aveschapinas Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 @Cyanocitta cristata Please try again on your old account. I removed the ban. Yes; it was automatically sent to moderation because you included Chinese chararters, which are being screened to prevent the spamming (and it's working, thank goodness). I approved the post and I assumed that would also reverse the ban; I'm sorry this happened but now I know! If you still can't get in let me know, but it shows your account as not banned at this point so I think it'll be fine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Quote but it shows your account as not banned at this point so I think it'll be fine. @aveschapinas That's weird, I had already unflaged her account, it showed that she could post normally now. Why would the account gotten banned again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 @aveschapinas @Kevin Thanks so much!! I'm able to access the site and post with no problems now. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Great! Glad it's working now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Quote That's weird, I had already unflaged her account, it showed that she could post normally now. Why would the account gotten banned again? @Kevin @Quiscalus quiscula I don't know! I had actually approved the post a few minutes after it was posted; I had assumed that would be enough. I don't know why it didn't take, or why it didn't work when you unflagged it. Fortunately (well, not so fortunately for Quiscalus) this is the only one that has gotten automatically moderated and wasn't spam. I hope it won't happen again, and again I apologize. Quiscaulus, I'm glad you got back on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I'm going to humbly recommend that a blanket automatic ban on Chinese characters is too broad a brush, as this demonstrated, and something more targeted would be better. Given the repeated nature of the spam, perhaps something that looks for one of the key phrases instead? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Quote I'm going to humbly recommend that a blanket automatic ban on Chinese characters is too broad a brush, as this demonstrated, and something more targeted would be better. Given the repeated nature of the spam, perhaps something that looks for one of the key phrases instead? @PaulKWith all due respect, you haven't had to delete dozens of spam posts a day. Believe me, we have tried a lot of more conservative measures that haven't worked. These spammers are beyond clever and it's VERY hard to keep them out. They are relentless. The spam has been a burden to your two volunteer mods and has eaten up a lot of administrator time that could be better spent improving the site in other ways. I'd like to humbly recommend that we avoid using Chinese characters; is it really necessary? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) The spam affects everyone. How many people on this forum can read Chinese? How many know how to insert the characters? I doubt there are enough of either to justify continuing to permit it vs. blocking spammers. Edited February 13 by Charlie Spencer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Yeah, I'm probably one of the few active members who reads and writes Chinese. As long as this measure makes things easier for our moderators and prevents our forum from being clogged, I'd say it's a good thing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I agree with @Charlie Spencer. And how do you insert Chinese characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 @Birds are cool Either you just copy and paste them, or you can also have a Chinese keyboard add on. Also, I just want to say I only inserted the Chinese name because that's how I originally knew that species by, and I'm not going to be doing that again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Thanks @Quiscalus quisculaquiscula , I have always wondered how to write Chinese on a phone/PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 @Quiscalus quiscula Thank you for understanding. I'm sorry your options have to be limited at least for now, and I appreciate your accepting the measures we have taken. And now we know how to be sure any legitimate posts get through as quickly as possible. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 @aveschapinas I'm sorry, I didn't mean to minimize in any way the work you and @Kevinhave been doing to keep this under control! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirVive Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I must say anytime I've seen a post here notifying the mods of a new batch of spam I've gone looking out of curiosity and only once have I ever found any even only an hour or two afterwards. Our trusty mods must really like the stuff to gobble it up so fast and leave the plate licked so clean there's nothing left for me but a salty odor 😋 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 One time I was in the middle of reporting a spam post, my second and final report of that particular batch. My report couldn't go through ... because all those spam posts were being deleted as I was typing. I can't remember if there had been a report on this thread. Kudos to the fast response of @Kevin and @aveschapinas in deleting the spam posts. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Everything works again! Notification dropdowns, copy and pasting links, reactions, and quotes are good now!! 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Everything works again! Notification dropdowns, copy and pasting links, reactions, and quotes are good now!! 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Everything works again! Notification dropdowns, copy and pasting links, reactions, and quotes are good now!! Yay! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Yes! It looks good now. Whew! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 All working for me too!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Hurray! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Yeah! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 This is cause for celebration indeed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 HURRAH! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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