Don't feed the trolls! (or spammers!)

[Dan]

Trolls (what's a troll?) and spammers are posters we don't want, clearly. But in dealing with a spammer,

If we have 100 threads created by a spammer, and each was responded to by members twice, we'd have just tripled the amount of work needed to clear up the forum!

Replying to a thread you know will be erased as it's spam or an offensive member (or troll) is just as time consuming to deal with as it is the thread its self.

Please do not respond to trolls and spammers. The threads will be removed, just move on to the real and / or normal people.

From now on, those that 'feed the trolls' and respond to spammers will be warned a couple of times before being banned for a short period of time as a "reminder" to not do it!

Please please help us run the forum by simply clicking the report post icon and giving a short reason and then just move on and ignore it until a mod or admin picks it up and removes it.

Thanks in advance and I'm sure you all fully understand.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

TBH i did not know when i replied

 

[HoodedClaw]

Ooohh.. I didn't know about the report post icon, spotted it now..

 

[Dan]

The first sign of a spammer, or an offensive member (or remark) - rather than responding to it (which gets done far far too much here) it needs reporting and ignoring.

It free's up moderators time so they can help members struggling to find the right forum category and that sort of stuff.

Thanks for your help peeps.