Multi-Level Marketing Networking... Sheesh...

Started by A1d4nj, January 17, 2015, 04:54:45 AM

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A1d4nj

January 17, 2015, 04:54:45 AM Last Edit: January 17, 2015, 08:15:31 AM by deanwebb
Hi all, please take a look at this http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/detail_carpal_tunnel.htm its free. I new to networking and just want to get this out there. Really believe in this product

C:-) MOD EDIT: Fixed link to one we can *all* get behind.

Seittit

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January 17, 2015, 06:46:40 AM Last Edit: January 17, 2015, 08:16:16 AM by deanwebb
Quote from: A1d4nj on January 17, 2015, 04:54:45 AM
Hi all, please take a look at this http://originallinkwastotalspam.nom.nom.nom its free. I new to networking and just want to get this out there. Really believe in this product

Dude, pack your spam up and leave.

Also, nice work on the 90's-style computer graphcis.  :lol:

deanwebb

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January 17, 2015, 08:30:37 AM
 C:-)

Moved the spam to a new thread. Edited the links so that they either go nowhere or to a site that is pertinent to our interests: this way, we don't host links and make search engine bots think they need to start trending that MLM crap.

As for how the guy got in, it's obvious. It's not a robot, but it's a guy. The first level of security here is to defeat bulk algorithm-driven spam and a little bit of human-driven spam. The spam that gets through will be from people, quite possibly hired by the hundreds and thousands in places like Turkey, Morocco, Mexico, Lebanon, and other places where there is a lot of poverty but also a lot of Internet access. Other jobs offered up to desperados like that include content filtering for Facebook, guys that pad out follower counts on LinkedIn, and the like.

That they get through the first line is not a huge worry from a security standpoint, at least not yet. Currently, the second-level of defense is in our moderation system: edit the links, public shaming, dropping the banhammer on the poor sap, these are all tools at our disposal. Should the correlation of first posts to spam increase, then we can just institute a policy of requiring that first post to be moderated... that, or require all accounts to be approved by admins/mods and that they respond to an email registration component. It's a hassle for real humans that want to network with actual networkers and not participate in MLM scams, but increased security will translate to a decrease in ease of use. Whether it's a human or a network device that bears that decrease only determines how obvious that decrease will be to end-users.

Guarantee you though, random characters in the username and links to MLM crap translate into one thing: SPAM. I've been burned on other forums by those types, so they don't have a first chance here. Farewell, Mr. A1d4nj, but I decided to launch my monologue *after* I offed your account.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

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January 17, 2015, 08:35:29 AM
Follow on note... user's email changed to abuse@bt.com, since those are the people that provided him with the Internet access, and I'm not about to let a search engine bot start trending a spammer's email on account of recent activity on our forums.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#4
January 17, 2015, 02:13:41 PM
Can't we just delete the post and ban the user? Most of these are hit and runs right

deanwebb

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January 17, 2015, 02:18:39 PM
Quote from: wintermute000 on January 17, 2015, 02:13:41 PM
Can't we just delete the post and ban the user? Most of these are hit and runs right

We could. But I wanted to make an example of this one.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

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January 20, 2015, 06:02:34 AM
Btw I was searching for the banhammer and epicfail. Do you have any instructions for where the moderator buttons are?
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