Mods in Helsinki!

[DaOneNOnly799]

You shouldn't have told us! Now the spammers will know when you're sleeping

What if.. the spammer is lurking?

[J1M808]

Isn't this for ClashCon?

Oh thanks for ruining are hopes smasher

[ad316]

It hasn't been an hour since this thread was posted and the Forums are under the attack of bots already...

[F34RTEHR34PER]

Unfortunately its not that simple. We cant separate thread creation from making a post, thus meaning people wouldn't be able to comment under 50 posts. vBulletin just doesn't support this feature... Yet.
The same reason we dont increase the thread making time to say, 1 an hour. This would also mean people could only comment once an hour.

This is a nightmare to fix, and you're correct, vbulletin is basically "featureless" in this regard. You can create a new usergroup and limit them to only being allowed to reply to threads, and not create them. However, there isn't any promotion system so the members would have to be policed manually. That is pretty much impossible for someone to constantly monitor new member posts.

The other option, is to install "3rd party" plugins, or Super Cell can create their own, that would set limits on when users can post threads based on post count, etc.

The only issue with that is, bots will still be able to reply to threads with their spam. I've been managing forums running vb for ten years, and the problem hasn't ever been "solved". Moderators policing spam is the one thing that can be done effectively.

You guys have your work cut out for sure.

[Newbee]

Well let just hope the spammer doesn't know Helsinki time zone

You expect Google to stay quiet about this?

[Echo006]

This is absolutely awful, I don't even want to look at General anymore because of the endless spam. I've reported the posts but Supercell just doesn't have enough manpower to help.

There really needs to be a new solution. Make it so fresh spawns can't make any threads? Isn't that easy enough?

[DokuganR]

Strongly recommend you guys put up some temporary mods because the spam has definitely gone pretty wild the past couple of days. Having 1-2 active forumers in the opposite time zone (near India would be optimal since the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spammers are active during that time). Though doing so would be rather difficult

[J1M808]

Strongly recommend you guys put up some temporary mods because the spam has definitely gone pretty wild the past couple of days. Having 1-2 active forumers in the opposite time zone (near India would be optimal since the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spammers are active during that time). Though doing so would be rather difficult

I'll make a group of the Anti Spam Association! We should have the power just to close threads, if it's abused then the mods can remove it!

[Darkslayer85]

Can we get a group picture of you all? That would be so cool to see!

i agree. Would be great for boosting morale.

[LachNessMeownster]

Can we get a group picture of you all ? That would be so cool to see!

We shall see.
But dont get your hopes up.

Maybe you should promote some members just for the week who can help to get rid of it?

Not quite a simple as that. If we thought they could be a mod for an hour, they would be a perm mod. The first and most important issue is of course the non disclosure agreement that must be signed, as well as the age limit of 18+. There are also many other factors (training, support, information).

Why are the mods in Helsinki?

Question is.. Why aren't the mods at home? :eek:

Clash con!!! Hope spam bots get under control

ClashCon is in October.

This is a nightmare to fix, and you're correct, vbulletin is basically "featureless" in this regard. You can create a new usergroup and limit them to only being allowed to reply to threads, and not create them. However, there isn't any promotion system so the members would have to be policed manually. That is pretty much impossible for someone to constantly monitor new member posts.

The other option, is to install "3rd party" plugins, or Super Cell can create their own, that would set limits on when users can post threads based on post count, etc.

The only issue with that is, bots will still be able to reply to threads with their spam. I've been managing forums running vb for ten years, and the problem hasn't ever been "solved". Moderators policing spam is the one thing that can be done effectively.

You guys have your work cut out for sure.

Plugins are a tricky topic. And because as soon as a new version of vBulletin comes out, it gets updated here. Meaning all plugins installed are useless until they are updated. Often the plugin devs do not update, or take a while to get around to it.

This is absolutely awful, I don't even want to look at General anymore because of the endless spam. I've reported the posts but Supercell just doesn't have enough manpower to help.

There really needs to be a new solution. Make it so fresh spawns can't make any threads? Isn't that easy enough?

We could have 100 more mods, but it wouldn't change the fact we would still all be in Helsinki, and we would still all be in the same time zone.
I wish it was that simple, but as I mentioned earlier, there is no differing between creating new threads and commenting on threads. Make it so fresh spawns cant make threads > means fresh spawns cant post.
And if we make it too hard for them to post, they then post the spam inside threads. Which is even more difficult to moderate.

Strongly recommend you guys put up some temporary mods because the spam has definitely gone pretty wild the past couple of days. Having 1-2 active forumers in the opposite time zone (near India would be optimal since the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spammers are active during that time). Though doing so would be rather difficult

Refer to earlier comment.

I'll make a group of the Anti Spam Association! We should have the power just to close threads, if it's abused then the mods can remove it!

Refer to earlier comment.


With all the above said, we have also had some great discussions over the past few days, and are looking at solutions to stop spam and ways to improve the forums.