[wp-forums] Re: "flower power" spammer..

[Michael B]

modlook can be traced via RSS, but even my desktop reader only polls feeds
every 30 minutes.  A serious offense that can be dealt with via an email
notification immediately isn't a big deal for me at least.

I'd be skeptical of a "spam" tag emailing the list, as anyone could do such,
and could lead to abuse as well.

When I see an email from another volunteer with spam in the subject, I give
it priority, an assumed filter of sorts, that is, I respect their time in
the forums, and trust their instincts, and deal with it immediately.

I'm sure some other system could be implemented, however I don't feel put
out by the one in place.

Michael

On 7/16/06, Petit <petit at petitpub.com> wrote:
>
> Craig wrote:
> > Makes me think that like you see in many forums, there should be a way
> > for ordinary users to flag spam. Perhaps it should also autmagically
> > email a distribution list of moderators or post here to this mailing
> > list. "Modlook" tag is fine, but why not a "spam" tag? Likely I missed
> > an earlier conversation on this topic, so if it's been discussed to
> > death already, then please feel free to ignore this and move on to the
> > next subject! :^)
> >
> > Many hands make light work.
> As I seem to recall it has been suggested before, and I agree that some
> automagic notice to the mods
> would be good. As spencerp pointed out, spammy and offensive posts to
> the forum sometimes linger
> and may be read by to many, bringing to some the wrong impression of how
> things work here.
> Not only will such posts be read, I'd add, but they may get too many off
> matter responses.
>
> That said, I recognize that not being a mod myself, I don't know if this
> would make sense.
> Moderators may have all the tools they need, maybe a "Modlook" search is
> enough.
>
> /Petit
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