Spammers Seem To Be Keeping Our Mods Busy This Morning

[Canary42]

What a thankless task.

So a BIG THANK YOU to all the Mods who sweep the spam from Answerbank.

[Sqad]

It's hardly brain surgery Canary......no need to get all "gushing.".

[naomi24]

Why is zapping spam a thankless task?

[Theland]

It could be the Russians again!

[jim360]

Didn't even notice there *was* any spam this morning :O

[spathiphyllum]

thank god i deported the troops this morn ay

[jno]

Why is zapping spam a thankless task?

goodness knows, but who thanks them?

I suppose it's made slightly easier by the fact that spammers never seem to master the chore of writing a headline, so spam is recognisable in the Latest Posts panel by ellipses.

[andy-hughes]

naomi - // Why is zapping spam a thankless task? //

Because it is carried out by Moderators, which in itself is the most thankless task I have ever come across!!

[dannyk13]

jno, why ellipses?

[Mamyalynne]

If they use a link as a header, it shows in LP as - ...

[Mamyalynne]

The sneakier ones don't start a thread of their own but tag on to an older thread, only spotted if it appears in LP, ie less than a month old.

[dannyk13]

Ta Lynne, silly me was thinking of the Aber.

[Mamyalynne]

Ah, I see.

[-Talbot-]

I feel a little bit sick.

[Mamyalynne]

There are a lot of viruses around, a few ABers are not well just now.

[-Talbot-]

Any mod who thinks it is a thankless task is surely free to throw in the towel.

[Mamyalynne]

Absolutely.

[choux]

You wishing, Talbot?

[-Talbot-]

Doesn't matter what I wish but rather than whining what a thankless task it is ....resign.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah canary - idiot bird
why you fank people for doing dare job?

sozza lapsed into AB think and AB speak .....
rather deft dont you think - - sozza doncha fink ?

foo!

[DTCwordfan]

should send Talbs into Number Ten.......