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New "Members"
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:24 pm
by snake
Hey,
I am a new member here.I was just looking at the forum member list to see who was local.
Everything looked fine until about Jan 20/09After that,page after page of suspicious looking addresses,and no posts whatsoever.
Checked out a couple of websites,and lo and behold,porn,viagra etc.
What happened,that all of a sudden,this site has gone from true enthusiasts,to 99% new members are spam,or worse.
Can we not get rid of these fakes.Not trying to be a prude,but if all you contribute is porn,you should not be a member.
How do we "Take out the Trash?"
Snake
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:45 pm
by immeww2
It gets done periodically by the forum administrators.
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:32 pm
by snake
OK.Thanks.Fairly new to this.I just wondered why it went from a enthusiast's site to this so quickly.
Makes sense,and thank you administrator!
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:31 am
by p51
It's been like this since the board started. It used to be they could also activate their account and start posting spam, at least I've been able to stop that so all they can do is register and nothing more. So overall, having a bunch of fake members (which I purge every two months) is a million times better than spam messages throughout the forum.
Also, moving this to the correct forum.
Just checking in
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:10 pm
by h60mech
Hello to all, I'm a newbee here so best to introduce my self, Name in John, I'm located near Edwards AFB, Been collecting 1/72, 1/32 aircraft for about 3 years and just started 1/144 and 1/48 scales. I collect Corgi mostly but have ventured to Hobby Master 4 times and Century wings twice. Other than that, just here to chat, discuss, get info, meet others and educate myself. Thanks for the opportunity
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:52 pm
by exether_mega
Welcome abord !
Greetings from Belgium
phil
New Member
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:24 pm
by 812boys
Hi Everyone I was searching the web a couple of weeks ago and found your site. You guys do some really nice work I am working on some of my stuff right now and will be posting pictures soon. Just don't laugh to bad I am rather new to customizing
But have been collecting 1/18th scale since about 2004 I have really been bumping up my collection on ebay here lately. Well look forward to learning a lot from you guys.
Nathan
Re: New "Members"
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:33 am
by ltcbj
I don't know that it is possible to keep anyone from registering with a forum.
But the spamming at this site is very minimal at most and I can't remember when I have come across any at all.
That is thanks to the moderators and the members who report it.
The 1/285 pfc-cinc forum was overrun with spam for a time although they seem to have cleaned that up. I can't tell you how bad it was.
Spammers take advantage of any perceived opportunity. I'm glad that this site has 'eliminated' the problem.
Re: New "Members"
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:26 am
by p51
This is kinda old news now, and not really a problem as much anymore... so I'm going to go ahead and lock it...