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Submitted by Cyberhawk on Sun, 10/23/2011 - 15:46

Spammers be gone

I suggest implementing a "mark as spam" button near each post on the forum. After a post has gathered x spam marks, someone on the team should get an email, suggesting the deletion of said post. The post itself might also be added to the email, in order to simplify the decision.

lutes:
Mon, 02/01/2021 - 19:34

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/trisquel9-freezes#comment-155606

Magic Banana:
Mon, 09/28/2020 - 05:41

The link in https://trisquel.info/forum/libreplanet-new-presentation leads to a porn video.

chaosmonk:
Mon, 01/13/2020 - 11:54

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/mark-trisquelinfo-brave-verified-creator

david:
Thu, 03/07/2019 - 09:16

Ok, this one is a first and fooled me plenty. I guess not all of us interpret freedom the same way!

Thanks for reporting!

Magic Banana:
Thu, 03/07/2019 - 02:22

https://trisquel.info/users/taylor-wayne/track created an account two days ago to start https://trisquel.info/forum/smooth-underground-wealth which "offers" COUNTERFEIT BILLS!

david:
Tue, 01/15/2019 - 20:18

Thanks for reporting, I accepted his account today since I didn't get any particular flags about it, but it was clearly a mistake.

Magic Banana:
Tue, 01/15/2019 - 20:05

https://trisquel.info/users/nthibault registered today to only post illegal spam (twice).

david:
Tue, 11/27/2018 - 10:24

Thanks a lot for reporting! This was an atipically old account...

Magic Banana:
Mon, 11/26/2018 - 20:44

Another spammer: https://trisquel.info/users/sekaran00

david:
Tue, 10/09/2018 - 10:06

Hi!

We've gotten a recent influx of new spammers using an e-mail domain which usually doesn't allow spammy behaviour, they must've found a way around.

They also ask for activation of their accounts as a real user would do and... I guess I'm definitely too gullible or hopeful to accept that whenever there is the smallest sign that some account could come from a spammer, it will.

Thanks for the report!

Magic Banana:
Tue, 10/09/2018 - 00:23

Spirito147 created an account to only post advertisement for services of dubious legality: https://trisquel.info/forum/spyware-virus-and-hacking

david:
Thu, 08/24/2017 - 17:13

Hmm, I validated that account since it didn't had any of the usual telltale signs of an spammer. I'll be more wary in the future.

Magic Banana:
Thu, 08/24/2017 - 13:52

https://trisquel.info/fr/users/charliejulien created an account to only post https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/libre-devuan-devsus-asus-c201-supported-libreboot-dimkr-librepup#comment-119882

SuperTramp83:
Sat, 12/03/2016 - 03:04

https://trisquel.info/en/users/dixonrb0

Mangy Dog:
Fri, 04/15/2016 - 10:29

https://trisquel.info/en/users/joel-ekstein

Grey Moon Driver:
Sat, 04/02/2016 - 20:50

Is this considered spamming the wiki?
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/engineering-and-science-0

lembas:
Sat, 03/19/2016 - 11:32

https://trisquel.info/en/users/selenawilson

Mangy Dog:
Thu, 03/17/2016 - 09:27

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/re-lot-trisquel-utilisateurs-vol-70-parution-17

This is not spam but off topic and not in the language of that French section of the Forum
the thread was about the fact that users email address's appear in the mailing list's and not privacy orientated email providers..the result is that 3 email address's appear publicly on this reply from https://trisquel.info/en/users/arescorpio which obliviously has good intentions but the result is exactly the apposite
Thank you for removing this thread ;-)

lembas:
Sat, 03/12/2016 - 16:17

https://trisquel.info/en/users/wiatrak

lembas:
Mon, 03/07/2016 - 15:10

https://trisquel.info/en/users/edward727
https://trisquel.info/en/users/waltras
https://trisquel.info/en/users/jartexx
https://trisquel.info/en/users/dean418
https://trisquel.info/en/users/suplixx2
https://trisquel.info/en/users/ponpon
https://trisquel.info/en/users/perdonn
https://trisquel.info/en/users/klepasem
https://trisquel.info/en/users/korollato
https://trisquel.info/en/users/zozo123
https://trisquel.info/en/users/holubek
https://trisquel.info/en/users/anyany
https://trisquel.info/en/users/beta3298
https://trisquel.info/en/users/zyssss700

aklis:
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 00:34

Twenty four hours after the change, there has been 34 registrations, and of these, only one legitimate account (that also sent the verification mail, btw).

aklis:
Wed, 02/24/2016 - 12:23

Don't be too harsh, it's better to have some false negatives, than block a legitimate user...

david:
Wed, 02/24/2016 - 12:11

Ok, I guess I deserved this one. Of all the new accounts created amidst this spam flurry, this was the one on the verge: it didn't really look like a legit user, but theoretically was not yet an spammer... I gave it a pass which has now been paid with half a hundred reality checks.

lembas:
Wed, 02/24/2016 - 12:01

https://trisquel.info/en/users/joonuhng

Magic Banana:
Wed, 02/24/2016 - 04:59

Korean spammer strikes back (already eight threads opened in four minutes): https://trisquel.info/users/wesarax293

aklis:
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 21:50

I changed the default settings for new acconts, and now they need to be approved by an admin (Ruben, David, or me )

This is the new message that users while get after registration:

Thank you for registering at Trisquel GNU/Linux. Your application for an  
account is currently pending approval  due to a recent spam problem. Once it  
has been approved, you will receive a message containing information about  
how to log in, set your password, and other details.

