Popular Post vikpaw Posted May 25, 2010 Popular Post Posted May 25, 2010 I just came back to my desk and had about 8 messages from EduGeek reporting some posts. Obviously these come from you the members. The posts were still coming in, and this particular :spam4:er was hot and live on the system. So in sweeps I, to kill, delete and ban, and the community is once again safe. The thing is, i would never have gone to those forums / threads and would have been none the wiser without those reported post notifications. So, i just wanted to say "THANKS" to all the membership for helping police the site. We mods and admins are few, and don't have the time to go through everything, and i'm certain i speak for us all in saying we are grateful. Keep it up. 18
Ric_ Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 It certainly does seem to be a day for spamtastic posts.
vikpaw Posted May 25, 2010 Author Posted May 25, 2010 It certainly does seem to be a day for spamtastic posts. aint that the truth! some days especially sat / sun i can get through with zero, but then again, that could be more a case of less members online keeping us aware, that or these criminals simply don't pay the spammers overtime so they don't bother
witch Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 And so say all of us (mods and admins). I do try to keep up, and Vik does a sterling job in getting there before me (!) but without you lot spotting these things we would have a problem.
tom_newton Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 I know an african prince with $12mil of viagra needs transferring to some hurricane victims if anyone's interested?
Dos_Box Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 It's also shocking how many spammers we catch before they get a chance to as well, I'd estimate we get rid of 30% of spam before it appears by banning suspicious posts from India\Pakistan\Vietnam and the US.
Fatmas Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 There's a lot of emoticons in that post *hovers over report post button* I could never do such a thing to such an effective Mod.
Stuart_C Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 It's also shocking how many spammers we catch before they get a chance to as well, I'd estimate we get rid of 30% of spam before it appears by banning suspicious posts from India\Pakistan\Vietnam I find it slightly amusing that you would get such thing's. Whilst the size and the quality of the membership is a testament to it's success when thinking of area's to SPAM, "That forum where all the IT Geeks who work in schools post" does seem like an odd choice. I didn't realise this place was so popular in vietnam! Add in we are IT professionals we are least likely to fall for anything you'd tink they'd pick on people on the Microsoft Forums and the US And you've not been sued yet for infringing on their constitutional rights?
john Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 Yes I echo my fellow co-mods and admins for your support it does make life much easier (so long as your not me and sitting in a meeting with your phone going buzzzz every 5 seconds from new notifications hehe)
vikpaw Posted May 26, 2010 Author Posted May 26, 2010 monty video lol - classic , ham, egg, beans and spam, without the spam? sorry not on the menu. It's also shocking how many spammers we catch before they get a chance to as well, I'd estimate we get rid of 30% of spam before it appears by banning suspicious posts from India\Pakistan\Vietnam and the US. Don't forget china! There's a lot of emoticons in that post *hovers over report post button* I could never do such a thing to such an effective Mod. Hey, i kept well clear of the 10 emoticons limit so ;) Go for a swim to celebrate Vik A swim? in this heat. Do you want me to scald myself..? ..."That forum where all the IT Geeks who work in schools post" ... is actually one of the most popular IT forums in the UK (top 3938 website in UK overall), with probably the largest spread of vendors and big name companies on board. Site Information for edugeek.net http://www.alexa.com/images/buttons/get-details.png http://www.alexa.com/images/icons/globe-sm.gif Alexa Traffic Rank: 33,505 http://www.alexa.com/images/flags/gb.png Traffic Rank in GB: 3,938 Sites Linking In: 288 People that go to microsoft will be desperate end users, they wont have specifying / buying power like we do. ooh, interesting calculation Dos_Box for marketing material: What is our membership's combined buying power? Thinking in terms of respective schools' IT budgets...?
tmcd35 Posted May 26, 2010 Posted May 26, 2010 Site Information for edugeek.net Audience Snapshot Based on internet averages, edugeek.net is visited more frequently by males who are in the age range 25-34 and browse this site from work. Get complete site demographics. So this site is predominatly used by geeks who surf the internet all day rather than getting on with whatever they are paid to be doing? (guilty as charged)
vikpaw Posted May 26, 2010 Author Posted May 26, 2010 So this site is predominatly used by geeks who surf the internet all day rather than getting on with whatever they are paid to be doing? (guilty as charged) No you read the wrong brochure! This site is surfed by geeks, leveraging the power of the internet to research and proactively troubleshoot potential IT issues by collaborating together for the common good. And occasionally you get little blood suckers like this guy i found all by meself this morning: Basic Information About two0426 Locationnew xialnRegion/State Flagau new south wales 2OccupationasfasdfCompany RepresentedasfdafBiographyasdfasfasfInterestsasfadsf Contact This PageView Profile: two0426 - EduGeek.net Statistics Total Posts Total Posts4Posts Per Day4Visitor Messages Total Messages0Most Recent MessageNever Visitor Messages for two0426 Post a visitor message for two0426 Total Thanks Total Thanks0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts General Information Last ActivityToday 04:39 AMJoin Date26-05-2010
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