We need an administrator for the group to fight spam

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KingOfDisaster

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Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.

Regards,
Francesco
 
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:33:56 -0700 (PDT), KingOfDisaster
<francescopoderico@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.
Click to expand...
This is a Usenet newsgroup to which Google provides a gateway, rather
than one of Google's local groups, and thus it is not possible to
moderate it. [1]

Further, virtually all of the spam in this Usenet group originates from
the same googlegroups gateway through which you are posting. If you want
to reduce the incidence of spam, convince Google to do a better job on
their end.

[1] In theory, it's possible to go through the process of creating a
new, moderated group such as comp.arch.fpga.moderated. In practice, I
doubt whether there is enough interest for that to survive the voting
process.

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
 
Hi Rich,

What has happened in the last year or so? This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor. I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Rob

Rich Webb wrote:
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:33:56 -0700 (PDT), KingOfDisaster
francescopoderico@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.

This is a Usenet newsgroup to which Google provides a gateway, rather
than one of Google's local groups, and thus it is not possible to
moderate it. [1]

Further, virtually all of the spam in this Usenet group originates from
the same googlegroups gateway through which you are posting. If you want
to reduce the incidence of spam, convince Google to do a better job on
their end.

[1] In theory, it's possible to go through the process of creating a
new, moderated group such as comp.arch.fpga.moderated. In practice, I
doubt whether there is enough interest for that to survive the voting
process.
Click to expand...
 
Hi Rich,

What has happened in the last year or so? This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor. I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Rob

Rich Webb wrote:
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:33:56 -0700 (PDT), KingOfDisaster
francescopoderico@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.

This is a Usenet newsgroup to which Google provides a gateway, rather
than one of Google's local groups, and thus it is not possible to
moderate it. [1]

Further, virtually all of the spam in this Usenet group originates from
the same googlegroups gateway through which you are posting. If you want
to reduce the incidence of spam, convince Google to do a better job on
their end.

[1] In theory, it's possible to go through the process of creating a
new, moderated group such as comp.arch.fpga.moderated. In practice, I
doubt whether there is enough interest for that to survive the voting
process.
Click to expand...
 
Hi Rich,

What has happened in the last year or so? This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor. I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Rob

Rich Webb wrote:
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:33:56 -0700 (PDT), KingOfDisaster
francescopoderico@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.

This is a Usenet newsgroup to which Google provides a gateway, rather
than one of Google's local groups, and thus it is not possible to
moderate it. [1]

Further, virtually all of the spam in this Usenet group originates from
the same googlegroups gateway through which you are posting. If you want
to reduce the incidence of spam, convince Google to do a better job on
their end.

[1] In theory, it's possible to go through the process of creating a
new, moderated group such as comp.arch.fpga.moderated. In practice, I
doubt whether there is enough interest for that to survive the voting
process.
Click to expand...
 
My apologies for my response in triplicate!



Rich Webb wrote:
On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:33:56 -0700 (PDT), KingOfDisaster
francescopoderico@googlemail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.

This is a Usenet newsgroup to which Google provides a gateway, rather
than one of Google's local groups, and thus it is not possible to
moderate it. [1]

Further, virtually all of the spam in this Usenet group originates from
the same googlegroups gateway through which you are posting. If you want
to reduce the incidence of spam, convince Google to do a better job on
their end.

[1] In theory, it's possible to go through the process of creating a
new, moderated group such as comp.arch.fpga.moderated. In practice, I
doubt whether there is enough interest for that to survive the voting
process.
Click to expand...
 
On Sep 5, 6:31 pm, Rob <noth...@nowhere.com> wrote:
Hi Rich,

What has happened in the last year or so?  This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor.  I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Rob
Click to expand...
Thanks for the friendly mentioning.
I may have done my part in keeping this newsgroup helpful and perhaps
even friendly, but I had nothing to do with spam suppression.
Now, after having left Xilinx, I just look at this ng occasionally,
and am dismayed by its decay.
Peter Alfke, from home
 
On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:31:12 -0400, Rob <nothear@nowhere.com> wrote:

What has happened in the last year or so? This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor. I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?
Click to expand...
Actually, going back over the logs [*] it looks like the rate of spam in
this group has been decreasing. There was a peak period from late August
until early December 2009 where there were about 50-60 spam postings per
week. By February of this year, the rate had fallen to below 30/wk and
then to the low 'teens and single digits since then. Hardly more than
one/day most recently.

