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Karl_Donaubauer's avatar
Sep 19, 2023

OT The increasing SPAM in this forum

Hi,

 

There have been a lot of "low profile" spam posts here in the last few days. They look like relatively sensible replies, i.e. they mention content from the thread question, but there is nothing really helpful in them and they always contain one or more links in the text. These links have misleading captions and lead to some sales platforms. Based on this design, I suspect automated spamming with the help of AI.

 

In the menu that you can open with the 3 dots in the upper right corner of every message, I noticed a new (last) entry Mark as Spam a few days ago. With this I have meanwhile marked about 10 such spam messages here, whereupon they disappeared from the feed. But I can't delete or block the account of the sender of the filth. So it is only a partial success.

 

I guess that I see the menu item because I am MVP. But maybe others see it as well. Can anyone confirm or falsify this?

 

Here's what I want to point out to you with this post:


1. As a reader, be careful of links from unknown people here. Before you click on links, hold your mouse over the link and let the browser show you the destination address. So far, I've always been able to easily identify the sales links this way.


2. If you as MVPs or other participants here see the menu item Mark as Spam, please use it to help rid this forum of spam.


3. If you notice such filthy posts and you don't have the menu item, please inform us with a reply in this thread. Then removing the spam might go faster, because I assume the admins of the Technet forums have a lot to do with such automated spam posts in the many forums here..

 

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  • megancs's avatar
    megancs
    Copper Contributor
    Hello,

    It is unfortunate to hear about these spam/AI posts. Thank you for the warnings.

    Since you requested feedback on what others see in their menu options, I wanted to let you know that I do not have a "Mark as Spam" item on the message menu. I only have the "Report Inappropriate Content" option. My account is very new. Perhaps that is why!
  • George_Hepworth's avatar
    George_Hepworth
    Silver Contributor
    I noticed the spam recently and found the option to report Spam. Thanks, Karl, for helping raise awareness of both the problem and a partial solution. Spammers gonna spam, but identifying and reporting it can help minimize the negative impact.

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