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Spam report thread too long by now?

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
March 21, 2011
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The present Spam report thread [4] was initiated over a year ago when the old thread was 190 messages long, because "...the previous thread ... has served its purpose but is getting too long to be read comfortably on mobile devices". Well, the present thread has well exceeded that mark, as it was 422 messages long at the time I started to write this message.

Wouldn't it be time to let the present thread rest in peace by the same argument that led to the closing of the previous one? Not that I use mobile devices to visit these forums, but...

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Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

My vote is for a simple continuation.

Noel Carboni

Legend

Rick, why should it matter how long it gets?

Isn't the point that the admins are monitoring the traffic in that thread?

Making a new thread would help what, exactly? They'd have to go through a bunch of work to make it do just what it's doing now.

No change is needed.

-Noel

Claudio GonzálezAuthor

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About two years ago we were given a reason that for me sounded quite reasonable, for closing the Spam thread when it was considered to be too long by at least one moderator. No other official reason, either in pro or against opening new ones, has ever been posted here, in spite of my asking several times. On the other hand, successive previous Spam threads have suddenly been closed without notice, without explanations, and without opening new ones.

On previous occassions, I have opened new Spam threads when time passed without anyone else doing it. I have stated very clearly that it is not my obligation to do so, and I see no reason to do so now, specially when the present Spam thread is well and alive -or was until a few minutes ago (I have just checked, and it still is).

One thing is to act as the guardian of the forum in Spanish, where there has never been a moderator, participation is scarce, and very few participants care about the future of the forum. The situation is completelly different here, and so I think that if anyone has good reasons to consider that the present Spam thread is too long, s/he is welcome to open a new one. I don't have any reason to do so.

mytaxsite

Inspiring

Alternative to closing the thread and starting a new one, how about deleting the old messages and keeping only the one month's reports? Surely, old messages are of no use to anybody because they don't solve anything apart from spammer's accounts being disabled or deleted.

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Anonymous

Hi Claudio:

Spam report thread [5] locked at 477 messages (including Pat's last post with 'redirecting link') in 12 pages. Spam report thread [6] is now at 435 posts/Page 11...

Is it time-coming for version [7] ?

Not that I think it's your responsability but...

Noel Carboni

Legend

Why does the length of the thread matter one iota?

Isn't the important factor that the Admin is being notified of additions to the thread (e.g., by eMail)?

Right now I have a spammer to report and no thread to report it to....

Almost, sort of, quasi-legitimate somewhat on-topic spammer: http://forums.adobe.com/people/Camille%20Wu

-Noel

Claudio GonzálezAuthor

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As already explained, the official reason to close Spam thread [3] and open Spam thread [4] was

"...the previous thread ... has served its purpose but is getting too long to be read comfortably on mobile devices"

If that reason no longer applies, I would think that we are entitled to know.

Claudio GonzálezAuthor

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Addition: I see that the [5] Spam thread is now locked, but I see no sign of a replacement one. Is such a thread considered no longer necessary?

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Claudio González wrote:
Addition: I see that the [5] Spam thread is now locked, but I see no sign of a replacement one. Is such a thread considered no longer necessary?

I am sure that was the long answer from Jochem.

Claudio, we are waiting for your starting Spam report thread [5].

Claudio GonzálezAuthor

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Jacob Bugge wrote:
Claudio González wrote:
Addition: I see that the [5] Spam thread is now locked, but I see no sign of a replacement one. Is such a thread considered no longer necessary?
I am sure that was the long answer from Jochem.
...

Ah, that could be it...

Jacob Bugge wrote:

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Claudio, we are waiting for your starting Spam report thread [5].

Ok, I will (6, by the way), but I think that, at a minimum, someone who has access to the now closed thread should add a message giving a link to the new one.

Claudio GonzálezAuthor

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Well, the present Spam thread is already 476 messages long. Time to replace it by a new one?

mytaxsite

Inspiring

Claudio González wrote:
Well, the present Spam thread is already 476 messages long. Time to replace it by a new one?

Good idea. The maximum page length should be kept at 2 IMO. The current one has 10; It will be nearly 11 by tomorrow unless you can act today!

Claudio GonzálezAuthor

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I can open a new thread, but I cannot close the existing one, and it would be pointless to have two parallel ones. Anyway, the previous Spam thread closed -apparently- by itself, so maybe it's just a matter of waiting for a few days...

Phillip M Jones

Inspiring

As long as a new one is created in its place. Would be proper thing to do.

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