Spam threads - a message from GNHQ

I hope GN can get to grips with it - it isn't just intensely annoying there's also the danger that malware and other not-wanted software can get into the network.

One way to curb spambots might be to ask security questions on registering - I don't think bots can answer questions.

I'm not sure that CAPTCHAs work either (except to irritate legitimate users), but I don't know enough about this stuff to figure out the answer

It's been a lifeline for me too Sweetpeasue so I'm staying.

I m going nowhere either Sweetpeas …..it too will pass

I'm sure GN is doing everything they can. I'm not going anywhere and will remain here. GN has been a lifeline for me.

Because they aren’t real people, its bots callistemon

Why do they keep doing it?
No-one ever responds. What is the point?

It’s ridiculous. I’ve given up bothering to report them. Surely GN can stop this.

They are back again!

There's even more of it tonight.

It doesn’t make me want to disappear I think it’s bots not people although it’s annoying I can manage without getting my knickers in a twist

Yes, and I’m so fed up with it - surely GN can stop it!?

It’s not just the spam, it’s the red square/Jet 2 advert every five minutes or so.

fancythat

^Gransnet is an old site and doing this can take some time)^

Anyone on here care to explain this please?

I am not tech enough to understand the time element or the complications.

The Software is old. It’s like when you want to load an app on your devices but can’t because it’s too old.

Even the adverts inflicted on us are relics of the past.

fancythat

^Gransnet is an old site and doing this can take some time)^

Anyone on here care to explain this please?

I am not tech enough to understand the time element or the complications.

It's not such an old site as Mumsnet which seems to have sussed it (and has far more updates than GN).

We're not old, we're the poor relations.

Gransnet is an old site and doing this can take some time)

Anyone on here care to explain this please?

I am not tech enough to understand the time element or the complications.

Chestnut

For goodness sake, be patient. I came back an hour later and they're all gone. No need to throw a hissy fit. Gransnet are doing their best to tackle them and find a solution.

But this is happening several times a day! It's frustrating to say the least. And I say this as someone who has run websites and currently admins on various social media forums.

Gransnet is an old site

I suppose that’s appropriate, seeing as most of its readers are ‘oldies’.

Thanks GN 👍

I agree with Chestnut. These things can’t always be dealt with quickly, but GNHQ are aware of the problem and working on it. We really do have to be patient.

Thank you GNHQ.

They're clearly doing their best in what appears to be extremely trying circumstances.

For goodness sake, be patient. I came back an hour later and they're all gone. No need to throw a hissy fit. Gransnet are doing their best to tackle them and find a solution.

‘Gransnet is an old site’ cant you upgrade it to whatever system Mumsnet is on? That site doesn’t get this issue, if it needs a shutdown for the upgrade, so be it.
Or, aren’t we worth the investment.

Grandmabatty

I think I'll come off gransnet until, if ever, they get rid of the constant spam. I find it intensely irritating

I was just thinking the same. It's making the site virtually unreadable now. As GSM pointed out, almost the whole Active list was just one spam thread after another. Who can be bothered to sift through all that to find the real threads? It's a nonsense.