So after having a wee look at the latest spammers it was alarming to discover 12 folk joined a day ago as you can see
Out of these 12 folk 8 are spam!!!..just because some don't post a link it's all there on their "about" page !!
It's ridiculous that these all go undetected unless by the RSPB
It's like a free advertising place for anything and everything
From Essay writing to Escorts!!
It's a disgrace
Rant Over :-]
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Clare Bailey said:Can the bitching please stop? It's getting boring.
I’m afraid forums are like that. Not just this forum, but others as well!
Regards,
Ian.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare Bailey said:Zo, Chris Packham is on the spectrum so you're in the best possible company.
Thanks. I have Watched some of Chris Packhams series Springwatch. He has decided to focus on other things now but he’s a very good Wildlife Advocate did you know that he joined the Bat conservation trust as President in 2006 and that he used to be Vice President for the RSPB and he has spent almost 15 years as Vice President for the RSPCA and in May he has spent became the president for the RSPCA this year. He’s also a naturalist. and he’s a Wildlife photographer like me too.
I’ve found this post from you Clare in 2021 regarding this name of Clare Bailey.
Unknown said:
Zo Clark said:
For me I don’t have any birding friends im only surrounded by non birders and I’m unable to go to birding clubs and things like that so before I joined I didn’t know what it was like to talk to birders. Seeing and interacting with borders was new and Its a place I can relate to people like myself and discuss things with people who Have similar interests so for me this site gives me something I wouldn’t have for me I didn’t know one existed I just simply stumbled across it and sent a post about a Redpoll and after I made the acount I eventually I decided to stay even though I found out there’s little to no RSPB presence.
I dont have the money to pay for a RSPB membership so I’m not an Payed RSPB member and never have had one nor have I ever been to an RSPB Reserve only Wildlife Trust Woodland Trust and national Trust so if this forum was members only I would not be benefiting from the community forum and it’s more than just a place to share photos and news and what not. And I wouldn’t be surprised if there was other autistic people like me who benefits from the forum for similar if not the same reasons. Not all autistic people say there autistic so it’s possible to interact with autistic people without being aware of it until they say so many people benefit from the fact the community is not only for people who have a membership
I wasn’t aware of the issues that come with the forum when I first started not until something happened to Robbo who’s acount and content got deleated for some reason. I didn’t know the site gets spam either
there are both good and bad things about this community one of the downsides being that most members say this forum doesn’t work aswell as it should. In reality this site should have more protection from spam anyway Exspeacially since it’s a public forum but if spam acounts were removed that would definitely benefit the forum and there needs to be something in this community that can make dealing with spam eastyer. If less moderators and moderators inactivity is a problem then there needs to be something that can recognise spam profiles to stop them before any potential posting
This forum was at one time so easy to use. Practically no spam. Don’t worry what I suggest won’t happen. What I say are my own views! Not the majority. You Need not worry. If it was me it would be a members only forum. I also often wonder how secure this forum actually is. Quite a few years ago this forum was hacked with 1000’s,s of Far Eastern posts, not posted by real people from the far east in what looked Chinese words and this forum had to be closed for a long period to sort out that huge problem. Also this happened a second time when there where no active moderators and the same thing happened again a second time and at the weekend when no one was available to contact. And again thousands upon thousand of posts per second of Far Eastern posts Chinese at a weekend with no one available to contact of which there was at one time some moderators always available at weekend plus bank holidays to deal with situation like this. But not now.
Ok. That’s interesting if you say there didn’t used to be any spam
Yes! Full active Moderato r/s! Someon on duty at Weekend and bank holidays as well as during the evenings and who all regularly posted about bird watching themselves! Lead by Mrs T. Who you could contact by emai! But sadly retired and now no active moderators for a number of years!
This was one of the warning that Mrs T(Clare) gave.