SPAM Reporting Thread: This thread is to be used in reporting any and all found Spam.

ze7zez · Jan 31, 2023

mitchelany

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Dayuser · Jan 31, 2023

travoflys

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Clark Joseph Kent · Jan 31, 2023

Spam in the spam thread... they know we're killing them, with this SKTF, Spam Killing Task Force.

We realize at times it seems like there is so much spam, but with the killers we have here and those Members out in the forums reporting we've got it covered. Thank you!

galaxys · Jan 31, 2023

Jamescamertons

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karandpr · Jan 31, 2023

ace2nutzer said:
OK, then a better method should be found.
As a developer I see this as a security leak.
Now think as an hacker, and find how it could be fixed almost for ever and 99 %. And while I'm writing this, I've already an idea.

Edit:
If I understand correctly, the current spam-filter works like this:

In the current filter there is a string like this: "airline reservation" and if detects exactly the same string it'll be blocked and the thread will not come online.
But if the user do this: "airline $$ reservation" then it'll not detect and the thread comes online.

Fix:
Keep the filter list like it is, but block new threads created from new user (lets say up to 6 months) and don't let the thread coming online if it'll find just one word in title or thread description that will match with one word from the filter.. That means a Mod will need to check this and decide if it was really a spam or not. If spam, delete the user, otherwise let the thread come online.

If you XDA developers and admins will manage to do this, then they will loose motivation very quickly, since they need to do much work, spend the time and then the spam thread will not come online at all.

You underestimate how much spam we get.
The ones which escape the filters are around 10-15%.

The devs of the bots which target the forums have plenty of motivation.
They relentlessly update their bots everyday.

Dayuser · Jan 31, 2023

sofabet88

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ace2nutzer · Jan 31, 2023

Clark Joseph Kent said:
Thanks I'll pass it along.
@ace2nutzer

ze7zez · Feb 1, 2023

davidwills

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ze7zez · Feb 1, 2023

karandpr said:
You underestimate how much spam we get.
The ones which escape the filters are around 10-15%.

The devs of the bots which target the forums have plenty of motivation.
They relentlessly update their bots everyday.

In the old days, a new user had to first write a few posts in other threads before he could start his own thread.
This was good, because it forced the user to read many posts about his own problem and sometimes learn to use the forum search engine. Currently, there is no restriction for starting a thread, which results in asking the same questions over and over again on the same problems.
Such repeated questions over and over again are also a form of SPAM.

Perhaps it would be worthwhile to return to the old rule.