Want to help us out? (REWARD!)

[Nick Evan]

What's up?

We've been having a big problem with Russian spammer for the last few days. You may have seen some posts they made with mainly porn and/or drug-links in them.
We're currently struggling to keep up with the enormous amount of spam being posted, so I thought I'd ask our good members of the community to help out.

What to do?

When you see a post containing this Russian spam (or any spam for that matter), click the "flag bad post" button next to it and type something creative.

Reward?

I'll be honest: you're not getting any money for this. But if you send me a PM with the link to the post (after you've flagged it), I'll be sure to give you a nice green blocky of +rep (worth 16 points in my case).
Also: You'll be awesome.

Thanks, and happy huntin' !

[MosaicFuneral]

I've been flagging things since I joined; don't think there needs to be a reward expected for pointing out the trash for the janitor to clean.

Isn't there a way of viewing all recently created threads by new members?

[peter_budo]

Not exactly, but you can see latest posts if you select main sections like Software Development, Web Development etc. Plus bonus Currently online and Top Members by Rank

[Portgas D. Ace]

Portgas D. Ace -- Is onto the job!

[Kraai]

I agree, no need to receive rep points for flagging spam. As members enjoying the fruits of Daniweb, we should just see this as something we can give back to Daniweb, by helping the mods to know about the spam, flagging the posts.

[happygeek]

Thanks everyone, your help is truly appreciated.

This Russian spam gang has been attacking for five days now, and it's only thanks to the hard work of the mods here that you haven't been confronted by a flood of truly disgusting filth.

[jonsca]

a nice green blocky of +rep

I miss the green blockies...

I said this in A51 but it's worth mentioning again that I have yet to encounter any of this nefariousness, so yizzles are doing a kick-azz job with it. Anytime I've spotted anything on the activity points radar (and I check because I've been edged out by that Adatapost fellow, curses) the parties have already been banned.

[Nick Evan]

>> I've been flagging things since I joined;

>>we can give back to Daniweb, by helping the mods to know about the spam, flagging the posts.

I know that a lot of regulars are already flagging spam and we really appreciate it. I was trying to motivate some new members to help us out with the current spam-crisis. The more people help, the faster we can ban the spammers and clean the posts.

[jonsca]

Some of the banned users still seem to appear in the "Currently Online" and move up the activity points chart. Is it that they never logged off?

[happygeek]

The banned users seem to be staying logged in (probably do not delete cookies between sessions) and the activity points are for modifying signatures and profiles. They cannot, however, post anything.

All these spammers are being banned under our keep it legal rules rather than spam ones (child porn, rape videos, drug sales etc) so are banned for a full six months.

[Nick Evan]

Portgas D. Ace -- Is onto the job!

Thank you for reporting spam! You have not yet made a post outside of the Geeks' lounge, so I can't give you a green blocky yet. But here's a grey one :)

[Borzoi]

I am happy to flag any spam I come across but I don't want a reward so I won't be PMing you the link to the post I flag. It's a nice idea to offer it to get newer members to start flagging bad posts though.

[VernonDozier]

>> child porn, rape videos

These only get a 6 month ban?

[Nick Evan]

>> These only get a 6 month ban?

We're currently perma-banning about 200-300 members a day due to this crisis

[katmai539]

Banned for six month for posts related to child porn and/or rape vids? Why not ban the entire subnet and inform the local intelligence agencies? I'm sure Putin knows how to handle this filth. I mean, c'mon. Six months? Or did i misunderstood?

[Nick Evan]

As I said:

>> We're currently perma-banning

"Perma" as in "Permanent" :)

[AndreRet]

Nice effort from your side Nick. I've been reporting spam and other bad posts on a daily basis, and all credit to the mods, they normally react within an hour. Keep it up.:)

As far as the goodie greenies goes, if others don't want it, throw some my way. It seems to get stuck on 100, whilst everything else moves up.;)

[MosaicFuneral]

Is it "modeling" or hardcore, and are they obviously under 14 or 16(Interpol says it depends on the circumstances in Russia)? Because then you should contact the FBI.

This article may be from nine years ago, but nothings changed the reality of it: http://www.russiajournal.com/node/5808

[Nick Evan]

>> Is it "modeling" or hardcore

I prefer not to click the links. I don't want the FBI to give me any special attention :)

[happygeek]

The spam attack we are currently experiencing covers every conceivable kind of spam, including porn of all varieties but equally real estate, seo services, viagra and so on.

It is not some child porn ring that the FBI would be particularly interested in.

Our priority at the moment is in stopping the flood of spam from reaching DaniWeb members, which involves banning hundreds of newly created spam accounts every day. Once we have beaten these idiots, then we can worry about what if anything needs reporting to the authorities.