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[PhilB66]

@Moderator

Why was the thread about Qoo... file transfer deleted?

[mouser]

It was spam.

[PhilB66]

Yes, I realized that. I posted a message about it being a spam. I got the impression you wanted to keep such threads alive and tag them appropriately to warn others. Anyways, I think it would have been better if I was notified about the deletion.

[Gothi[c]]

I second that....
Dissapearing threads are not nice, spam or not.
We should have a spam bin or something where they get moved to.

[Eóin]

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We should have a spam bin or something where they get moved to.

It's important though that they don't get indexed by search engines as in the end that's the purpose of most spam posts.

[Josh]

I add a third to the fact that threads should not just disappear unless under extreme circumstances.

[Carol Haynes]

If there is a SPAM bin and the threads are edited and clearly marked with "DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS SPAMMER" in the thread title and in the offending post right along side their SPAM link then indexing for search engines would have a really positive effect!

[Cpilot]

It would be nice to know who's spamming also.

[mouser]

If there is a SPAM bin and the threads are edited and clearly marked with "DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS SPAMMER" in the thread title and in the offending post right along side their SPAM link then indexing for search engines would have a really positive effect!

not a bad idea at all.

[Perry Mowbray]

If there is a SPAM bin and the threads are edited and clearly marked with "DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS SPAMMER" in the thread title and in the offending post right along side their SPAM link then indexing for search engines would have a really positive effect!

Absolutely agree Carol. I think the best way is to render them innocuous then put them on display: sort of a modern Hung, Drawn and Quartered.