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Hi! I noticed that there is a lot of spam these days. I then read one of Chrischb's topics on spam. Then, that's how I got inspired to do this!    Here's his topic, quoted in this:

Chrischb's topic says:
When you happen to see a thread/forum actively posted in by someone with an odd username, check it.

But how do you know what usernames they use?
Read! 

The Guidebook Says:

Look for the following:
• All lowercase (laptopsfree)
• Include names (petercars)
• Include commonly sold items (pauls_computers)

Examples:

grocerytile10
office_plus

Once you arrive at the user's post, look for the following:

The Guidebook Says:

• A link (very crucial! This makes it commercial spam)
• Lousy grammar (very common)
• No attempts to hide (lazy...)
• Recently registered (they should be less than a day old)
• Fake signature lines (--------, ......., _ _ _ _ _)
• FAIL attempts to fit in

Beware of the following:

• Hidden links (!)
• Old users (17/2/07)

Yay! Once you've found your commercial spammer, clickeh teh Report button...

You can type in anything you want there; the moderators don't care. Put your message in all caps, shout - who cares?    Just make sure you get the point across properly, and don't type 98368325 characters in your report.

Once you report that post, check how many posts they have. If they have more, find them all and REPORT THEM!!!

But remember: don't mention a commercial spammer's username. It's not respectful, so it'll get edited... even though they're not even human. D:

Now for some example posts - these imitations were all rated 10/10 in this thread.

nice idea! i really want to see this implemented.



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scratch text-based games forum

great work guys
i'm looking forward to seeing your end result
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flag store

I am a new user here and everyone seems really cool and friendly. I noticed that lots of users give advice, so I thought I'd give some of my own. If you want tips on losing weight, you should go to HeathCenter. It is a great site and it really helped me!

Here are some good places to look - commercial spammers like them.

The Guidebook Says:

-Announcements Forum
  -Curator speech thread
-New Scratch Members Forum
  -Topmost stickies
-Show and Tell Forum
  -Topmost stickies, sometimes new threads
-All about Scratch
  -New threads, normal threads
-Miscellaneous
  -Normal threads

You can go looking for them if you want.

At the end is what I got inspired by. This is what I think spam is:

My Whole Enchilada Guide says:
Spam[sp*AM] Spam-Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages or linking to commercial sites. Spam-A Hawaiian meat meal.Jonothanpb reported some commercial spam. Chris went to Hawaii to visit some relatives, and while he was there he tasted spam.

You see? We need to get working on reporting it. The way you should report it:

Reporter wrote:

I have reported pauls_computers for commercial spam.

Cheddargirl inspired me:

Reporter wrote:

AHHHH! PAULS_COMPUTERS IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER SCRATCH WITH COMMERCIAL SPAM!!! RUN FER YER LIVES!!!!

We need people to help! I'll post the list:

The List: ✓ Means that they have reported back and are helping the others. ☐ Means still reporting. ♡ Means doing all of a certain place, still checking. ♥ Means doing all of a certain place, done checking.
Forums:♡Shamrocker
Inspiration and More: ☐
Main Forums:☐Musicstar888
Text Based Games:☐
Signatures:☐
Types:Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages✌, Forum Block Spam❑, and Commercial™, All for Forums❍. The shapes are for beside the username.
Main Website:♡
Types:Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages✌, Commercial™, Rude comments✖,All for Website▲, All reasons☣.
Galleries:☐
Projects:☐
Comments:☐
All:♡Wolfie1996♡

Lets the SPAM Hunting begin! By the way, you should report back here when you report a commercial spammer. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT give the name.

Wolfie1996 wrote:

After all, we have to respect everyone's feelings, even if they turn out to be a commercial spammer. 

EDIT:"begin" was "again". 

Last edited by shamrocker (2010-06-03 15:49:58)