I’m dreading the “Covid 20 - how has it affected you?” thread. Think I’ll earn my spurs then.
New Moderators Join the Fight Against Spam
- Thread starter SHaines
- Start date
I’m dreading the “Covid 20 - how has it affected you?” thread. Think I’ll earn my spurs then.
GB72
Money List Winner
Some of the real humdingers broke off onto other social media with it carrying on over on Twitter and Facebook. It was like the wild west at times.
That was when I hung up my moderating hat.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
Note to self: Must try harder!Most of what we do is to keep the forum tidy and free of outside rubbish.
In percentage terms only a very small amount of time is spent dealing with Forum Miscreants
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Hold my beer...
Having a forum with minimal spam sounds like an incredible problem to have. Still, as someone who oversees lots of forums, spam is always on my mind, so it'll crop up when I discuss stuff like new Moderators.
It's still better to have too many mods, than not enough, since they are all here on their own time to help things run smoothly. Having nothing to do during that time, but discuss golf, sounds like another net positive.
It's still better to have too many mods, than not enough, since they are all here on their own time to help things run smoothly. Having nothing to do during that time, but discuss golf, sounds like another net positive.
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Deleted member 1147
Guest
Being an hour ahead you can moderate posts before they’re even sent
PNWokingham
Journeyman Pro
Just catching up after an unexpected month away and great to see 2 new faces on the Bench that I respect. Good luck in your new roles and hopefully you can take things on the forum forward and we can enjoy a fun place to post and chat 
Crow
Crow Person
Just catching up after an unexpected month away and great to see 2 new faces on the Bench that I respect. Good luck in your new roles and hopefully you can take things on the forum forward and we can enjoy a fun place to post and chat
Who is the knob then?
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt - typing "2" when he meant to hit "3" on the keyboard. 
I’m Spartacus!
No. I’m Spartacus!
@BrianM - your turn!
PNWokingham
Journeyman Pro
Haha. Good point. I meant 3 nice new fellers!
. Can save knob discussions for another day!
ThinBullet
Active member
My day job is an ethical hacker (pentester) so I frequently browse all manner of golf FB buy/sell groups, YouTube golf accounts (Jim Browning is doing a great job of tearing down scam call centres), and weed out the scammers/spammers. I report them and sinkhole their dodgy links via VirusTotal and inform my peers who then dig in further to reverse engineer their malware.
Sadly, there's not enough of us to truly go after them and the Computer Misuse Act 1990, tends to be a bit of a stumbling block.
Education is key to safety so I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has about cyber security.
Sadly, there's not enough of us to truly go after them and the Computer Misuse Act 1990, tends to be a bit of a stumbling block.
Education is key to safety so I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has about cyber security.
PhilTheFragger
Provider of Entertainment for the Golfing Gods 🙄
Pleased to advise that @Lord Tyrion has joined the newly expanded Mod Team.
Be nice to him or he’ll head butt you in the googlies
Be nice to him or he’ll head butt you in the googlies
GB72
Money List Winner
Pleased to advise that @Lord Tyrion has joined the newly expanded Mod Team.
Be nice to him or he’ll head butt you in the googlies
He is the Mod of Tits and Wine.
(OK not sure if that is OK language on here, delete and sorry if it is not OK)
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Great choices I must say. Well done all round.
chrisd
Major Champion
There will soon be more mods than posters !
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Deleted member 31467
Guest
The way people are leaving you'll be able to become a moderator once you reach 10 posts!
Golfmmad
Tour Winner
I've always thought that Lord Tyrion would make a good Moderator.
I'm watching you LT!
I'm watching you LT!
