Out of the Storm

Please note that due to a recent increase in spamming on this site, my approval is now required before accounts for new members are activated. I've also had to remove "Signature" from profiles as people were embedding links there. 

Thanks for your continued watchfulness.  :thumbup:

Another voice of thanks.

From me too, for all the extra work involved as well.

Thanks Kizzie for all the work you're putting in.

I have missed every spam event, but very sorry this is happening. Thank you for looking out for keeping us all safe Kizzie.

Thank you for keeping the board clear and safe from all of this, Kizzie :hug:

Would just like to add my thanks for keeping the board running.

Update - still getting 10-20 spammers trying to access the board daily but I'm able to stop them at the gate using the approval of new members feature.

 :thumbup:

Sounds like a good new feature  ;D

Thanks for taking the trouble to deal with that discouraging development.   :applause:

Thank you, kizzie.  :hug:

thanks, kizzie, for this and everything else you do to keep us viable and safe.

40 people asking to join this morning alone of which about 5 or 6 were legit. These spammers do not give up easily!    :pissed: 

Anyway, I am able to deal with most, but like yesterday occasionally one will slip through so plse just report the post (lower right corner of post), and we will deal with it.  They are not a threat to your privacy or security by the way, just annoying.

Tks!

We really appreciate your hard work on this Kizzie.   :hug:

I did some reading about how to discourage spammers and instituted some of the things recommended.  The good news is there hasn't been 10-20 spammers trying to register every day so it looks like it's working. It makes it harder to register for those who are legit but this is the way it needs to be, at least for a while. 

That said, some spammers will inevitably sneak in so please report them  :yes:

Kizzie,
You are working tirelessly on this and we are so grateful to you.  This place has become a safe space for many of us and We value you protecting it   :grouphug:

 :yeahthat:  :grouphug:

No spammers from Russia, China or anywhere for two days now.  I think we have cracked to code on this. Huzzah!  :yahoo: 

Yay, great work! Thank you and others who helped to crack this.  :cheer:

I did think it was strange to see here— I was in a previous forum that had a similar issue, ADDitude, the moderators there did not have your talent. The forums support so many people looking for help outside of their support system IRL — anything we can do to make it "safeish" is key. Unfortunately with all the forums I have been in, mostly short term (I am a hardliner for IRL) there were always a few people who took pleasure in the vulnerability of others —- but they always moved on. Luckily :  )