Spammers on Steepster

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Jason – too old to flag: http://steepster.com/dystinkt_beats

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Jillian said

Apparently someone thinks I might be up for something kinky:
http://steepster.com/bondagelocker

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Jillian said

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Jason select said

Cleared out

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Jillian said
Uniquity said

Someone got them. BLECH!

Jason select said

Looks like you guys already cleared them out. Thanks!

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Jillian said

Looks like there’s also a crapload more of fake solahart companies under the ‘s’ in the tea company listings.

Sil select said

not just “s” a few other letters as well

Uniquity said

I go through sometimes and puzzle out the user that made them. If we delete the user, the fake teas disappear, and I assume the companies do too. Mention them here and someone will tackle it. :)

Jason select said

Yep, for the moderators who have the spam removal tool, marking the user as a spammer will delete their account along with any teas and companies they created.

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A couple have started following me this past week or so :/

Uniquity said

If you can find and list them, I’ll remove them. They may already be removed though. In the morning when I am at work I keep an eye on recent activity and remove them after they sign up. Sometimes they get a bit of annoyance done, but that disappears.

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The first one isn’t even poetic.

Can you link their profile?
Never mind I found them, it just makes it quicker for the volunteers to flag them.

Jason, this one is too old: http://steepster.com/lookbackandremember

Sorry! I’ll be sure to do this next time.

Jason select said

Deleted

Thank you, Jason!

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Jason select said

Removed

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Nattie said

Due to the amount of spammers creating fake ‘teas’, would it be possible to implement some kind of system whereby a user must be active for X amount of time or post Y amount of notes etc. before they can create new database entries?
I don’t know if it’s practical or even possible but it might help tackle the sheer volume of spam.

Jason select said

We may do something like that. Or make change the threshold on creating new teas. We have a few ideas but haven’t had a chance to implement anything new since the last big spam prevention push. I guess they’re still really interested in Steepster as a marketing tool… :(

Just cleared out the recent teas, btw. I’ve been trying to, and will continue to, keep an eye on those in the mean time though.

Nattie said

Sounds good! And hey, at least it means they see steepster as a valuable potential market ;)

I would almost suggest having the mods approve memberships. I know at any given time if I watch the live feed, I can catch 5 or 6 spam accounts. I always wonder how many get past us when someone doesn’t happen to be watching.

Uniquity said

I’m with Marz. Or even if there was a way to see a list of new members, we could go through and remove the obvious spam accounts. There are sneaky ones but that would be really helpful.

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