We banned a spammer today... What do you think?

[kiwi]

damn, that exposure would have fed my family too for a week

[Kym]

Whilst I agree and support the removal of the spam content, I'm not convinced your email to him aligning his activity with Nigerian scams, etc, was appropriately worded. Yes, he should have asked first, as some people may have considered it an opportunity to have their work exposed (not mine in that format).
My 20c worth anyway

SPAM = SPAM = SPAM (There are no grades of it, every tin is the same)

We have a standardised method of dealing with spammers.

• Ban the user
• Dump the content (we don't deleted it, just move it to the Bad Thread Dump which is invisible to all but mods)
• Stop Spam (the global anti spamming database)
• Managed !

The exception in this case was the email dialogue.
I really don't think he got why his actions were just downright rude and disrespectful to AP members.
Maybe he will learn from this experience? Somehow I doubt it.

[Wingnut]

why does a Monty Python song come into my head now.....SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM........

Well done Kym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RaoulIsidro]

Without the proper and strict enforcement of rules and guidelines, a great forum could easily degenerate into a quagmire of unpleasant activity which changes the culture of a website.
Kudos to the AP team, and to Kym, for setting things in order.

[ving]

all the AP mods deserve a huge pay cheque for this!

go team AP!

[Xenedis]

We banned a 1st post spammer today.

Always a good deed.

Personally, though, I wouldn't bother engaging in any dialogue with a spammer.

Best to zap and move on.

[Kym]

Always a good deed.
Personally, though, I wouldn't bother engaging in any dialogue with a spammer.
Best to zap and move on.

And we do 99.999% of the time. This one made for a good case study.

[Paul G]

I saw that post this morning just after it appeared too and was going to submit a response. Unfortunately not as witty as Mr Vandelay's fine comeback!! Art Vandelay...what a legend!

[geoffsta]

Lucky Kym you were out of your pirate mood..
Avast ya scurvy dog. You bin spammen me site, and me crew be ready to keel haul ye to the mast.
Ain't no treasure to be got here ya mangy octopus, now you bin added to Davey Jones's locker.

Seriously Kym.. Well done. We don't need that sort of thing here.

[johndom]

Spam baiting is alive and well on the net
http://www.419eater.com/index.php is one of them but there are others. Its potentially a bit risky but does make for hilarious reading.
Good move banning this one. There is no opportunity here, except an opportunity to be ripped off.

[ricktas]

if members are interested, we use a site to check new member registrations against : www.stopforumspam.com

When a member tries to register on AP, the site checks their IP address, email and username against the database of reported details on that site. It a match occurs, they get a message saying Ausphotography actively blocks spammers from joining the site, and they cannot proceed. It a spammer does regisister on AP and posts offering their wares, we ban them and at the same time get the option to add their details to the stopforumspam database, meaning that instantly their email address etc is then un-usable on thousands of sites worldwide.

[Art Vandelay]

I saw that post this morning just after it appeared too and was going to submit a response. Unfortunately not as witty as Mr Vandelay's fine comeback!!

I'm humbled, thankyou.

Wasn't really trying to be witty, just trying to relate it to something more day to day.

Whilst not a 'pro' photographer (whatever that is ), I speak from being self employed for the last 14yrs. If someone's using someone elses product or service to make money, then that money has to be shared around. That's the way the world works. Photography should be no different. It seems a common problem in some understanding that though from what I've seen in the short time snooping around photography sites.

Those thoughts prompted me when I had the opportunity to sell a handful of images last month to a business for their advertising/commercial use. Thanks to some advice from a member on here via pm, I charged them a 'market' rate. (thanks to para, a fine fellow North Qld'er).

Whilst not in this to make money, if the opportunity arises from time to time, I aint giving them away.

[etherial]

I saw this thread come up on the RSS feed, and I thought at the time, "there's one that will get dumped".

Glad it has, keep up the good work!

[piXelatedEmpire]

but, but, but.. now we miss out on getting an opportunity

[Kym]

but, but, but.. now we miss out on getting an opportunity

Ok, here is an opportunity!

[Erin]

Spam, spam, spam, sausage, egg, bacon and spam.


He sounds just like that mob that trawls through Flickr and sends messages to people asking to use their photos in their publication "with a credit to you! Whoohoo!"

Nope, sorry. You want my stuff, you pay for it.

I would have gotten narky at the line about lost opportunity too.

[Paul G]

Ok, here is an opportunity!

Just on that Kym; will there be any more sizes coming in the Navy polos? I don't know if I'm a sky-blue kinda guy, although people do say the colour makes my eyes handsome

[Gypsy]

Avast ya scurvy dog. You bin spammen me site, and me crew be ready to keel haul ye to the mast.
Ain't no treasure to be got here ya mangy octopus, now you bin added to Davey Jones's locker.

I vote this become an automated message for spammers!

[ricktas]

Just on that Kym; will there be any more sizes coming in the Navy polos? I don't know if I'm a sky-blue kinda guy, although people do say the colour makes my eyes handsome

I have to order more polls in at some stage. Send me a pm about them and I will see what I can do about the size you want.

[Jeanette]

Kym Great response in protecting the fine members we have here... thanks for being our guardian angel
and ART Vandelay oh you are too funny .. and a great way of looking at it from that angle..
Geofsta oh my .. what a cracker you are