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wolfy339
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Spam Reviews

Seeing more spam reviews, some or all may be dupes of ones already mentioned in »Other: Spam reviews ---
»Review of Clearwire Wireless
»Review of DSL EXTREME
»Review of StarBand Communications Inc.
»Review of Verizon Wireless

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Passed along, thanks.

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Would this help? »botscout.com/code.htm
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said by dandelion:

Would this help? »botscout.com/code.htm

Not quite certain where you are going with this...
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Another one that just popped up: »Review of HughesNet

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It has different ways to set it up to prevent spam written in the first place. May not work without a registration and I know registration was declined before but what about a simple one simply to place a review. It just seems like that kind of spam should be stopped before it gets posted.
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Well, such system does not seem to be employed on this site and perhaps it is time to consider using such a system if not already in place. Two more that popped up today, seems like we are playing whack a mole:
»Review of StarBand Communications Inc.
»Review of HughesNet
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Found a few more today:
»Review of StarBand Communications Inc.
»Review of Verizon Wireless
»Review of Clearwire Wireless
»Review of DSL EXTREME
»Review of Xplornet
»Review of HughesNet

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Please continue to post whatever spam reviews you find in this topic. Thanks.
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said by fatness:

Please continue to post whatever spam reviews you find in this topic. Thanks.

Will do.

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this might be one?
»Review of EBOX by soccerslava

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The spam reviews and FAQ entries which are getting through and people are reporting are blatant merchandise spam for the most part --- watches, dresses, etc.

The flurry of Electronicbox reviews came after an email from Electronicbox to their customers asking them to post their reviews here, good or bad. »Anyone else curious about the flurry of Ebox reviews?

There doesn't seem to be any reward/punishment system in place by Electronicbox to manipulate the review contents. I don't see any evidence at all that they're spam. The writing varies, the ratings vary, etc. The one you linked is just short.
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A lot of the reviews I have already posted to this thread have been ratings of 0% with links to sites selling fake rolex watches, drugs, fake designer clothing, etc.

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Re: Spam Reviews and FAQ entries

got it. i'm clear on it now
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Re: Spam Reviews

Four more from today:
»Review of Verizon Wireless
»Review of Xplornet
»Review of StarBand Communications Inc.
»Review of Clearwire Wireless

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Thanks.

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I have changed the system to never auto-approve emailed in reviews even if they don't have any spam regular expression matches.

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Thank you Justin.
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Thanks, I am hoping this cuts down on the number of spam reviews going forward.
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Spam review of MagicJack (note the grammer)

»Review of magicJack by SlowFreddy

-Rob

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I checked and there is no evidence it is a spam review as the IP was consistent with his posts all through 2012.
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OK, It just seems kinda fishy, sorry for the replies. I got the message.

-Rob

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no worries.

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Someone is spamming the crap out of Electronicbox today:


Every one of those users registered today.

Edit: just saw fatness's earlier Electronicbox message, it might just be that again.

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