Why would one's IP address be banned on this site?

vreihen16 · 07-17-2021, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by thebmw

I saw those numerous spam threads and posts.. I'm curious. Why would someone spam this message board? What do they gain out of it? Seems silly and a waste of time. Any thoughts?

SEO. The more places their web site link is listed, the higher that some web site search engines list their page in the results.

One type of spambots love to make a gibberish "like that picture/comment" forum post to a busy thread, wait a few days for it to wash off the front page, and then go back and add their SEO links and content so that only the robots can find them.

The ones that I saw from this weekend were just garden-variety SEO, probably from a third-world country and I suspect with internationally-encoded text in a foreign language that looks like gibberish to most people.

I really have pity on the mods here, since the forum software they are managing seems to be lacking in the common protection methods used in other message board software.....

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

SEO. The more places their web site link is listed, the higher that some web site search engines list their page in the results.

One type of spambots love to make a gibberish "like that picture/comment" forum post to a busy thread, wait a few days for it to wash off the front page, and then go back and add their SEO links and content so that only the robots can find them.

The ones that I saw from this weekend were just garden-variety SEO, probably from a third-world country and I suspect with internationally-encoded text in a foreign language that looks like gibberish to most people.

I really have pity on the mods here, since the forum software they are managing seems to be lacking in the common protection methods used in other message board software.....

Makes sense. Please, by all means provide some suggestions to this site's admin.

nerdogray · 07-17-2021, 09:02 PM

Upgrade. One step up from a BBS with this version of vBulletin. Let me dig around for my old Hayes 300 baud.

No one · 07-17-2021, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

One type of spambots love to make a gibberish "like that picture/comment" forum post to a busy thread, wait a few days for it to wash off the front page, and then go back and add their SEO links and content so that only the robots can find them.

It was particularly funny to find a porn site link in an edited post appreciated by a bunch of people in the "What song..." thread.

vreihen16 · 07-18-2021, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by No one

It was particularly funny to find a porn site link in an edited post appreciated by a bunch of people in the "What song..." thread.

That and people who quote SEO spam with the links intact drives me crazy.

I love the OT gaming section here, because gamer threads attract gamer spambots. It also seems that the forum software is mis-configured to give out post counts to that sub-forum, so a whole bunch of spambots and PM coding thieves can run up their post counts there with irrelevant "I agree" and "nice post" replies. Example from this morning, user jingsu running up their post count with 4 posts:

https://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/forums/s...rchid=69793007

FWIW, part of my pay check comes from hunting screwy Nigerian princes and other scammers.....

TiMSport · 07-18-2021, 09:05 AM

Well as of now I've gotten zero responses from Admin which is frustrating. Post anything remotely close to politics and they'll come out of the woodwork. This? Nah, who cares, right?

cmyx6go · 07-18-2021, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

Well as of now I've gotten zero responses from Admin which is frustrating. Post anything remotely close to politics and they'll come out of the woodwork. This? Nah, who cares, right?

I’m going to laugh my ass off when this thread gets moved to the site related questions forum.

TiMSport · 07-18-2021, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I’m going to laugh my ass off when this thread gets moved to the site related questions forum.

Lol, I wouldn't be surprised.

No one · 07-18-2021, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

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Originally Posted by No one

It was particularly funny to find a porn site link in an edited post appreciated by a bunch of people in the "What song..." thread.

That and people who quote SEO spam with the links intact drives me crazy.

Those are different cases: the people I mentioned appreciated a popular song clip which was subsequently replaced with a porn link (without their knowledge, apparently: appreciates can be withdrawn, as I see).

TiMSport · 07-18-2021, 07:40 PM

Back to the subject at hand. I've concluded that no one that runs this place gives a crap.

vreihen16 · 07-19-2021, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

Back to the subject at hand. I've concluded that no one that runs this place gives a crap.

With almost 30 years of experience managing volunteer organizations, I see a lot of burned-out individuals fighting a hopeless cause.

Thank you to the mod/admin team, from someone who appreciates your efforts.....

TiMSport · 07-19-2021, 09:44 AM

Maybe if I offered money I'd get a response.

Kilabyte · 07-19-2021, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by thebmw

I saw those numerous spam threads and posts.. I'm curious. Why would someone spam this message board? What do they gain out of it? Seems silly and a waste of time. Any thoughts?

Some of the posts had links, one to a software download, malware I mean, I reported that particular one since for chits and giggles I downloaded it on a virtual machine and it got picked up as a trojan.

TiMSport · 07-20-2021, 11:04 AM

Seriously, who can I contact around here that is reliable and will actually respond??

Esteban · 07-20-2021, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

Seriously, who can I contact around here that is reliable and will actually respond??

You could try PMing Jason, the administrator here. I've talked with him before. Nice, approachable, and he responded.

TiMSport · 07-20-2021, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

You could try PMing Jason, the administrator here. I've talked with him before. Nice, approachable, and he responded.

Thanks.

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TiMSport Banned 12805 Rep 2,983 Posts Drives: '21 M340i xDrive, '17 Audi S3 Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	Well as of now I've gotten zero responses from Admin which is frustrating. Post anything remotely close to politics and they'll come out of the woodwork. This? Nah, who cares, right?
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TiMSport Banned 12805 Rep 2,983 Posts Drives: '21 M340i xDrive, '17 Audi S3 Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	Back to the subject at hand. I've concluded that no one that runs this place gives a crap.
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07-19-2021, 09:44 AM	#34
TiMSport Banned 12805 Rep 2,983 Posts Drives: '21 M340i xDrive, '17 Audi S3 Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	Maybe if I offered money I'd get a response.
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07-20-2021, 11:04 AM	#36
TiMSport Banned 12805 Rep 2,983 Posts Drives: '21 M340i xDrive, '17 Audi S3 Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	Seriously, who can I contact around here that is reliable and will actually respond??
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