The manual process can take up to 72 hours, but if you are not a spammer,  
please send an e-mail to name at domain from the email you used for  
registering, with  subject "ACTIVATE ACCOUNT".


--  Trisquel GNU/Linux team

We can rethink the problem in a few days, and maybe the polish spammer get's tired of triying.

david:
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 21:37

Thanks, we've been dealing with these apparently Polish accounts all day, in parallel to the Korean ones (which are now apparently almost gone). These only seem to spam from the description field of their profile, but unlike the Korean ones, there's not a lot in common in the data and domains they use, so it's kind of hard to automatically prevent them from registering... but we'll find something.

lembas:
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 20:48

https://trisquel.info/en/users/kathrynxwk
https://trisquel.info/en/users/maximfnz
https://trisquel.info/en/users/lhxgqcf
https://trisquel.info/en/users/claudiaqij
https://trisquel.info/en/users/0difjmfbdc30
https://trisquel.info/en/users/blancacpx
https://trisquel.info/en/users/wxnfzbl
https://trisquel.info/en/users/gabeuip
https://trisquel.info/en/users/adriannafet

aklis:
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 18:08

I'm doing my best with the korean spammers, their ip's have been blocked, and their users banned.

AFAIK, the bots are able to bypass both of our captchas (math operation and image).

Legimet:
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 21:23

https://trisquel.info/en/users/awghkgsl2

Magic Banana:
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 13:04

There is an ongoing spam apocalypse on the English-speaking forum. Everything posted in the last three hours is spam and that is currently more than 57 pages of the forum!

lembas:
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 11:25

https://trisquel.info/en/users/ym11312sammy
https://trisquel.info/en/users/hlofo700v
https://trisquel.info/en/users/yumitot022
https://trisquel.info/en/users/jabnop799
https://trisquel.info/en/users/tyangching
https://trisquel.info/en/users/huilee5
https://trisquel.info/en/users/kinsmunch1
https://trisquel.info/en/users/jhonlms2353

Mangy Dog:
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 07:50

https://trisquel.info/en/users/awad67156636dfd

lembas:
Sun, 02/21/2016 - 16:34

https://trisquel.info/en/users/mik223dt
https://trisquel.info/en/users/daniel8292
https://trisquel.info/en/users/masso9
https://trisquel.info/en/users/suplixx2
https://trisquel.info/en/users/janusz72327
https://trisquel.info/en/users/ronaldoross
https://trisquel.info/en/users/serumix9

Love the smell of spam in the morning!

ssdclickofdeath:
Tue, 02/09/2016 - 07:03

https://trisquel.info/en/users/valentinesday

lembas:
Sun, 02/07/2016 - 22:11

https://trisquel.info/en/users/vanessaerin8/track

david:
Sat, 02/06/2016 - 21:17
Magic Banana:
Sat, 02/06/2016 - 21:15

https://trisquel.info/users/samanthaolivia wrote that advertisement: https://trisquel.info/forum/my-heatsink-fan-not-working#comment-87650

david:
Sat, 02/06/2016 - 15:44
Magic Banana:
Sat, 02/06/2016 - 15:07

https://trisquel.info/users/leonardtor posted https://trisquel.info/forum/flash-gordonroy-rogers-collectible-items on the French forum.

lembas:
Fri, 02/05/2016 - 15:59

https://trisquel.info/en/users/karol83473

lembas:
Thu, 02/04/2016 - 21:54

https://trisquel.info/en/users/joanneromeo3

lembas:
Wed, 02/03/2016 - 18:38

https://trisquel.info/en/users/ameliazoe1
https://trisquel.info/en/users/kutin
https://trisquel.info/en/users/mshappy216

Mangy Dog:
Sun, 01/24/2016 - 11:49

https://trisquel.info/en/users/michael-mauldin

Mangy Dog:
Fri, 01/22/2016 - 19:03

https://trisquel.info/en/users/morganbrianna

david:
Thu, 01/21/2016 - 13:15
lembas:
Thu, 01/21/2016 - 12:49

https://trisquel.info/en/users/alan1452

Mangy Dog:
Thu, 01/21/2016 - 12:13

https://trisquel.info/en/users/abuee327

david:
Tue, 01/12/2016 - 13:08

Done, thanks for reporting!

tct:
Tue, 01/12/2016 - 12:45

https://trisquel.info/en/users/gofla111