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Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway

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Dec 24, 2010

celina[D] replied to Martin Westhead's discussion 'Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway'

"As my network is private I have no spammer issues whatsoever So I hope you leave private networks alone. I would hate it if some of my members were seen as spammers by you, were suspended and get that message when they try to log in. It would no…"

Jun 13, 2010

Marcos A. Rondineli replied to Martin Westhead's discussion 'Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway'

"Easy, Martin, I write a program that answer yes for me and say hello to you and you will believe (your good faith) that I am real, and in fact I am, but I'm not actually answering you. You will be talking to a 'talking' machinne. The…"

Jun 11, 2010

Eric Suesz replied to Martin Westhead's discussion 'Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway'

"There are a number of different factors, but we aren't able to reveal the exact details publicly here on Creators. If we did, our huge gains we've made in stopping the spammers could be quickly turned around."

Jun 11, 2010

Kim replied to Martin Westhead's discussion 'Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway'

"How is Ning determining who's spamming and who's not? I've had members in my networks I own, blocked by Ning for posing to much and they had to rejoin again. In fact I was removed from both my sites I own on Ning and had to submit a…"

Jun 9, 2010

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Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway

It’s been a while since we posted an update about Ning’s fight against spam, which has been prevalent across the Internet since the beginning of theyear. We’ve been dutifully working behind the scenes and have madeexcellent progress. The level of spam we are seeing across Ning hasdropped significantly in the last few weeks. It’s currently at itslowest level since the start of the year. We estimate that the amountof spam being posted to the site is at about 3% of the level it wasat the peak of…See More

Jun 9, 2010

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Winning the Spam War: Spam Levels at 3% with Clean-up Project Underway

Jun 9, 2010

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Morten Aabo commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"Can somebody tell me why the CAPCHA in the new member signup process, is NOT stopping these spam bots? As far as i remember, that's the reason for it to be there in signup...or? Are these robots now able to read highly scewed capcha words,…"

Apr 27, 2010

Morten Aabo commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"Thank you for being so aware of the spam issue, had 2 attacks within these two weeks and really see it as a major problem, if it continues. I believe I will loose members because of spam, people don't feel safe around a site, getting viagra…"

Apr 23, 2010

GICDOT commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"These spammers are getting more and more aggressive. If you block them, or delete their content, they simply create another profile and add pharma spam..."

Apr 19, 2010

Tome Wilson commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"If it helps, the spam I've been receiving follows a pattern. The username always ends in four digits (e.g. "besscarrington8989") and the location is always set as "Terrace, CA.""

Apr 8, 2010

Ron commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"Here is the problem I`m having. I`m having members locked out on a daily basis, and yes I`m a paying contributor to ning. I have just a social site for friends to keep in touch and to make new friends. I have members leaving because of this. It…"

Apr 5, 2010

David Blankenship commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"I'm posting as I've had to lock down the paid communities we host at Ning over the past month and still have a majority of spam members applying for membership. I'm interested in stronger captcha controls and other tips to prevent the…"

Apr 5, 2010

Gay Stephenson commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"Thanks Laura, that update page is very helpful! Good to have a better understanding of what is going on."

Mar 15, 2010

Gay Stephenson commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"I now have one required multiple choice question which says: I will not advertise in this online community. Answers: I do not agree I agree I don't know Since I have added one required question, the spammers are gone! I turned if off for 5…"

Mar 15, 2010

JeanCrous commented on Martin Westhead's blog post 'An update on Spam Prevention'

"Thanks to the Ning team for sorting out our member sign in crisis - ref:00D8cCLt.50049q2cy:ref No spammers in sight at the mo- be careful out there people"

Mar 15, 2010

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An update on Spam Prevention

Posted on March 5, 2010 at 11:00am 49 Comments 0 Favorites

Many Creators have noticed an increase in spam in the last couple of weeks on their Ning Networks. Starting around President’s day weekend we saw an increase in the amount of spam reported, reflecting an industry-wide increase, particularly from Canadian pharmaceutical companies.… Continue

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