 2015, 8:54 am

>270 .Monkey.: I'm trying to look on the bright side of it. I'm pretty sure I've reached gold star status on talk spam-fighting by now...

273.Monkey.
Out 2, 2015, 8:57 am

Haha. And yes the past couple days have been loaded with this gibberish garbage, really irritating, there's not even spam links, what is the point even?! blech.

2742wonderY
Out 2, 2015, 11:34 am

277MsMaryAnn
Out 2, 2015, 9:12 pm

Lots of spam appearing in the off topic group. Flags and staff intervention is probably needed again.

278MsMaryAnn
Out 2, 2015, 9:16 pm

Yay! They are gone!

279Lyndatrue
Editado: Out 2, 2015, 11:37 pm

Oh god, I hope someone besides me is out there.

Huge spam on Book Talk (back in a minute with links)

Here's the (so far) single profile for all of it.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Watchup

ETA: (I'd guess that someone on Staff noticed, and thank you. There just HAS to be something better than the way we're doing it now.)

280Taphophile13
Out 2, 2015, 11:38 pm

>279 Lyndatrue:
I saw a bunch of threads but when I clicked on the first one to flag it — it was already gone! Maybe Tim has added some kind of super bug exterminator program.

281Lyndatrue
Out 2, 2015, 11:40 pm

>280 Taphophile13: I've been flagging them for five minutes. I made the frantic post here about five minutes ago (and then edited it, twice). I think it was manual intervention, but would be overjoyed to hear it was automated.

282Taphophile13
Out 2, 2015, 11:47 pm

>281 Lyndatrue: I don't know about programming but maybe it's possible that all these posts are coming from a single IP address and that the system is set up to recognize an address that has already been suspended. There have been a lot of Asian casino ads today. Sort of like an immune response?

283Lyndatrue
Out 3, 2015, 12:19 am

>282 Taphophile13: Nice idea, but the two things happened simultaneously (the spam links all dying, and account suspension). Most of the posts had been flagged only by me, or at most one other person, and then suddenly they were gone (and I blew a kiss towards the East Coast). I actually *do* know a lot about programming. Without knowing about the particular spam engine behind this, though, I think that it's all conjecture.

I'd suggest that a wise thing to do is to immediately suspend an account after {mumble} posts within the time period {mumble}, but that's still just going to slow them down. I don't know it *can* be automated, truthfully.

Now I'm just making myself sad.

286Taphophile13
Out 3, 2015, 12:23 am

>284 Lyndatrue: It's internet baccarat - online gambling. And they have all been Korean.

287Lyndatrue
Out 3, 2015, 12:24 am

It's going to be a long, long night for someone...

There's still more of the crap from >284 Lyndatrue:

288Taphophile13
Out 3, 2015, 12:25 am

>285 Lyndatrue: "Normal spam" - I like that phrase.

289Taphophile13
Editado: Out 3, 2015, 12:28 am

https://www.librarything.com/topic/196720
and others in the Book Talk group

ETA and they're gone!

290Mr.Durick
Out 3, 2015, 12:28 am

Something just knocked out a whole bunch of them in the minute or so it took me to look at this thread.

Robert

291Lyndatrue
Out 3, 2015, 12:28 am

>289 Taphophile13: All fixed, for now. :-(

293Lyndatrue
Editado: Out 3, 2015, 12:34 am

I'd been about to continue this to a new topic, but no time

I'm sure there will be more. There's never just one.

301Taphophile13
Out 3, 2015, 1:05 am

Lyndatrue
Is this some sort of automated spam or spam-bot thing? It's being uploaded so quickly.

304Jarandel
Out 3, 2015, 1:15 am

>301 Taphophile13: Yes most likely a bot.

305Lyndatrue
Out 3, 2015, 1:47 am

>301 Taphophile13: I'd say it was a bot, but the username creation is interesting (choice of names, I mean). There's the issue of creating a name that hasn't already been used, and yet looks vaguely user-like. The posts themselves seem to make almost no effort at being anything but what they are.

I just wish they'd put some kind of auth in for user creation until I get some sleep, because I'm about to head off for just that.

307MsMaryAnn
Out 3, 2015, 2:56 am

And the spam bot continues 25+ topic in Book Talk. Will flagging the profile end it? http://www.librarything.com/profile/fgwerwet

308MarthaJeanne
Out 3, 2015, 3:02 am

That one's gone. It's almost a relief to see a normal spammer.

309MsMaryAnn
Editado: Out 3, 2015, 3:05 am

But another just appeared.

ETA: http://www.librarything.com/topic/196793

312Mr.Durick
Out 3, 2015, 4:07 am

Midway through flagging a bunch of them, they went away.

Robert

313henkl
Out 3, 2015, 4:08 am

Yes, they're all gone now.

314.Monkey.
Out 3, 2015, 4:53 am

*flags a dozen quickly made posts by new spam user* So Tim, about that script to block N posts in N time... >__<

315andyl
Out 3, 2015, 5:03 am

>314 .Monkey.:

A dozen? 27 when I looked.

316.Monkey.
Out 3, 2015, 5:38 am

Yep, another dozen+ followed. :|

318Lyndatrue
Out 3, 2015, 9:39 am

I'm going to do a continuation of this thread. It will take a few minutes (because I've never done it before, and I'm being careful).
Este tópico foi continuado por Spam reporting thread #42.