Why are the all spam posts still persist?

I just deleted four of them and banned that bot. Please let us know if there are more of them left. It would be easier to catch them if there were a moderator panel from which you could actually see if posts are flagged. I'm not keen on having to go through me emails to see if some of them contain info on flags as I don't even know what that would look like and I get hundreds of emails per day. Sorry, and thanks for raising the issue in a way that I can actually see. 

I guess starting a separate thread for spam flags would not help?

We could maybe try to use this one if needed? Normally one of us sees the spam, but apparently this time we didn't. Sorry about that! 

Everyone,

I've edited this topic's title to make it obvious that we'll use this topic for you to report and then for the moderators to remove spam. If you find spam anywhere in DhO please post a link to it here. We'll do our best to remove it quickly.

Thanks for your help!

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/22827840

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/22962938

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/95728

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/22311866

Spammer nickname:
anna suka suka
(Last post in all of the above)
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Thanks.
 

Thanks, Siavash. The user has been banned and the posts removed.

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/21451921

user: molen teel

Molen teel has been banned and the spam post deleted.

​​​​​​​Thanks!

Here is another one:

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23223496

Thanks for your work, admirable admins!

​​​​​​​N.

I think Chris beat me to it, because it seems to be gone.

Great work both in reporting it and removing it!

Not exactly spam but offensive words by J. Hudson to fellow DhOers, comparing them with Jeffrey Epstein.

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23240044

"A similar network that has been active even here in this forum is the Sam Gentile/Jay Michaelson/Mark Gafni clique of individuals, who pretend to be interested in dharma and meditation but who are really agents sent to distract, confuse, gather information, and take over if they can.  In the same way Jeffrey Epstein got involved with people, sometimes, just so later their names would be tarnished, but generally to corrupt, investigate and control them, these sorts of agents can be found almost everywhere you look". 

That topic has now been moved to the recycle bin.

Wow, that was seriously offensive! I'm glad it's gone. 

More spam today: https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23257332 

Spam removed, user banned.

More spam posted by mindless bot https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23257227

That's not spam, Ni Nurta.

This method doesn't work for mind so why would it work for internet forum?
If you let such things happen you will see more and more such posts.

BTW. I would not care if that was some enthusiastic DhO member linking his video blog or book or something similar but the people in question are ill willed and their value for this community is negative. It is obvious you cannot see it and I won't be explaining it to you. Just know my opinion is that this is a big mistake.

That kind of censorship will lead to dictatorship Ni Nurta.

Hey Ni Opinion is like an a-hole everyone has one!  

Ni Nurta:


I'm intimately familiar with the history of Kim Katami and his pals (Open Heart Sangha, etc.) here on DhO. I've had occasion to disagree with Kim and to reign him, and them, in when their "stuff" gets too commercial. If things get out of hand we'll deal with it. Otherwise, we'll let that topic stand.

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/22691256#_com_liferay_message_boards_web_portlet_MBPortlet_message_23279906

google translate:

I will report spam here, last post about poker. Why do members need to do this here on DhO? Is this forum compromised? Forums I knew could stop these spam attacks automatically. 
https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23205114

 These are not members, they are bots, probably all of them.
As far as I know, DhO doesn't have much protections. It needs it, also for malwares.
 

I mean why we as members need to chase spam on this forum. Are there not enough moderators here? Also I think its rather off putting to have spam bots post in your personal Log , where you share rather personal data, then some bot posts about poker playing and shit  

I suggest you all stop posting here. It's just too dangerous.

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I agree that users of the site should not have to deal with that inconvenience when it could quite feasibly be automatically blocked.  Not to mention that it is indeed dangerous as these are malicious links that are getting posted by bots all the time.

​​​​​​​I get the 'if it ain't broke' mentality but in this case I think it actually is broken

I think we have people here that are capable and willing to help with these types of issues. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Ok. I'll take you on that one! See you elsewhere! Bye DhO! (for now) 

Godspeed!

See ya, Papa!

Will the last one of you to quit this place please turn out the lights?

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23289259
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This one, not the OP, but the first comment:

​​​​​​​https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23283545

The spam buster busting spam again:

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23318794
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Busted!

Wham bam, more spam:

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23359644

And then this, not the OP, but unfortunately the first reply this first poster gets:

​​​​​​​https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23359674

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23361555

Apparently I am a hardcore spam cop

Glad to have a hardcore cop on the beat!

Spam removed, user banned.

The two last posts in this thread are poorly disguised as contributions to the discussion, but can't really hide their true nature. Which isn't buddha nature, but the much more annoying spam nature:

​​​​​​​https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/21977284

Took care of them and a couple of other ones as well. Thankyou! 

Hello,
We have a Joseph M Harwood bot active on other people's threads who definitely needs a ban...

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23378423
(a pity as it is a new user!)

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/22182040
https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/21720279
https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23094271
https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23152563
https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/19830856

with metta
smiling stone

Thanks for the heads up - the user was banned, the spam deleted.

- Chris

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/23406701
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