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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorrdodolak
Registered: March 18, 2007
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Anyone home?  It may be time to shut down the New User Forum as it's now spammed on a daily basis.  It would be nice to not have to deal with this consistent issue.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDevion27
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agree
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributormreeder50
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Registered: March 29, 2007
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Absolutely!!!
Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorscotthm
Registered: March 20, 2007
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How would new users post?

How about just cleaning up the forum a couple times a day instead?  Or maybe auto delete any post that contains a hyperlink.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorrdodolak
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How would new users post?

How about just cleaning up the forum a couple times a day instead?  Or maybe auto delete any post that contains a hyperlink.

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Which new users would those be? 

If they've purchased DVDProfiler they can post in any forum, but I can hardly recall any "real" potential users posting here in a long time.  A lot of the so called "new" accounts are spammers.  They try to obfuscate their trail, but you can see the pattern of them hitting and running.  Sure you can report the posts, but it's gotten old and even so, the first page of that forum is still littered with spam posts.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorscotthm
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Which new users would those be? 

...A lot of the so called "new" accounts are spammers.

"A lot" means not all.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorrdodolak
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"A lot" means not all.

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Of course there's the potential for one "real" new user to come along.  When's the last time that happened?
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSpikyCactus
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Registered: July 16, 2010
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"A lot" means not all.

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Of course there's the potential for one "real" new user to come along.  When's the last time that happened?


I think that was probably me. 
Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection with an almost worthless attempt at it?  Guttermouth "Lemon Water".  Also, I include in my Profiler database VHS tapes, audio DVDs, audio books (digital, cassette and CD), video games (digital, DVD and CD) and 'enhanced' CDs with video tracks on them, as well as films and TV I've bought digitally.  So I'm an anarchist, deal with it.  Just be thankful I don't include most of my records and CDs etc in it too; don't think I haven't been tempted...
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantDr. Killpatient
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Registered: May 19, 2007
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I don't think there's any active moderation going on. But if enough people the spam posts, the system will automatically clean it up.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributormreeder50
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I give a to all spam messages.
Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002.
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So do I.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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I give a to all spam messages.

So far I've mostly been ignoring them, but if that's what it takes ...
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorrdodolak
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I do that as well, but it seems quite a few have remained.  Since the default time has since passed there is no way to the messages again.
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributormreeder50
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It's getting harder and harder to even look at today's posts. It must be at least 75% of them are spam and nothing is being done about it. Sad        
Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorscotthm
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It's getting harder and harder to even look at today's posts. It must be at least 75% of them are spam and nothing is being done about it. Sad        

What are you talking about?  Everything I've reported has been removed.

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorrdodolak
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It's getting harder and harder to even look at today's posts. It must be at least 75% of them are spam and nothing is being done about it. Sad        

What are you talking about?  Everything I've reported has been removed.

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A lot of stuff I report isn't.  Just look at the existing threads, a new spam pops up and the old spam is still there.  Some threads have so much existing spam it's ridiculous.

Maybe it's time to close the new user forum since it's obviously being used almost exclusively by spammers.
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