Is there a risk to us from the spam?

Is there any risk from these spam post to users of the forum?

Although I am intrigued by the opportunity to buy a “round rocker switch with neon light,” is there any further risks to users on these forums from these post?

What is the nefarious purposes of these post? Does not seem that benign child’s play would explain the effort it takes for the spammers to make these posts.

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Mark Barnes

What is the nefarious purposes of these post? Does not seem that benign child’s play would explain the effort it takes for the spammers to make these posts

It's possible that the sites linked to might be malicious. But if you don't visit the site, you're safe.

But most spam is created with (semi-)automatic tools, so it's not much effort for the spammer. Anti-spam software on the forum limits the damage they can do. Without it, we'd probably be seeing hundreds of spam posts every hour.

DMB

Well, given the FL controls newly implemented, makes you wonder about a back-door. Which would suggest, don't select the post. But that'd be very (very) unlikely.

Most likely, someone is trying to increase search results for parts, from postings, hoping people will be curious, and click to the web site. Maybe even some pennies for clicks.

Or the target web site has mal-code, and that's the goal. I havn't googled the target web page(s) to see if google looked at the code.

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/975327#Comment_975327

Well, given the FL controls newly implemented, makes you wonder about a back-door.

There's no back door. It's impossible to eliminate spam entirely. The new controls limit it, and they're working (we've barely had any spam since).

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/975328#Comment_975328

I agree no backdoor, though neither of us know that.

But 5 from the same poster very quickly?

Don Awalt

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/975328#Comment_975328

It's impossible to eliminate spam entirely.

Your statement is only true on this site Mark, due to the chosen priorities of FL. Other forum sites have eliminated it.

Doc B

I understand it's pretty high in saturated fat, so I wouldn't recommend eating it more than once or twice a week. More than that is certainly a risk.

Charles

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/975343#Comment_975343

It's impossible to eliminate spam entirely.

Your statement is only true on this site Mark, due to the chosen priorities of FL. Other forum sites have eliminated it.

I visit quite a few forums and have yet to find one that has completely eliminated spam. Forums that have high traffic are going to experience some spam regardless of the safeguards that are in place.

In Christ,

Charles

Don Awalt

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/975373#Comment_975373

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/975465#Comment_975465

Check out https://forums.macrumors.com and see if you see any spam, even one, in any forum.

The following thread, from only a few months ago is asking the forum admins to make precisely the spam preventing measures that Logos implemented a few weeks ago: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/limit-amount-of-threads-new-members-can-create.2097229/