Spiral Knights - Scamming on the forums, e.g. mist generators and such.

Scamming on the forums, e.g. mist generators and such.

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Mon, 11/28/2011 - 05:37

Algol-Sixty

So, this morning when I woke up, I saw that someone posted a scam thread, claiming that a program would generate 100ME every 10minutes. The thread had been around for 6 hours and 18 people had even replied to it, most saying things like it is a scam, the OP could get banned, it was a violation of the ToS, etc.

Apparently, despite people putting effort into posting replies, no one actually bothered to report thread to the GMs! It took under 5 minutes from the time I reported the scammer and a GM removing the thread. Seriously, the GMs are pretty good about taking care of this kind of thing, it is well worth your time to report scammers. Just click on the "support" link at the top-right of every page of the forums/website. Then click on the "Contact In-Game Support" link.

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 06:12

Frankdark

Good point. A lot of people

Good point. A lot of people think they don't wanna waste time doing that. I do it a lot when I see such threads, but not always.

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 06:14

Asukalan

Thats why forum needs direct

Thats why forum needs direct post report button...

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 08:19

Silphius

Oh, and while we're at it, a better search function too. One that allows sorting by date or something.

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:11

Tengu

Also, a blacklist. (looks at

Also, a blacklist. (looks at you-know-who)

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:18

Njthug

to Spiral show details 1:51

to Spiral
show details 1:51 AM (10 hours ago)

^
Not going to image my whole e-mail since thats information I don't want leaving, but I sent an e-mail out to the support staff about 10 hours ago. They do get busy and need sleep and on top of that they have so many e-mails to go through. It takes time to moderate everything in this game.

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:20

Eurydice

Community Manager

> Good point. A lot of people

> Good point. A lot of people think they don't wanna waste time doing that. I do it a lot when I see such threads, but not always.

Thanks (really!) for considering this. Handling garden variety problem threads doesn't take an inordinate amount of time, though, so do please report them. It's not a waste. :)

@njthug: Email generally takes longer, so for reporting rules violations we recommend using the in-game support avenue.

Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:26

Beans

Nice to know it's not a

Nice to know it's not a waste, but a direct report button would be much more noticeable and easier. I'm sure it'd be used a lot more often than the current method.

At least tell us you'll put a word in for it or something. It's a pain to not know if suggestions are actually being listened to or not.

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Scamming on the forums, e.g. mist generators and such.