[Jybraek]

Understood, Fergal. Thanks for the clarification, well for me I think Fergal has noticed even in the Daily Forum Coin donation topic whenever i make a post, I try to spice things up a little....

[Rick Ace]

Sure, Jybraek. But there's no need to shout.

*Walks into the room and looks around before screaming at the top of his lungs*

[Jybraek]

Oh that...I couldn't find him anywhere...so impulsively I ended up shouting..don't worry its not loud enough to wake up the neighbors

[nagy00]

i think using the captcha before making any replay or before signup in any site can reduce the spam a little , or you can search about a good plugin for spammer in any script you use

[HieuDang]

One of the biggest problems of a Forum Administrator is the spam. How do you deal with it? What are your methods?
I don't have a specific method. I usually ban them and them move their spam-posts or spam-topics to the trash. Pretty easy, right?

The best method is you have the responsible Mods. They mus work hard, read all topics, all posts, and warning or banning the members who always spam.

[shahzebayub]

To dealing with spamming you should give authority to some active members who see the posts and delete the unnecessary one topics

[thisnthat]

or the Daily Forumcoin please...(Those are just 3 words that are most often used) Wouldn't those be considered spam then?

I would say that they are not spam, because that is what the topic is asking for. There are times when a short post is appropriate, and is all that is needed to make a point or post a comment. It's not always clear cut and there are grey areas. Even experienced admins who deal with lots of posts will sometimes make a mistake and classify a post as spam when it isn't or leave a post on the forum that really is spam and should be removed.

Well, that's what happens where you're only human.

I think "thanks for sharing" or "I agree" and similar comments are fine, but only if they are followed by more info. Just add another quick sentence or two or three, explaining why you are thankful or why you agree. It's not that hard, and it makes the forum much better.

[thisnthat]

To dealing with spamming you should give authority to some active members who see the posts and delete the unnecessary one topics

I don't think I'd be in a hurry to give members such authority. I do think that we members can do our part to help the admins by reporting (and downvoting if you have the capability) the spam posts. With so many members and posts, they can't always keep track of everything in real time. If they get a report, they know who to look at.

[shadypro]

There was a plugin which was removing all the posts of the spammer at once , can't remember the name tho.

[Anime]

What exactly is considered Spamming?

small posts,comments unrelated to topic,topic with no information,post less than 10 characters.

[Celti]

I really hate spams too

[merdinyo067]

there is some plugins that mange that spam messages so no need to do it manually

[martinmilcev]

My "method" too is to ban them, and move their content to trash.

--- 25 Jun 2015, 22:56 ---

Also, I don't like that spam plugins.

[Barros16]

One of the biggest problems of a Forum Administrator is the spam. How do you deal with it? What are your methods?
I don't have a specific method. I usually ban them and them move their spam-posts or spam-topics to the trash. Pretty easy, right?

Are you an admistrator of a Forum? It is a hard thing to do? I know the topic is not about this but I am thinking about creating a Forum and I want some opinions

[hadouxm]

there a lot of way to deal with spammers i think the best one is to delete your accounts from forum.

[silverleafy]

for my blog i use a plugin , dont remember its name , but is pretty ok even so someone spammed the hell f my blog a day ago ,,

[asifa]

Wow i got to know so much about spammers lol

[darbaz18]

I have some points about how to deal with spammers :
1- use anti-spam plugins.

2- Don’t allow editing of comments after a few minutes have passed.

3-Ask members to help out moderators and report for any spammers.

4- ban spammers and delete all their content.

5- use CAPTCHA in registering new members.

[turbopt]

What if you use some sort of captcha in making new topics?

[Maracuja]

I have some points about how to deal with spammers :
1- use anti-spam plugins.

2- Don’t allow editing of comments after a few minutes have passed.

3-Ask members to help out moderators and report for any spammers.

4- ban spammers and delete all their content.

5- use CAPTCHA in registering new members.

First Warning after ban.
I agree what you said and captcha can be useful to avoid some spammers