How many posters on here are Indian and/or SPAMMERS?

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by Geezer the Great, Sep 28, 2011.

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  1. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #41
    Well, "pal" you should have noticed that none of the mods nor the forum owner were agreeing with the newbie and therefore you didn't need to "step in".
     
    sarahk, Oct 25, 2011 IP
  2. Oranges

    Oranges Active Member

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    #42
    OP is a retard! He just need a hug, and he'll stop whining about the "The Perfect World" he wants to live in.
     
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  3. ApocalypseXL

    ApocalypseXL Notable Member

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    #43
    Would you be so kind as to tell me the economic value of Indian and Chinese visitors ? Ad agencies almost don't care about them and when it comes to selling something the purchasing power is extremely low . If you compare that with the volumes of attacks and spam the indicators will be clear . It's not worth it . Just like traffic from a lot more countries is , however since the number of attacks from other countries is low the systems can manage it , but when we are talking about 1 brute per server at every 8 hours or about spam every 1 hour things change .

    Now come and post some numbers that will show why a server owner should NOT ban some troublesome countries . On DP this is impossible to do an unrecommended but on other websites is a must .
     
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  4. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #44
    The funny thing is that when USA companies ban APNIC countries they ban New Zealand (and presumably Australia) too. The IP ranges seem to be extended constantly and its a big job staying up to date. Personally I think using tools like Akismet to monitor new users / all posts etc is a more intelligent way to guard against spammers. Scammers are another story altogether...
     
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  5. The Webby

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    #45
    I agree mate, you are spot on.
     
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    samdar Well-Known Member

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    #46
    Well, may be it's just me. It's not how I handle things. Instead of banning specific countries, I might take some other way.
     
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    #47
    So how do you handle an annoying number of spammers and would be hackers ? I mean it gets really tiresome to see the e-mail alerts going off all the time .
     
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  8. The Webby

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    #48
    Speaking of wannabe hackers, are we talking about Russians and Romanians? Because they are the biggest noobish-wannabe-hackers-cum-script-kids I have ever seen. Huge pain in ass..


    Also, about the spammers, Indians beat the rest.. But I have noticed most of the spammers are organized spammers, spamming for American and/or European clients..
    What actually I wonder, do those clients deliberately hire spammers, or they hire so called Internet marketing experts? Can anyone provide insight?
     
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    #49
    Mostly because they're conned into believing that they can get #1 spot for 100 USD , they think they just hired a marketing expert for cheaps when in fact they just fueled the spammers .
     
    ApocalypseXL, Oct 27, 2011 IP
  10. WilsonJ

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    #50
    Exactly my thoughts..He has been reading this forum for years and even after posting here his post count is still 5 :O
    I agree there are a lot of one liner posters, plus a lot of users whose first language isn't English yet I dont see a point here..If they are spamming then your complaint would have been valid for sure. Else even this thread is useless..
     
    WilsonJ, Dec 30, 2011 IP
  11. Cucumba123

    Cucumba123 Well-Known Member

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    #51
    This issue is DP specific and has to be fixed asap. I've never seen such bad posters in a long time, go on WarriorForum, BHW, WickedFire, WHT, niche forums or whatever and you won't see bad posters. Like 70% of the posts here are just spam.
     
    Cucumba123, Dec 30, 2011 IP
  12. browntwn

    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    #52
    Yeah and maybe they can do something with all the racists and idiots who insult entire nations of people because they got scammed.

     
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  13. wbr

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    #53
    I agree with you. But at the end of the day they are also here to earn money. I completing understand the poor English comminication make it worse too. But I think these issues must sorted on the very high level

    Happy new year without any ...............:D
     
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    #54
    Yes these racist morons are everywhere. He has been scammed by an Indian and still trusted him again, why deal with an indian again if he think the are scammers. But he has now got the oppurtuinity to say Indains are scammers.
     
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  15. Cucumba123

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    #55

    I'm sorry for being a racist, a big one. :rolleyes: I've been hit by several Indians and one of them was paying in the beginning but later he became unreachable. I have stopped dealing with them, unless they of course pay in advance or have high positive feedback score.
     
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  16. drhowarddrfine

    drhowarddrfine Peon

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    #56
    @sarahk - I was a mod on a forum in the past. The reason DP is such a cesspool is because it was allowed to get that way. It could be cleaned up but admin prefers not to. Plain and simple. Get over it. There's no excusing why DP is the way it is. Quit blaming your users.
     
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  17. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #57
    No one is asking you to be in this "cesspool". Plain and simple, take it or leave it. There is no reason for anyone to blame entire countries or continents or the entire Earth. Quit DP now.
     
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  18. drhowarddrfine

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    #58
    I'm glad you recognize it is one. That isn't my word, btw, but a description some Sitepoint users use for this place.
    Typical of DP posters to put words in my mouth.
     
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  19. wisdomtool

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    #59
    It is very hard to have a sincere discourse with you when you twist and turn others' words. I hope you can refrain from being so racism in such a large forum as ours. Every word out of you is a deduction from the sum of human knowledge. We have a large Indian user base and as such the numbers who are good forumers are large and corresponding and unavoidable the number of spammers are large. Given that the Western countries, USA inclusive, outsource their work to India, such countries do need to take responsibility for the spamming jobs they outsource.
     
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  20. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #60
    Sheesh, that was unexpected. When I see your name against a reported posts I usually go straight to them because I know it'll be sensible... but then you haven't reported much lately. Given up on us? I hope not.
     
    sarahk, Jan 1, 2012 IP
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