i just had a thought, is there a way to block users? by this i mean so i dont have to see any posts by the user name. theres a facility on kitecrowd that allows you to block any user that you dont like ect. and you no longer see any posts by them

That will work for individuals (although you'll be blocking a heck of a lot of spam accounts), but it won't do anything to stop the flood of spam on the forum.

New users who log in to see a lot of spam out of control might not want to bother sticking around.

-joedy

...but *regular users who see alot of spam aren't going to want to stick around either..!...but good point.

*Example: '?????' titled post from -Bigkid http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=24575

Where is our moderator? Is the trouble here that this is the longest unchecked period from the moderator, more so- if not as much- than all the spam :puzzled:

Once this Spate of repeat spammers are removed things might go back to normal.

Only if this continues..... do we need either a new system or regular moderator(s) moderating.

i was thinking on a personal level. sign in, click on new posts, see spam ,block user.

Guys, repeated posts talking about spam is.....guess what.... SPAM.

no need to have 5 threads on the topic

I think on XK, the first five posts of a new user have to be approved by a moderator before they're posted on the board. The end result is that I've never seen spam posts on the forum. I have heard that it's pretty time consuming to deal with though...

In general, for any blog site....being a moderator is a thankless position (almost) where you volunteer your time. It should be -obviously-for someone who is on there consistently and is VERY fond of that site.

Again...this is bad right now because of a long absence of the moderator(as opposed to just non-reaction)...I assume?.....

It may be at the same time we have been bombarded much more than average... but I'm doubtful....because if there wasn't this absence(of action/removal)..it would not be this bad- and also it just seems the same offender(s) repeating their spamming-unchecked/unremoved.


The more it builds up, the more work to be done and time involved by moderator to clean up, too...perhaps..?

Anyone concur? ...anyone...Bueller?

If only a few of us had the ability to delete the spam.