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I've went through everything that hasn't been taken care of.

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Shadowstalker16: Would it be possible to add a 2 day limit between creating an account and being able to post threads or at least post links? That should help with these bots I think.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will pass it on to the appropriate team to consider ;)
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Shadowstalker16: Would it be possible to add a 2 day limit between creating an account and being able to post threads or at least post links? That should help with these bots I think.
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Orkhepaj: or just limit it to buying customers
I think I've mentioned it a few pages ago, but to bring it back I will just post it again,

While we appreciate spam is an issue, we believe we have enough staff to handle it, additionally I appreciate your ideas, but we prefer not to put communications behind a pay-wall, for example if someone had a general query about GOG and had not purchased the game prior, they would not have a chance to post on the forum and seek advice of users (such as yourself) and this is why we don't want to put communications behind a pay-wall.

If you suspect anything as spam, feel free to either post it here or reach out to us.
Post edited May 26, 2021 by watvin
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Shadowstalker16: snip
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Canuck_Cat: Asking out of curiosity - what logistical barriers are there to buying the cheapest game (135 INR / $1.82 USD) in your country? Seems like a relatively low economic and technological barrier for a 16+ yo to overcome given how prolific online transactions in this age.

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watvin: We prefer not to put communications behind a pay-wall, for example if someone had a general query about GOG and had not purchased the game prior, they would not have a chance to post on the forum and seek advice of users (such as yourself) and this is why we don't want to put communications behind a pay-wall.
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Canuck_Cat: Thanks for sharing. What do you think of segmenting the forums into a free subforum for users who need support with account registration and first payments and verified users (with at least one game bought) instead? And once users are verified, they can get authorization to the paid subforums instead.
I see your point, again I must point out to you and anyone who suggested various options above - I appreciate it, anything suggested is forwarded to the relevant teams to consider. From my perspective such subforum would not exactly be a benefit as majority of the general forum users would unlikely participate in that subforum mostly because like you said it would be about basic features such as payments, account registration so it would become more of a support centre than anything. Another point I want to make is how it would separate these users from "normal" forum users, there might be users who have GOG account only for the forum, or let's say after getting to know our community more they would decide "actually, this place is pretty cool, maybe I will buy a game or two, I met a few people on this forum and we're going to play SWAT 4 together" [it's not like you can get this title anywhere else ;)]. If this subforum was to include something like a "general forum", this would then completely separate the two. As far as I'm concerned these spam threads can be annoying, but it's not like they're daily flooding the page, I understand sometimes there might be one or two lingering for a while, but in the end we get rid of them efficiently.
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ConsulCaesar: Fake account (mox883) posting fake message with words that ressemble the thread title in The Witcher 2 subforum: https://www.gog.com/forum/the_witcher_2/full_list_of_mods/post449
Thanks! I took care of it :)

And cleaned ;D
Post edited May 28, 2021 by SmollestLight
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ConsulCaesar: A sloppy advertisement that has managed to survive in one of the game-specific subforums since 2019: https://www.gog.com/forum/a_new_beginning/cheap_voip_for_call_center
been removed, thanks
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patrikc: Down with spam!

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/spoken_english_classes_in_chennai_anna_nagar

*sigh* I would've been more interested in French. Been studying English for too long.
Down with spam? Done. Now it's time to get down with the sickness
I've seen some reports were taken care of, but whatever was missed, I sorted out, sorry it took a while!
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GamezRanker: ...
I'm already looking into it.
All clear! Let me know if I missed some spam :)
All clean!
As for the downvotes, we unfortunately don't have any influence on it.
I've checked the recent reports, thanks guys
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Sachys: what about the past ones? lots of free roaming spam accounts still active, lots of old threads / posts unlikely seen to...
:/
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Trooper1270: Seems like another part of the forum being neglected... I guess bringing spam and other dodgy stuff posted here to the attention of those that are able to remove it (and making their job a great deal easier, in keeping this place clean) seems a pointless endeavour, and is probably not worth our time, judging by the response, reactions and the quality (or lack thereof) of the job they do, voluntary or otherwise.

EDIT: tl:dr, Basically, if they don't give a sh*t, why should we...?
The highlighted thread shows no clear signs of spam e.g. links, odd language or replies that direct towards a service or store. The replies from the user seem genuine, for this reason the post does not appear to be spam and has not been closed. I'll keep an eye for any suspicious links or clear spam. I hope that clears things up!
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watvin: The highlighted thread shows no clear signs of spam e.g. links, odd language or replies that direct towards a service or store. The replies from the user seem genuine, for this reason the post does not appear to be spam and has not been closed. I'll keep an eye for any suspicious links or clear spam. I hope that clears things up!
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Trooper1270: I meant the one that I linked to in post 1541, which is written in French and has their email address at the base of their post, for people to contact them for the services they appear to be offering. But I guess free advertising (no matter the product/service) is fine to have here on GoG, ok!. :)
I see, sorry I thought you're referring to the Sachys's post, I must have skipped yours by mistake, i've sorted it out now, apologies!
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Trooper1270: I was only quoting Sachys's post as a general reply to them about the missed reports that had gone unresolved, rather than targeting their particular report specifically. I can see the easy mix-up. Apologies. :)

Oh, and great, thanks for dealing with it, much appreciated. :) and my apologies for being a bit of a moaning sod. :)
all good! also if something has been skipped or been lingering for a while, feel free to PM one of the mods. have a good day everyone
Thanks for the reports, they're much appreciated. I think all of them have been sorted out now. have a good day everyone
Thanks for spotting it, it's been removed