Not So Fast

Does anyone open the rather obscure threads on soccer games and such being "streamed" ?? Are they ever opened cause I usually see no one replied, are they some sort of spam or something?? Virus laden ??
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4SUMERZ

I don't dare. I do report them as Spam, and they get deleted pretty quickly.

R&L's C6

EVRose

Out of curiosity I clicked on one a few months ago from my Mac and it actually did go to a site where you could watch what it says in the link but you have to register as a member which I would not do.

simplegto

They should block the IP address from posting.

Vette_DD

No way to do that. They come in from too many different IP addresses. They do have it set up that new members cannot post links to other websites when they first open a new thread. However, many spammers have learned to edit their new thread, which allows them to add links.

If you'll report them by using the little red triangle under the spammer's User ID, moderators will usually delete them sooner.

jrose7004

They're spam!

KnightmareCS

It's spam. Moreso now because of the 24Hrs of Daytona.

simplegto

This has been happing for months. 2 new ones this morning and you have to click on them to report them. I think the moderators have moved up to the C7 forum and left this the wild west.

R&L's C6

I still want to know why they do it. There must be some financial gain for them somehow, but I don't know how.

simplegto

They must be paid for the number of views. 2 more this afternoon and no end in sight. They get no replies so it is easy to look down the page and find them.

Knob Jockey

I think this must be the case.

I just hover over them first and then don't open it.

Nuisance internet crap.

Vette_DD

Been happening for years. Each section of the forum has specific moderators. Most moderators are moderators for several different sections. Some are pretty quick to get rid of SPAM posts, some are not.

The SPAM posts are usually deleted a little sooner if you report them. If you're not going to report them, don't complain about them.

Tropicana

There are several useful tools for weeding out most of the spammers including human-verification techniques and even vBulletin tools to limit new members from posting links but Internet Brands, which owns this forum and many, many others isn't too concerned.

New spammers who post spam represents new members making posts which boosts member and post counts that is ultimately presented to advertisers. The only thing more lucrative is including a "political" section which always boosts a forum's member and post count by unwitting blowhards.

If you've ever wondered why a car/cooking/shopping/gardening/etc. forum has a political section, that is why. In fact, "supporting memberships" is just inconsequential icing on the massive advertising cake.

torquetube

Much of this stuff isn't intended to sell something, but to fool someone into downloading or running something nefarious, with an end-goal of stealing your private info for financial gain and/or turning your PC into a zombie.

I have a mail server that receives large volumes of spam, all machine-generated, much of which is so botched that it's unclear what the scam was supposed to have been. The guys who develop this stuff typically aren't doing quality work.

cclive

I've found that spam here is deleted by the moderators much sooner than on any other forum that I go to. The members report it faster and the mods delete it faster...all good.