Can Someone Else Report That Spammer

[dotty.]

what a pleb, eejit

[dotty.]

oh it's ok it's gone, reported 3 of them, what a waste of their time eh?

[Canary42]

I frequently do - they are a right pain in the a r s e.

[ummmm]

It doesn't matter how many times you report (AB has moved on, Dot!!) a mod or Ed has to be about to remove them.

[Buenchico]

That spammer is here every night, Dotty. (It's computer-generated from China).

Clicking the 'Report' button sends a message to the Editor but, unless he/she is around at the minute, he/she won't see it until the morning. However I've just banned the spammer, as I do several times per week.

[vulcan]

I would report spammers but it asks for a password, is that my Answerbank password or a special one for reporting them?

[vulcan]

Thanks methyl.

[Buenchico]

The password required is your AB one, Vulcan42.
(When I click on 'Report' I see the same thing that you do except that, as a moderator, I get a 'remove post from site' option as well - but it's simpler for me to go to the spammer's profile page and click on 'Ban user')

[vulcan]

Thank you also, Buenchico.

[shoota]

Could the Ed not organise one of those wobbly code thingies that some sites have to prove the applicant is not a robot?

[cupid04]

How do you know the spammers are Chinese?

[Buenchico]

Shoota:
I was thinking along the same lines earlier. (The system is called 'Captcha'). I'll email the Ed.

Cupid04:
The link in the spam posts goes to a Chinese-registered domain.

[Answerprancer]

I did report them, I also reported them last night.

[Answerprancer]

..I was going to say 'pleb' 'eejit' stc - it's probably automated.
Wouldn't it be nice to send the originator an automated boot up the arse.

[ummmm]

Some people find it very hard to read Captcha.

[Buenchico]

I've sent that email.

Ummmm:
Captcha allows users to have the words read out loud, or to get another group of words to copy.

[Answerprancer]

I HATED Youtube's "can't read?" response to their captcha.
I read it as spoken with a patronising rising inflection as if they thought people were illiterate when it was actually indecipherable. I noticed they've tagged an "it" on the end.

[ummmm]

Didn't know it could be read out. I have had to re-put in a Captcha several times though