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flagging spam got myself flagged as a spammer!

Son_of_ImoenSon_of_Imoen Member Posts: 1,806
Just now I saw two spam topics appear in the recent discussion list (about a website to buy Runescape Gold with bitcoins) and opening them both and flagging as spam was quickly done. So quick, that I got the message "You have posted 1 times within 60 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 300 seconds before attempting to post again."

So by flagging spam I myself got flagged as a spammer! I sure foresee problems if lots of spam posts need to be reported. We'd need to make deals: You flag this one, I flag this, he flags this, as flagging them all as a single user gets you into problems.

And now I got to wait 5 minutes before I can post this...
SionIVJuliusBorisovYelocessejGreenWarlock[Deleted User]

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  • SionIVSionIV Member Posts: 2,689
    You're too efficient!
    JuliusBorisovelminster[Deleted User]
  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    Yeah, it's a known issue. Flagging a post creates a topic mods can see; this can trigger the anti-flooding measures because Vanilla doesn't differentiate reports from normal discussions.
    JuliusBorisovelminster
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    @Son_of_Imoen is a spambot? That seems so strange, he was always so insightful, but oh well... ;)
  • GreenWarlockGreenWarlock Member Posts: 1,354
    @Jalily I just noticed my post-count is rising relatively quickly, I am not /that/ active on the boards! It would be nice if flagging a post did not also increase our total-posts count, or the recent spam floods are going to give a false impression of how active some of us are.
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,714
    @GreenWarlock

    When you "flag" a post, a new thread is immediately created, and a new additional post is put there (in a restricted forum area) - both the OP in that thread and the next post are counted as posts of the forum user who flagged a post.

    And there's nothing wrong in it - it gives a good illustration of who is flagging posts the most, i.e. helping to make the forum better.
  • QbertQbert Member Posts: 195
    Vashi_karan mantra molvi +91-8890248080 girl boy vashikaran specialist molvi ji

    trying to flag this as spam in offtopic got me blocked for spam.
  • This does not go away after 300 seconds. After I made my new user welcome thread it became PERMANENT. Impossible to make threads ever again.

    My new user welcome thread https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/62824/new-user-here-i-shall-share-my-experience-of-registering-for-the-forums
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