Dodgy spamming troll on every thread

[ElizabethMainwaring]

As above. Links to porn.
Name Jullyria.
Literally on every thread.

[NiteWotcha]

yeah, on it

[NiteWotcha]

its a bot so won't stop...

I honestly prefer the real trolls...
at least they get bored after a while.

[ElizabethMainwaring]

Bless you. What a chore

[ItsLateHumpty]

185 posts already 😳🙄

[DidoLamenting]

Several FWR threads attacked

[ArriettyJones]

I’m eating lamb casserole @NiteWotcha

[zigzagbetty]

Reported a few then realised everywhere, what a job

[ArriettyJones]

Sorry- all thumbs.

I’m eating lamb casserole, do you want some? Keep your strength up?

[Boomclaps]

It’s incessant

[NiteWotcha]

just to say, I can't get them all, so will concentrate on sensitive boards like Conception, Mental Health, FWR etc.

will leave the S&B and others as I'm sure people there will cope

[madwoman1ntheattic]

Is it possible because we allow new registrations overnight? Just wondering if it was worth highlighting that this is going to ramp up for a while now...

[copingnotcoping]

@NiteWotcha

just to say, I can't get them all, so will concentrate on sensitive boards like Conception, Mental Health, FWR etc.

will leave the S&B and others as I'm sure people there will cope

Good idea 💐

[differentnameforthis]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3961508-To-ask-if-youre-married-or-in-a-relationship-do-you-have-sex-every-day?msgid=98131144

Will continue to report any others that I see.

[EineKleineNachtwatcher]

I'm hiding them too

[ArriettyJones]

It’s so many.

Isn’t there any kind of tech to filter them out for you?

[NiteWotcha]

@EineKleineNachtwatcher

[differentnameforthis]

Do you guys want links?

[NiteWotcha]

@differentnameforthis

Do you guys want links?

yes please - I am kind of systematically going through the boards but links are always helpful

[NiteWotcha]

interesting!
I just found one of the spambot's messages written in German on the Relationships board!

curiouser and curiouser

[weathervane1]

I would have a word with your database team. Technically it should be possible to do a scan and block for username =xyz across all boards / topics etc. Step one is to block them of course. I would also ask the tech team about adding blocks for links to other websites - basically when someone adds a link, the technology checks that it's not a link to a dodgy site - this isn't foolproof by any means but it's a start. Thirdly, I'd ask them to look for heuristic behaviour - plenty of database algorithms for this - which basically query a user who posts across many boards in quick succession or whose OP is a one line post and a web link. Again, not an exact science but it would flag all of the crap from tonight's scammer.

[NiteWotcha]

@weathervane1

I would have a word with your database team. Technically it should be possible to do a scan and block for username =xyz across all boards / topics etc. Step one is to block them of course. I would also ask the tech team about adding blocks for links to other websites - basically when someone adds a link, the technology checks that it's not a link to a dodgy site - this isn't foolproof by any means but it's a start. Thirdly, I'd ask them to look for heuristic behaviour - plenty of database algorithms for this - which basically query a user who posts across many boards in quick succession or whose OP is a one line post and a web link. Again, not an exact science but it would flag all of the crap from tonight's scammer.

thanks for the info, @weathervane1

the Night Watch only have limited powers - but MNHQ will do a thorough sweep and search in the morning.

[EineKleineNachtwatcher]

Thanks weathervane. We Nightwatchers on not on the staff, we're volunteers but I've flagged your message for MNHQ.

[EineKleineNachtwatcher]

We speak as one Wotcha

[NiteWotcha]

haha - great minds!

[differentnameforthis]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3960832-to-think-that-slimming-world-just-doesn-t-work