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Old 06-01.-2008, 02:40 AM   #1
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The spam has killed this Forum IMHO.
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Old 06-01.-2008, 03:31 AM   #2
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Old 06-01.-2008, 04:45 AM   #3
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Long live the Forum!
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Old 06-01.-2008, 05:44 AM   #4
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Yes, it is. Too sad. Unfortunately the forum moderators didn't take us seriously. I hope this great community and the know how won't be lost.
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Old 06-01.-2008, 06:02 AM   #5
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Yes, it is. Too sad. Unfortunately the forum moderators didn't take us seriously. I hope this great community and the know how won't be lost.


If the Forum moderators are not able to clean up the spam, would they be interested in finding/delegating to someone who would?
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Old 06-01.-2008, 06:17 AM   #6
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If the Forum moderators are not able to clean up the spam, would they be interested in finding/delegating to someone who would?
I don't know. Didn't hear anything from them since this forum turned into a spam forum.
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Old 06-01.-2008, 06:39 AM   #7
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I don't know. Didn't hear anything from them since this forum turned into a spam forum.



It appears to have been completely abandoned. When was the last post by Andy or Ric?
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Old 06-01.-2008, 01:20 PM   #8
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I e-mailed and offered to moderate. No response.


Off to bikeforums.net..............
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Old 06-01.-2008, 06:53 PM   #9
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I e-mailed and offered to moderate. No response.

Off to bikeforums.net..............


That's just trading a forum full of spam for one full of idiots.
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Old 06-01.-2008, 07:32 PM   #10
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That's just trading a forum full of spam for one full of idiots.
I have made a new forum for the cyclingforums.com community. It's empty at the moment but everybody can sign up at cyclingforum.info. It's ad free and it's spam free. I hope this community won't be lost. I learned here a lot about training and training with a powermeter.

At cyclingforum.info it is possible to search in cyclingforums.com so the old topics can still be found.

Please tell me what you think about it.
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Old 06-01.-2008, 07:59 PM   #11
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I don't know about the other moderators or where they are...? Unfortunately, i've recently been dealing with some personal/family issues, which have meant i haven't had time to visit the forums and delete the spammers. I don't know how to block them at present.

I now have a bit more time available and would not like to see these forums die.

I'm trying to ascertain what i can do to get rid of the spammers. Please try and hang in there folks.

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Old 07-01.-2008, 06:11 AM   #12
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder

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I don't know about the other moderators or where they are...? Unfortunately, i've recently been dealing with some personal/family issues, which have meant i haven't had time to visit the forums and delete the spammers. I don't know how to block them at present.

I now have a bit more time available and would not like to see these forums die.

I'm trying to ascertain what i can do to get rid of the spammers. Please try and hang in there folks.

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Old 07-01.-2008, 07:46 AM   #13
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Thanks to those that have volunteered to help moderate but who has access to get in? Ric, can you delegate to those that might be technically savy enough to implement anti spyware?
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Old 07-01.-2008, 07:54 AM   #14
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http://www.botmaster.net/pictocod/

That's probably what we're dealing with. The best solution might be to moderate the first post of any new users to make sure it's topical and not a bot. The other alternative would be to use an anti-bot scheme that doesn't use character recognition, which bots can do. While they can recognize numbers and letters, they can't pick out, say, the picture of a dog from 3 pictures of cats. Or the mountain bike picture from several road bike pictures.

See:

http://www.thepcspy.com/read/the_cu...test_kittenauth

Try it here:

http://www.thepcspy.com/contact
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Old 07-01.-2008, 01:14 PM   #15
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Have just spotted this thread. Welcome back Ric and slay the b----rds ASAP. I hate

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