Thanks

I appreciate the clean up of all the spam on the formum. It just didn't fit the spirit of the site.

Thanks,

Don


QuiQue's picture

You're welcome Don. Rich is

You're welcome Don. Rich is the guy that does much of the spam filtering. I check in now and then and try to help. The biggest problem comes from the folks who actually go through the registration process and refuse to read the very obvious anti spam stance ArtMetal takes. Since we do not filter members posts or comments, the spammers take advantage of it. But once they are caught, we block them.

I've been thinking of turning on a feature of the site which will allow any member to classify a comment or post as spam which then goes into a queue which a moderator has to approve or delete.

I wonder if this is a feature that you all (the ArtMetal members) would care to have. Any feedback will be appreciated.

QuiQue


Rob Sigafoos's picture

QuiQue- I second Don's

QuiQue-
I second Don's appreciation for removing the spam. This just illustrates all the "behind the scenes" effort you have to do to run this site. Thanks so much for all your work- this is a wonderful site for all of us.
Regarding the member tagged spam, my feeling is that if spam becomes more of a problem I would be in favor of this option with some specific guidelines for members regarding what constitutes spam and when to tag. I would hate to see folks inhibited on their postings for fear of being tagged.
Rob