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  3 0 Hi Russ, It turns out that a bunch of those so spammers post pictures as well. They are quite adept at sign-ups and typically are paid to do whatever it takes. We are looking at various spam control methods as the amount increases. The important thing is that we don't cause our real community trouble in the process. I'd talk about the methods we are planning, but if I did it would only make it easier to circumvent. One of the reasons we get spammers (beyond being a popular site) is that they are under the misapprehension that posting their links here will be of some benefit to them. They are "no-follow" links which means that they won't be. Thanks for the idea though and please if you have any others feel free to share because we are always looking for creative solutions to this kind of problem. Charles B answered in Feedback about 1 year ago | Report 8 comments by Russ Campbell, NWEBS, Jon, and Fnarf… 0 0 Well as many people loved your answer as disliked me asking the question. Clearly a 'shroom is in order. Hmm... maybe I will email my suggestions directly next time, ha! Russ Campbell, NWEBS commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Last time I checked, the "Report" link was broken (it goes to a "not found" page). Is it fixed? Are you getting reports anyway? Jon commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 The report link only works for me from inside the item; i.e., you have to open it first. It also fails if the thing you're reporting has already been zapped, which often happens between the time you load the page and the deletion. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Hey, thanks for pointing that out! We are getting reports but that may be just from people opening the Q. I'll check on that and get it fixed in the meanwhile. Many thanks. Charles B commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 What do you mean opening it? Jon commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Clicking on the question so you can see the whole thing, as opposed to just the index entry at the main QL page. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I see. I always click through to the spam from the RSS feed and report from there, and that's the main question page. So it is still broken at least for me. I've also checked back on a couple and they were still there, so I know that it isn't that they were deleted. Jon commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Thanks. We're on it. Charles B commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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