Thread to track and discuss "Spam Mega Threads"

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Quote from: hilariousetc on May 26, 2018, 10:30:57 AM

Does anyone know what these codes are in some user's signature?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kailash-patra-1822816    Kailash patra February 11, 2018, 5b0804b615a45
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/gacuanh123-2080023 Gacuanh123    May 01, 2018, 5b09308a1d88d
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/pomogovea-1840125    PomogovEA    February 15, 2018 5b068632d784b
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bijoy5515-2135551 bijoy5515 May 19, 2018 5b07732398dfa
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/nabin123-2150487    Nabin123    May 24, 2018 5b076c91b5717

I have no idea what does these codes mean, but recently I saw several users posting similar codes in random threads.

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https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annicoviewo-video-sharing-platform-influencers-pre-sale-soon-3645928

You can add that one seeing as it's been spammed by account farmers all day every day with the same old rubbish. Well over a hundred pages of spam from today alone. Whoever is behind that op is very likely paying for this spam.

Does anyone know what these codes are in some user's signature?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kailash-patra-1822816    Kailash patra February 11, 2018, 5b0804b615a45
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/gacuanh123-2080023 Gacuanh123    May 01, 2018, 5b09308a1d88d
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/pomogovea-1840125    PomogovEA    February 15, 2018 5b068632d784b
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bijoy5515-2135551 bijoy5515 May 19, 2018 5b07732398dfa
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/nabin123-2150487    Nabin123    May 24, 2018 5b076c91b5717

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Probably depends on the mod, but I usually trash utter shit threads with little to no value, whereas ones that have just degenerated into spam that may have some half decent posts I usually lock. Sometimes a thread can start of decent but shitposters don't actually read the op and just the title and it quickly turns into a spam mega thread which will never recover.

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Quote from: alani123 on May 24, 2018, 07:30:07 PM

Posted above:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3375482 - LOCKED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3517288 - DELETED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3093129 - LOCKED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3296544 - DELETED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3616972 - LOCKED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3493241 - LOCKED

Thanks to the mods.
Seeing that action for this is so quick I'm starting to think that a report might also prove sufficient.
I'll leave the thread up for further discussion.

What I find interesting is that some were locked whilst others were deleted. I wonder what the criteria is for a thread to be deleted as opposed to just being locked?

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Posted above:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3375482 - LOCKED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3517288 - DELETED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3093129 - LOCKED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3296544 - DELETED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3616972 - LOCKED
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3493241 - LOCKED

Thanks to the mods.
Seeing that action for this is so quick I'm starting to think that a report might also prove sufficient.
I'll leave the thread up for further discussion.

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Quote from: alani123 on May 24, 2018, 06:42:13 PM

But mods would have already noticed those threads due to their massive size and volume or responses, what would a report do?

Mods cannot scan the whole forums. They are aware of these topics but they cannot inspect all the posts.

Quote from: iillaa on May 24, 2018, 06:30:25 PM

is it possible to use the report to moderator button against those topics in order to lock them ?

If you notice users/spammers repeating digested ideas over and over then just report it, mods will then lock the topic. It works.

alani123

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Quote from: iillaa on May 24, 2018, 06:30:25 PM

is it possible to use the report to moderator button against those topics in order to lock them ?

Why would it not be possible? But mods would have already noticed those threads due to their massive size and volume or responses, what would a report do?

It's good to have a thread like this to discuss such topics with reasons I think. Would be useful for mods as well perhaps.

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Quote from: iillaa on May 24, 2018, 06:30:25 PM

is it possible to use the report to moderator button against those topics in order to lock them ?

Probably.

Quote from: nc50lc on April 18, 2018, 10:36:10 AM

Anyways, the good news is: They (Moderators) are now responding to "lock thread" requests.
I tried it twice (With the right reasons) and afterwards they locked the reported threads.

~snip~

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is it possible to use the report to moderator button against those topics in order to lock them ?

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All of the altcoin sub forum is covered in spam megathreads. Here's just a couple of examples:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3375482
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3517288
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3093129
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3296544
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3616972
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3493241

Some of them might be considered on going which might bring in some unique answers but a lot of them can only have a couple of unique replies. It's getting out of hand as the altcoin sub forum is so hard to read topics that you might be interested in because they will disappear to page 15 in a hour or two.

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Dubbed as Spam Mega Threads, are discussions that allow anyone to post a "spammy" response. Usually the motif with those threads has the OP posing a generalized question in the title with little to no context in the body of the post. As the question would be considered relevant on a longer term time period, responses yield little to no discussion with most being direct replies to the question in OP. This might go on for roundhead of pages with post after the OP is posted as bitcointalk users find such threadss easy to increase their activity with.

I've noticed that mods have recently started locking such threads, or even threads with the potential of becoming one. It'd be interesting to see if there are any guidelines mods follow for locking such threads nevertheless.

But my question as in the title is if there's a place to track such threads and talk about them. If not, there should be one perhaps.

I'll start with a couple in any case:
Holding is bullshit? - 2205 Replies - LOCKED

Quote from: sarabanda on March 09, 2018, 04:00:06 AM

I hold 3 coins espers-(3 years),insane-(2 years),html - (5 years) Shocked

and price is the same....no moon ....I dont trust to holding anymore,any suggestions?

Are you afraid of hackers? - 3309 Replies - LOCKED

Quote from: sakokinak on January 28, 2018, 12:46:38 PM

Recently Bloomberg posted the information that it took hackers less than 10 years to steal over 14% of all existing Bitcoins and Ethereum from the wallets of their holders. The total sum they have stolen is more than $1,2 billion! How to protect yourself from hackers attacks? Are you afraid of this stuff?

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