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#1 2012-07-08 07:06:24
How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
As part of a small project of mine, I was wondering how everyday Scratchers help to keep the forums a friendly and clean place, by telling newcomers the DOs and DON'Ts as well as reporting posts.
I find myself frequently reporting SEO spam to get it cleaned up by a moderator. What do you personally do most to help the community?
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#2 2012-07-08 07:27:51
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
Go through topics, report for things like "Wrong Forum, should go in blah blah blah because of blah blah blah" or "Spam" or in the case of today "Spam, all posts by user are similar spam, ban"
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#3 2012-07-08 07:33:31
- RedRocker227
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
Basically just report stuff that's in the wrong forum/disrespectul/spam/anything else.
Why
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#4 2012-07-08 08:56:27
- ProgrammingPro01
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
Report inappropriate or spam topics/posts, and tell users that either their topic isn't in the correct forum or that it doesn't fit in the forums at all.
Bye 1.4!
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#5 2012-07-08 08:59:44
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
It's strange that you say this now, when AT just got spammed with about 10 topics of SEO..
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#7 2012-07-08 09:18:20
- Paddle2See
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
jontmy00 wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
It's strange that you say this now, when AT just got spammed with about 10 topics of SEO..
I reported them.
15 Actually - and a bunch more in other areas. They hit us yesterday too. Please keep those reports coming - it's a big help 
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#8 2012-07-08 10:15:46
- gettysburg11
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
I report spam, SEO spam, and necroposts whenever I see them.
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#9 2012-07-08 10:23:54
- stevetheipad
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- Registered: 2011-08-06
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
I report posts that need to be reported and am friendly to Scratchers that don't understand what they're doing wrong yet.
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#10 2012-07-08 10:47:05
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
I report necroposts and explain things like that, wrong forums, etc... I flag spam.
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#11 2012-07-08 11:33:11
- Molybdenum
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
Mainly I report SEO spam right now. There's been a lot recently.
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#12 2012-07-08 11:38:54
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
bobbybee wrote:
It's strange that you say this now, when AT just got spammed with about 10 topics of SEO..
Yeah, I saw one of them today and reported it too. I didn't know there had been so many though!
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#13 2012-07-10 11:00:07
- scimonster
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- Registered: 2010-06-13
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
I try to take care of all those reports you guys keep sending this way.
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#14 2012-07-10 11:04:19
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
scimonster wrote:
I try to take care of all those reports you guys keep sending this way.
And what kind of reports do you get most often?
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#15 2012-07-10 11:29:08
- technoboy10
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
I report SEO spam, blockspam, and any other kind of spam, as well as topics in the wrong section.
So long, 1.4.
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#17 2012-07-10 11:53:09
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
ftf841 wrote:
technoboy10 wrote:
I report SEO spam, blockspam, and any other kind of spam, as well as topics in the wrong section.
[offtopic]what's SEO spam?[/offtopic]
Search engine optimisation spam. It's spamming links (often done by bots) to get a site closer to the top of search results in an engine like Google.
It's a technique that works because Google and other search engines base order of results also on popularity, i.e. how many sites link to that site.
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#18 2012-07-10 12:51:57
- RedRocker227
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
LS97 wrote:
ftf841 wrote:
technoboy10 wrote:
I report SEO spam, blockspam, and any other kind of spam, as well as topics in the wrong section.
[offtopic]what's SEO spam?[/offtopic]
Search engine optimisation spam. It's spamming links (often done by bots) to get a site closer to the top of search results in an engine like Google.
It's a technique that works because Google and other search engines base order of results also on popularity, i.e. how many sites link to that site.
And it's especially popular on .edu domains, because those boost it even more. >.>
Why
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#19 2012-07-10 12:57:52
- scimonster
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
LS97 wrote:
scimonster wrote:
I try to take care of all those reports you guys keep sending this way.
And what kind of reports do you get most often?
Sorry, confidential information.
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#22 2012-07-12 14:01:21
- Molybdenum
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
RedRocker227 wrote:
LS97 wrote:
ftf841 wrote:
[offtopic]what's SEO spam?[/offtopic]Search engine optimisation spam. It's spamming links (often done by bots) to get a site closer to the top of search results in an engine like Google.
It's a technique that works because Google and other search engines base order of results also on popularity, i.e. how many sites link to that site.And it's especially popular on .edu domains, because those boost it even more. >.>
Speaking of SEO, does this forum use nofollow on its external links?
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#23 2012-07-12 14:32:28
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
scimonster wrote:
LS97 wrote:
scimonster wrote:
I try to take care of all those reports you guys keep sending this way.
And what kind of reports do you get most often?Sorry, confidential information.
I'd guess it's either requesting for a topic to be closed or wrong forum.
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#24 2012-07-12 15:48:25
Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
Molybdenum wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
LS97 wrote:
Search engine optimisation spam. It's spamming links (often done by bots) to get a site closer to the top of search results in an engine like Google.
It's a technique that works because Google and other search engines base order of results also on popularity, i.e. how many sites link to that site.And it's especially popular on .edu domains, because those boost it even more. >.>
Speaking of SEO, does this forum use nofollow on its external links?
I don't think so, and I don't see why they should. Links to other sites can only be made by Scratchers (as opposed to New Scratchers) so should already be spam-free, therefore deserving of that small rank update.
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#25 2012-07-12 16:30:49
- Molybdenum
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Re: How do YOU help keep the forums clean?
LS97 wrote:
Molybdenum wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
And it's especially popular on .edu domains, because those boost it even more. >.>Speaking of SEO, does this forum use nofollow on its external links?
I don't think so, and I don't see why they should. Links to other sites can only be made by Scratchers (as opposed to New Scratchers) so should already be spam-free, therefore deserving of that small rank update.
Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Guess I was still thinking of the other forum I was on
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