Stopping Spam

[Hopkirk]

I see a lot of spam adverts appearing as first questions by new users.

At times there seems to be a flood of them, as if they are being sent by a machine.

Would it stop this if all newbies first questions had to be reviewed by a mod before being allowed into the site?

[Jordyboy9]

It might stop it if the first questions had to be reviewed by a moderator hopkirk but that would be given more power to the moderators,not a good idea in my opinion,
Power corrupts.

[Prudie]

I don't think there's always a mod about 24/7 which wouldn't be fair on genuine new users.
The one that gets me is the keto - it's daily and constant and never gives up despite always being zapped. I assume they are from a computer generated email and username each time???

[Mamyalynne]

That would necessitate a nominated Moderator on a shift pattern and as they are unpaid volunteers - difficult to work.

Jordy likes the Keto diet and is a big fan of the Testosterone boosters.;-)

[Hopkirk]

So a new user's first question might be delayed a little. A small price to pay.

[SparklyKid]

I find it quite distasteful all this reference to "newbies"

[spathiphyllum]

"I find it quite distasteful all this reference to "newbies""
LOL you sound like a newbie.

[Jackdaw33]

I've never seen so much spam in one day as today.

[Mamyalynne]

It's been full on hasn't it?

[ummmm]

Hopkirk - and then what could be a valuable member of AB goes elsewhere for an answer and never return.

[retrocop]

I gave up reporting them earlier. Seems a moderator was here long enough to zap them when opining on the Trump thread but didn’t.

[banker_frank]

It is not easy joining this site. I'm not sure how a machine would manage to fill in the form choose a user name not in use (it took me three goes) then go find the email,reply, then send a question. More likely these adverts are from home workers in foreign countries that get paid per click.

[spathiphyllum]

This is my application for a moderators hat.

Qualities:

-Top banter
-Presence
-Sticking up for the 'lil' man
-I have my own hat

[spathiphyllum]

Oh! one more quality - I'm not a far right batty