Addressing the Spam Problem

[orange_fell]

Recently, old posts on little_details seem to be being attacked by spammers. I have turned on Spam Protection for the community, which means that comments with links in them may be screened. I try to maintain an active presence around this comm, so unscreening should happen without too much delay

Comments

You might officially change the rules...

[tamtrible]

I know I've been reluctant to delete obvious spam in the past, because the rules officially say not to delete posts. So, it seems like it might be worthwhile to amend the rules slightly, to add the phrase "barring obvious spam that is unrelated to either the question or to prior conversation" or the like, so people know it's OK to delete that crap, they just aren't supposed to delete any *real* posts...

Re: You might officially change the rules...

[orange_fell]

That's a good idea, thank you. There are a few things on the profile that are out of date, actually, so I think I'll start working on a new draft.

[pyraxis]

Thanks for taking care of it.

[orange_fell]

Wow that was weird! The spam I've been seeing, and that was reported to me, was gibberish/advertising links from anons. That one was different...

[celtic_flicka]

Thanks for all you do in modding this comm, orange_fell!

[asweetdownfall]

For what it's worth, thank you :)