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post #1 of 9
5/24/12 at 12:38pm
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In the past few days I have noticed several posts by "new members" promoting TV shows with a link.  This is all they are posting, so they're not actual BYC forum folk.  

Prior to the upgrade, we could "report" the thread directly from that page, but now I cannot figure out how to do that.  What am I missing?

 

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post #2 of 9
5/24/12 at 1:08pm

There is still a 'report' button. It's the little red flag on the lower left corner of your signature in every thread. I tested it just now and pressed it. Apparently you don't even have to type anything out anymore when reporting a thread; it just does it for you. Pretty nifty!

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post #3 of 9
5/24/12 at 1:25pm
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Red flag!  Oh, of course.  Doh! hmm.png

 

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post #4 of 9
5/24/12 at 4:09pm

Thanks for the warning, though.  Probably a good idea to avoid those links from mysterious strangers.

Or spam, or any other kind of sausage.

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RIP Helen and Rosie
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In service to three cats and three chickens (Bonnie, a Rhode Island Red, a Polish Bantam named Jazzy, and one Buff Orpington pullet named Buffy). 
RIP Helen and Rosie
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post #5 of 9
5/24/12 at 5:05pm

its almost probable to be a spambot as opposed to a person opperating the account,the big art community; deviant art has got an also big problem with them at the moment.

itll be taking advantage of the latest spam bot CAPTCHA workarounds.

.::willing slave to hand reared maran,light sussex and cochin flocks....exbat henny and a gaggle of cats::.

please have patience if do not understand something have said;ask for it to be said differently- am severely autistic & learning/intelectualy disabled.

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.::willing slave to hand reared maran,light sussex and cochin flocks....exbat henny and a gaggle of cats::.

please have patience if do not understand something have said;ask for it to be said differently- am severely autistic & learning/intelectualy disabled.

incubation project: http://fairfieldresidential.co.uk/index.php?pageId=69

an autistic chickeny sort of blog: http://theresidentialautist....

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post #6 of 9
5/28/12 at 10:46am

Found about 7 of them today. In one section. Wasn't sure what to think, but reported them anyway. All the time I've been on BYC I've never seen spam. Either I'm very inattentive or we're getting popular.

 

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post #7 of 9
5/28/12 at 9:31pm

Bird Nut,  I love your avatar - did you draw it yourself??

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post #8 of 9
5/28/12 at 11:36pm
Seen a lot of this spam around, I always report it when I see it. lol.png
I notice that a lot of it seems to appear in "middle of the night" for you guys, but it probably just seems that way to me because during the "day" the mods get to it before I have a chance to see it. A good thing. tongue.png
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post #9 of 9
7/29/12 at 4:03pm

I HAVE BEEN REPORTING ALL OF THEM

FLEW-DA-COOP  THE ROOSTER MAY RULE THE ROOST BUT THE HENS RULE THE ROOSTER

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FLEW-DA-COOP  THE ROOSTER MAY RULE THE ROOST BUT THE HENS RULE THE ROOSTER

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