What should I do if I see SPAM messages on the forum?
4 answers
There are two things you can do-
As described in https://jazz.net/forum/questions/80357/is-there-a-way-to-flag-spam-in-the-forum
Users with a minimum reputation of 200 points can flag questions or answers for moderation. They can be flagged as spam, offensive, off-topic, not nice, advertising, etc. The action is in the more menu above the user description.
If you exceed the number of posts to flag you can also try to re-tag the question with the tag spam.
This will help us to get rid of it.
Thanks!
Ralph
As described in https://jazz.net/forum/questions/80357/is-there-a-way-to-flag-spam-in-the-forum
Users with a minimum reputation of 200 points can flag questions or answers for moderation. They can be flagged as spam, offensive, off-topic, not nice, advertising, etc. The action is in the more menu above the user description.
If you exceed the number of posts to flag you can also try to re-tag the question with the tag spam.
This will help us to get rid of it.
Thanks!
Ralph
We have seen Spam picking up again recently and try our level best to contain it.
Please don't waste your reputation points by down voting spam. Just mark the message with the tag spam.
Leave the message unchanged otherwise, so we can report it to our spam blocker in order for it to learn to filter it out.
Thanks,
Ralph
Please don't waste your reputation points by down voting spam. Just mark the message with the tag spam.
Leave the message unchanged otherwise, so we can report it to our spam blocker in order for it to learn to filter it out.
Thanks,
Ralph
Comments
Don Rota
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER Oct 12 '13, 9:15 p.m.Email to webmaster@jazz.net is helpful. Just don't include the spam post in the email.
William Byrne
May 23 '14, 8:46 p.m.I'm seeing regular SPAM via my forum subscriptions. Maybe preventing noobs from embedding external links would help. If that doesn't work, we can organize a posse.
sam detweiler
May 23 '14, 9:04 p.m.I have suggested a posse (moderation), but IBM seems unwilling to take control of this problem.
Ralph Schoon
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER May 26 '14, 3:02 a.m.We have Aksimet as a payed service implemented, also available in the reports menu at least for moderators. The filter is filtering 2/3 of the incoming spam already and learning. It was decided we don't want to block users from posing entirely, as far as I can tell.
sam detweiler
May 26 '14, 6:46 a.m.some days you can't find a real user post thru all the trash. and they have taken to contaminating real user posts with garbage comments and answers.
Once again I think this site is an amazing property, but seems disrespect of the paying users doesn't matter. very sad.