I did not realize how hard spam is to detect until I read this.
https://charcoal-se.org/
Am curious as to the amount of spam that comes this way and percentage blocked.
Like this one?
http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=6991.msg78146#msg78146
And this
http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=7120.msg78145#msg78145
I don't know if any gets blocked automatically, but it gets easier to spot
Maybe you should explain why you think these links point to spam.
Quote from: jj2007 on June 11, 2018, 08:57:04 PM
Maybe you should explain why you think these links point to spam.
Maybe you should re-read my post. :-)
I did not realize how hard spam is to detect until I read this.
Quote from: zedd151 on June 11, 2018, 08:31:22 PM
Like this one?
http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=6991.msg78146#msg78146
And this
http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=7120.msg78145#msg78145
I don't know if any gets blocked automatically, but it gets easier to spot
Well, at least it was in the Soap Box. :-)
Still, I cannot see any spam when I open zedd's links. It has become a habit in this forum to post links without any comments, maybe it should become another habit to just ignore such posts completely.
The posts looked more like off tpiic. Alt.home.repair is so full of off topic that the group is ruined.
If You are active in two forums and accidently post assembler in your wifes flower group,thats spam :P :biggrin:
Quote from: daydreamer on June 12, 2018, 12:49:39 AM
If You are active in two forums and accidently post assembler in your wifes flower group,thats spam :P :biggrin:
OK, show me where there is spam in the two links you posted.
Quote from: jj2007 on June 11, 2018, 08:57:04 PM
Maybe you should explain why you think these links point to spam.
Sorry 'bout that I was on the bus on my way to work. Bumpy ride, not a lot of time to post.
I know the thread topic said spam, but I was thinking bots. The two links pointed to posts by now ex-member
'Gertrudez' made this morning. They were bot posts, not specifically spam-bot posts - I was thinking about all
the bot postings on this forum recently.
Hutch had probably removed those posts (and bot-member) by the time you and Magnum viewed the threads in those links.
"Maybe you should explain why...." Dad! It's really you! NOT. :icon_confused:
Quote from: jj2007 on June 12, 2018, 01:55:51 AM
Quote from: daydreamer on June 12, 2018, 12:49:39 AM
If You are active in two forums and accidently post assembler in your wifes flower group,thats spam :P :biggrin:
OK, show me where there is spam in the two links you posted.
daydreamer did not post those two links ::)
The posts pointed at by those two links are now in the dust bin.
And to Magnum, sorry I did not follow your link in my original post. I know it is about spam detection, I was thinking bots. The two posts I linked were bot posts made just this morning and the Garbage Collection service has already been around to make the pickup. :bgrin:
Spotting bot posts is fairly easy. 8)
Usually the English language syntax is out of whack, and in general what they post makes no sense or has any substance. A lot of generalizations. I wish I had copied some of the horribly written posts - to show as an example.
Quote from: zedd151 on June 12, 2018, 07:59:44 AMI wish I had copied some of the horribly written posts - to show as an example.
Yes. It costs you a few seconds more, and it spares everybody else the effort to open a new page without knowing why. And don't worry, you are not the only one who posts URLs without any hint where they lead to. It is a lousy habit.