A Periodic Reminder About Spam
Hi, everyone.
We seem to have a lot of new members so I thought it would be a good moment to refresh our collective memory about spam on the forum.
Why do we get spam here?Spammers have figured out an ingenious way to bypass Captcha software that attempts to filter out bots. They use people. It is pretty much impossible to stop someone from registering for the forum and then posting spam. There are groups around the world who hire people to sit all day and post spam on forums like this one.
What should we do when we see a spam post?The first thing is
don't reply to it. When the spam is cleared out by Manny, your reply will still be there and if you quote it the spam will still be there, too.
The best thing to do is report it to Manny, our esteemed host. You do that by clicking on the little exclamation point icon at the bottom of the post. Like this:
If someone has already reported it then you're done. If you see a popup menu you should select the Spam option and then click Submit. That's it.
What happens after we report spam?As soon as Manny can get to it he will delete the spammer's account and all the posted spam. This can take a few days as Manny actually has those things called a job and a life.
Is there anything we can do to help?Yes, you can donate to support stickist.com. This is a private forum run and financed by Manny. If you get some value from it, I hope you'll consider making a small donation from time to time to help keep it going.
Thanks,
-Eric