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01 Jan 2016, 12:21 am

I've been seeing a lot of spam with things that talk about telepathy and mind reading. Has anyone else experienced this?


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01 Jan 2016, 12:33 am

Yes, we've all seen it.

Members try to report it as quickly as it shows up, so that the moderators can deal with it as quickly.

Most of it has been sent from India, and by people looking to make easy money off the gullibility of some of our members. The services are bogus, and the results are no better than random chance. Don't fall for it, otherwise more spammers will be sending more spam our way, and our moderators will be over-worked.


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01 Jan 2016, 12:36 am

Fnord wrote:
Yes, we've all seen it.

Members try to report it as quickly as it shows up, so that the moderators can deal with it as quickly.

Most of it has been sent from India, and by people looking to make easy money off the gullibility of some of our members. The services are bogus, and the results are no better than random chance. Don't fall for it, otherwise more spammers will be sending more spam our way, and our moderators will be over-worked.


Can we do anything to stop this?


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01 Jan 2016, 3:48 am

No.


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01 Jan 2016, 9:25 am

Be careful what you wish for. If you ask a superintelligent computer to end all spam, it may decide the most efficient way to do it is to end humanity.


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01 Jan 2016, 9:48 am

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Be careful what you wish for. If you ask a superintelligent computer to end all spam, it may decide the most efficient way to do it is to end humanity.


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01 Jan 2016, 11:25 am

It's even worse. I've discovered two more things about him.

1. He's a robot, and he can't be stopped.

2. He's spamming every other forum there is.


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01 Jan 2016, 11:26 am

Or Alex or moderators could work together to filter spam or to ban posts from India.


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01 Jan 2016, 11:28 am

Have any of you tried to REPORT ALL SPAMMERS yet?

Alex and the moderators can do nothing unless you REPORT ALL SPAMMERS.


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01 Jan 2016, 11:33 am

Fnord wrote:
Have any of you tried to REPORT ALL SPAMMERS yet?

Alex and the moderators can do nothing unless you REPORT ALL SPAMMERS.


I could try that.


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01 Jan 2016, 11:41 am

Aspie202 wrote:
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Have any of you tried to REPORT ALL SPAMMERS yet? Alex and the moderators can do nothing unless you REPORT ALL SPAMMERS.
I could try that.
Yes, you could.

This is the thread you use to REPORT ALL SPAMMERS: viewtopic.php?t=237032&p=6928780#p6928780


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01 Jan 2016, 1:31 pm

MegaBass wrote:
Spiderpig wrote:
Be careful what you wish for. If you ask a superintelligent computer to end all spam, it may decide the most efficient way to do it is to end humanity.


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01 Jan 2016, 3:12 pm

Are you on about all those threads in "General Autism Discussion" with strange names?

Also, how can the person posting them be a robot, wouldn't the captchas have stopped them from joining?



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01 Jan 2016, 3:17 pm

I believe the OP is referring to spam in general.


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01 Jan 2016, 5:21 pm

I believe that the OP's concerns have been addressed.


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