Spam threads - a message from GNHQ

Thank you for the information. Hopefully you can find a way to minimise them.

Surely an original post with links could be automatically detected and removed?

Thank you. Today we hav3 been swamped!

I feel sorry for you having to deal with this. I hope you manage to successfully ban these horrible people, who have no scruples.

Thank you

Cabbie21

Surely an original post with links could be automatically detected and removed?

Its not about removing the posts, more about banning the OP and blocking the IP address if possible. That takes longer than just deleting.

Thank you HQ.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

It is very easy to change an IP address. Just saying. Thanks for removing rubbish HQ.

Why do HQ respond to each of these threads by saying 'Message deleted' etc, but the threads STILL appear on the 'Last day' list in all their irritation?

Thank you 👍

I am not an IT genius by any means, but looking at the new posts from these scammers they are constantly starting new threads I imagine they/it are bots.

It's fun today to say the least

Going to be busy HQ they’re persistent.

I’ve bumped a couple of active threads but I can’t keep up

And I have things to do today!

I thought I'd bump a few interesting threads that would have been pushed off "Active" so I went to the Arts and Crafts forum. Could hardly find any Arts and Crafts threads at all - the top half was all spam!

I think Gnet is going to be kept busy all day. The spam posts are just constantly pouring in...

Thank you

and bumping again

There must be a reason that this has started now. Hope the Techies can find the hole and plug it.

Then maybe they can get on with all our other requests.....

Thank you but feel its a never ending task.

Is the bumping helpful ? Or is it just adding to the confusion ?
If it’s helpful I’ve nothing else to do at the moment 🤷‍♀️

I don’t know what others think, but I’m finding the constant bumping much more annoying than the spam threads themselves. It’s easy to avoid them.

Perhaps GNHQ can advise as to whether we need to report any new nuisance threads till the onslaught is over? They’re obvious enough from the titles.

Best of luck with it all, Lily & Co!

Thanks LilyGransnet

Is it possible to remove them from the Active list too?

Normally, when deleted, they disappear completely.