spam on our forum

Yup, that was a big 'ol attack of robot spam, folks. Massive, is the term that Forest is using. And gee, thanks to AI, for making it possible for the scammers to create over 400(!) new user accounts in less than 24 hours, so that each account could create a mere dozen or fewer unique posts...

Dear forum members, I want to alert you to the latest method by which the scammers are inserting hyperlinks into our threads. I've found three in the last few days. Thanks to AI, their posts often appear relevant and they are sometimes "liked" because they are quoting and complimenting the OP...

Hey everyone - Spam. It's a constant and still-growing scourge upon the enjoyment and beneficial use of the internet by normal people. If a post doesn't seem quite right, go ahead and click on the Report button at the bottom of it. A moderator will be happy to take a look, and if it's...

Hi folks, I'd like to thank @Tennis Tom for identifying what appears to be a spammer in another thread. I've moved the original post and Tom's reply here to help people develop an idea of what spam looks like. The post had a suspicious link to Shouldice hospital, which I guess does hernia...

Hi everyone, You may have noticed a series of 11 spam threads in our General Discussion Forum. These threads all advertised a video streaming site (most likely illegal). Threads like this can ruin a forum, so well-run forums don't tolerate them. I've gone through and deleted all of the...

(I've bolded and italicized the most important sentences in this post, so that people who might not otherwise read it can skim it and still get the main points.) As our forum grows, we will periodically become the target of spammers. Forum spammers are people who create accounts on forums...