Our very own geckzilla has invented a new weapon against spam. I call it 'Spamacide'. Anyone have an idea on how put it into the web and cause all spam to be 'Spamacized'??
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:33 pm
by geckzilla
I must admit that I am rather proud of that little spam can. Fitting individual letters on a 3 by 4 grid of pixels is a little challenging.
That S totally tricks you.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:17 pm
by rstevenson
What I find most interesting about the latest spam is that I'm actually seeing a lot of it. That's only been true for the last month or two -- prior to that I was almost never aware of it. So what changed? Was APOD discovered somehow by a wider audience? Has its success (perhaps its FaceBook presence) doomed it to constant attack?
Rob
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:36 pm
by owlice
Rob, last year around the turn of the year, we had a horrible problem with spam. This year, it seems to have happened again; it picked up a lot around the turn of the year. I doubt FB has anything to do with it. Other that that, it's had at least a low level of spam since I started as a mod/admin so yes, is under constant, though varied, attack.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:32 pm
by Ann
geckzilla wrote:I must admit that I am rather proud of that little spam can. Fitting individual letters on a 3 by 4 grid of pixels is a little challenging.
That S totally tricks you.
Good job, geckzilla!
Ann
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:23 pm
by Ann
Ann
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:22 am
by Ann
Wow, I didn't know that spam was a nice Astronomy Picture of the Day?
Oh, but it is a pretty spam picture!
Although... I don't see any stars.
Ann
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:40 am
by Ann
Did you know that spam also comes in a girl flavour?
Ann
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:49 am
by owlice
Yes, of course; that's not news.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:43 am
by Beyond
It's news to me. I thought only came in a can.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:50 am
by Beyond
What audacity A member actually posting spam in the spam thread. Take that!
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:37 pm
by geckzilla
I eated the spam.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:05 pm
by wonderboy
I've never understood spam! How did it get named after a canned processed meat? It's a stumper. I have a lot of catching up to do.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:30 pm
by Beyond
geckzilla wrote: I eated the spam.
Wouldn't it bee correcter inglish to say that you ate'd the spam
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:33 pm
by owlice
wonderboy, welcome back!!!!
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:11 pm
by geckzilla
Beyond wrote:
geckzilla wrote: I eated the spam.
Wouldn't it bee correcter inglish to say that you ate'd the spam
Once again we are experiencing an outbreak of spam. Please refrain from reporting posts unless they've been on the board for more than a couple of hours so we don't have to close reports in addition to fighting the spam; thank you!
ETA: Just to give you some idea what we're up against, over 100 spam posts have been removed from the board in the past 12 hours, and dozens of spammer accounts deactivated.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:11 pm
by owlice
I just killed off five new members.
Re: Spam spam spam spam spam
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:25 pm
by rstevenson
It's good to have a raptor around the homestead when there are too many rodents running loose.
I call it 'Spamacide'. Anyone have an idea on how put it into the web and cause all spam to be 'Spamacized'??
A member actually posting spam in the spam thread. Take that! 
