Where are the moderators?

Question

Hi everyone,

I've seen user "queen40" or "queen404" post on dozens of threads today, spam obviously. Queen404 is gone, but I've continuously flagged queen40, and he/she/it is still here. Can a mod handle that? Thanks

Me too! I flagged dozens of his/her/it's posts too. I am hoping that it will be taken care of sooooonnnn. . . - t1funnyface, Apr 10, 2012

Great, t1! I am also hoping. Those spammers, ugh, so irritating! - SonrisaDelSol, Apr 10, 2012

I think he's a bot. I flagged him yesterday and he was banned, but he's back again spamming today. - cheskasullivan, Apr 10, 2012

Hey I'm sorry, I'm on the job and will trace this. I've been in the chat. =] - DJ_Huero, Apr 10, 2012

Me too I flagged several.But he/she is using multiple usernames. - faliron, Apr 10, 2012

Another username used by him/her is "Samale or Samale46" - faliron, Apr 10, 2012

Hola Sonrisa. I seen him too. Good to see you.:) - Ranman, Apr 10, 2012

Thanks, everyone, for the quick responses. Hi Ranman, nice to see you, as well! - SonrisaDelSol, Apr 10, 2012

Answer 1

UPDATE

I went through and deleted the (spam) posts for the listed threads and banned the IP as well as the user. Hopefully this will slow if not stop them. I'll be emailing that email from a garbage email (so they don't spam my real one) and asking the spam to stop. Hopefully it's a really stupid business and will just stop.

Thanks for a doing a thankless job. - gringojrf, Apr 10, 2012

Thank you. - joeblaine, Apr 10, 2012

Anytime guys. =] - DJ_Huero, Apr 10, 2012

Muchas gracias - SonrisaDelSol, Apr 10, 2012

Thanks DJ - rac1, Apr 10, 2012

Answer 2

Queen is obviously mass spaming this site. The name changes each day. I imagine it will be hard for them to catch up with the spammer because of this, but I hope they do soon. I don't understand this type of spam. I can't imagine anyone responding to that message.

Me neither. - t1funnyface, Apr 10, 2012

I don't understand it either, that someone would have so much free time on their hands. - martha-sd, Apr 10, 2012

Answer 3

Hey guys, I'm working on this for y'all right now. Can anyone post some links to the posts? I'm trying to play catch up here and resolve it... however I've been in the chat and seem to have missed most the action.

I need links to get me pointed in the right direction. I don't know what I'm looking for and I don't want to ban random names on a possibility.

I'll check back here after I get back from lunch in an hour and take another shot at it.

Uses usernames including "queen ...." samale46" and maybe more. - faliron, Apr 10, 2012

They are all old posts with hundreds of views and at the end there is an answer from this character starting with " I read your profile........" I hope this is of some help. - faliron, Apr 10, 2012

Thanks, DJ - SonrisaDelSol, Apr 10, 2012

queen40 has been banned but his/her posts hasn't been deleted yet. Here is the link. http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/137523/la-palabra-del-da-paliar/newest - BigBrother, Apr 10, 2012

haven't - BigBrother, Apr 10, 2012

Answer 4

There must be something to stop people with "queen" in any part of their username from registering.

I think there is something that stops people from having a username with a swear in their name, right? Why not do something like that, but with queen? It would just have to be temporary.

They would just change the name to something else and keep spamming. They have to figure out where the mail is coming from and stop it at the source, regardless of the name. I don't know enough to know how they do that, but I have been told it is hard. - joeblaine, Apr 10, 2012

That would definitely stop it at it's source instead of just dealing with the 'symptoms'. - t1funnyface, Apr 10, 2012

He or she is using several usernames and posts an identical message as an answer starting with "i am impressed with your profile..........and ending with an e-mail address. - faliron, Apr 10, 2012

Answer 5

DJ,

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Jeje, he/she/it got a vote on this one!

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It's really a great majority of the threads on Page 2 on the forum, DJ.

The user himself/herself/itself has been deleted, but the majority of the threads he/she/it posted on remain.

Thanks again!

Cool, I'll check into it and thanks for the leads. =] - DJ_Huero, Apr 10, 2012