Guest Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I got my first spam attack today after upgrading to 3.0, and thought "hey, a chance to test all of these new member functions!" I used the flag as spammer button, to find it did effectively nothing. Then I searched in the ACP, and found all of the functions for it, including un-approving posts. I'm curious, though - if someone accidentally flags a non-spammer as a spammer, and their posts get unapproved, it doesn't look like there's any easy way to un-do this. Sure, the user can be un-flagged, but that doesn't restore their posts. As far as I can tell, the moderators would have to go through and re-approve them as they would normal mod-queue'd posts: 1 at a time. Yeah, I understand the chances of something like this happening are very low, but it got me thinking - a way to manage queued posts on a by-member basis rather than by-topic would be really nice, and really useful. On the topic of flagging, though, either an undo function, or some sort of "WARNING, posts will be unapproved" message should exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David - TekTab Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oh shat... Unflagging a member doesn't reapprove their posts? Yeah, I think I'll be setting that option a little lower just in case then. I had it set to unapprove all posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted July 8, 2009 Management Share Posted July 8, 2009 I am sure this is something we can look into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oh shat... Unflagging a member doesn't reapprove their posts? Yeah, I think I'll be setting that option a little lower just in case then. I had it set to unapprove all posts. Yeah, so did I. I had the exact same thought process. :lol: I am sure this is something we can look into. Good to hear. Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Imagine accidentally flagging a member with 10,000+ posts as a spammer. I think I'd be throwing in the towel :lol: I'm sure if that happened, tech support could give you a nice little query to fix it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrefeX Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I'm sure if that happened, tech support could give you a nice little query to fix it ;) Wouldn't that also approve all posts that was unapproved before the member was flagged? :) I do agree that there should be a way to restore this in case you did something wrong. However, I believe there might be a problem with posts and topics that already was hidden before the flagging occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Wouldn't that also approve all posts that was unapproved before the member was flagged? :) You underestimate us ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 You underestimate us ;) :lol: That's funny. Could an extra option be set that would let the admin/global moderator choose how far back to go? Like if checking the user and somehow they were able to spam the board for a week and ALL their posts are spam, then could tell it to do all their posts, where others would only be able to flag as a spammer and then X number of days worth of posts vanish. I mean the admin/global moderator would get the same prompt, just be given the option to override the amount of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrefeX Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 You underestimate us ;) Of course I do! That way I can be extra amazed/impressed by your great work! :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted July 15, 2009 Management Share Posted July 15, 2009 There is the option to restore posts from the ACP 'Manage Spammers' screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Wers Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Flagging users as spammers This feature is good but needs more enhancements. Fox example (list of most wanted features) [*]Spammer can send PM's only to admins (for discussion like: Admin to Spammer: Do not send invitation on your board to other members, this is your final warning before ban, Spammer answer: Ah, OK, sorry), in this case Spammer can write only with admin but can't send PM's (like invitations) to other members [*]Spammer can write posts, but can't start Topics (nobody like 500 topics in one category like: Hello n00bs!) [*]Spammer's account is affected by big flood limit (for example at least 60 seconds, regular is for example 15 seconds) [*]Spammer can't create blogs or albums in Gallery (because he/she can write entries against forum owners or members, or he/she can upload lot of porn images) [*]Spammer can't edit own signature (for unwanted adds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted July 15, 2009 Management Share Posted July 15, 2009 And it already asks how many days worth of posts to unapprove when flagging a member as a spammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesperala Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 can I ask how to disable this feature for good? :D I do not like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted July 15, 2009 Management Share Posted July 15, 2009 The feature is only available for moderators and admins. You can disable the function so that labeling a member as a spammer effectively does nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesperala Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 The feature is only available for moderators and admins. You can disable the function so that labeling a member as a spammer effectively does nothing. >_< wouldn't be nicer to let us decide what moderators and admins can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 There is the option to restore posts from the ACP 'Manage Spammers' screen. But that says to approve ALL posts. Not just approve posts that were unapproved as a result of the spam assignment. I think what is desired is something that would restore affected posts. This feature is good but needs more enhancements. Fox example (list of most wanted features) [list=1] [*]Spammer can send PM's only to admins (for discussion like: Admin to Spammer: Do not send invitation on your board to other members, this is your final warning before ban, Spammer answer: Ah, OK, sorry), in this case Spammer can write only with admin but can't send PM's (like invitations) to other members [*]Spammer can write posts, but can't start Topics (nobody like 500 topics in one category like: Hello n00bs!) [*]Spammer's account is affected by big flood limit (for example at least 60 seconds, regular is for example 15 seconds) [*]Spammer can't create blogs or albums in Gallery (because he/she can write entries against forum owners or members, or he/she can upload lot of porn images) [*]Spammer can't edit own signature (for unwanted adds) [/list] That could all be handled (except the PM issue I think) if someone marked as a spammer could get moved into another member group, where their privies would all be gone. And it already asks how many days worth of posts to unapprove when flagging a member as a spammer. I meant, admin and global mods being able to override the default setting. Such as, if it's set for 3 days, the GM could unapprove posts for 1 day (or 7 days) instead of 3. A regular moderator would only be able to do 3 days. Also allow the moderator/GM/admin the option to not unapprove any posts. Could be that they will unapprove or delete the offending posts themselves and already know which ones need to be taken care of. >_< wouldn't be nicer to let us decide what moderators and admins can do? I believe that it's a special flag for being able to quickly and easily address the issue of those who join just for the intent of doing massive advertisings, such as shoes, drugs and porn. Not if a person is just being a little bit annoying. So letting it stay is a good idea, since you can have it set to take no action at all. In fact, the spam button could be used as a way for your crew to mark members as being trouble makers that need to be discussed about (ie, simple moderating won't do the trick, needs to be taken to the next step). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrefeX Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Would also like to see an option for placing users in another usergroup while flagged, and then automatically moved back after flagging has been removed. This would allow users to either add them to a "banned" group, or to make use of the restrictions in e.g. an spammer group, as you can configure quite a lot in usergroups (permission masks, futures, restrictions ++) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natt Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Function which allows to mark the user, as the spamer, really convenient. But at me this function in a profile of users is accessible only at administrator though at adjustment of functions of a moderator of a forum, the option "is established Can to mark the user as the spamer". Prompt how to adjust, please, this function at moderators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Perhaps a feature to make a user immune to being marked as a spammer after they have been a member for X amount of time and/or have Y amount of posts would be useful to prevent accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialBrands Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Years later... this appears to still be a problem. If you flag a member as a spammer then unflag them you can go into the modcp and restore their TOPICS under restore content but their POSTS appear to be gone forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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