[*] I run Hamster Playground 2.5 as a local server to pre-filter the
news feed, upstream of my news reader. I don't add *every* faux Prada
handbags!!!! posting to the filters but wait until a given spam source
becomes "noticeable," so the true spam rate will be slightly higher than
and to the left of what the logs captured.

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
 
and am dismayed by its decay.
Click to expand...
I think the main reason for this is because it has lost its "critical
mass". I suppose mainly due to the vendor-supplied forums (like
www.alteraforum.com). The vendor-supplied forums give you better
feedback in most cases...

Thomas

P.S.: And the spam is really annoying...
 
On Sep 6, 7:04 am, Thomas Entner <thomas.ent...@entner-
electronics.com> wrote:
and am dismayed by its decay.

I think the main reason for this is because it has lost its "critical
mass". I suppose mainly due to the vendor-supplied forums (likewww.alteraforum.com). The vendor-supplied forums give you better
feedback in most cases...

Thomas

P.S.: And the spam is really annoying...
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You can find the Xilinx User Forum at
http://forums.xilinx.com/
Lots of helpful hints and solutions, even without my participation
Peter Alfke
 
On 6 Sep., 17:19, Rich Webb <bbew...@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:31:12 -0400, Rob <noth...@nowhere.com> wrote:
What has happened in the last year or so?  This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor.  I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Actually, going back over the logs [*] it looks like the rate of spam in
this group has been decreasing. There was a peak period from late August
until early December 2009 where there were about 50-60 spam postings per
week. By February of this year, the rate had fallen to below 30/wk and
then to the low 'teens and single digits since then. Hardly more than
one/day most recently.

[*] I run Hamster Playground 2.5 as a local server to pre-filter the
news feed, upstream of my news reader. I don't add *every* faux Prada
handbags!!!! posting to the filters but wait until a given spam source
becomes "noticeable," so the true spam rate will be slightly higher than
and to the left of what the logs captured.
Click to expand...
looking at groups.google.com the latest post I see looking like spam
is a reply to something about natural gas for your car from august 13.

that ain't bad

-Lasse
 
On Sep 4, 2:33 am, KingOfDisaster <francescopoder...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
Hi all,
this group needs an administrator.
there is too much spam on it!
this group was one of the best a few years ago and now it's just a
damp for spam!
Who is the current admin? do we have one?
is anybody  willing to be an administrator?
I'm willing to do as far I'm not alone.

Regards,
Francesco
Click to expand...
Something appears to have been kicked loose with the Google groups
version. I don't see a single spam related post on the first page of
topics.

Whenever I see a spam post, I go through a couple of the reporting
options and flag it with a single star rating. If enough other people
are doing the same we may have hit the magic threshold for action.

Ed McGettigan
--
Xilinx Inc.
 
On Sep 6, 4:42 pm, "langw...@fonz.dk" <langw...@fonz.dk> wrote:
On 6 Sep., 17:19, Rich Webb <bbew...@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:





On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:31:12 -0400, Rob <noth...@nowhere.com> wrote:
What has happened in the last year or so?  This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor.  I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Actually, going back over the logs [*] it looks like the rate of spam in
this group has been decreasing. There was a peak period from late August
until early December 2009 where there were about 50-60 spam postings per
week. By February of this year, the rate had fallen to below 30/wk and
then to the low 'teens and single digits since then. Hardly more than
one/day most recently.

[*] I run Hamster Playground 2.5 as a local server to pre-filter the
news feed, upstream of my news reader. I don't add *every* faux Prada
handbags!!!! posting to the filters but wait until a given spam source
becomes "noticeable," so the true spam rate will be slightly higher than
and to the left of what the logs captured.

looking at groups.google.com the latest post I see looking like spam
is a reply to something about natural gas for your car from august 13.

that ain't bad

-Lasse- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...
Perhaps because I've recently added this newsgroup to those I report
the Google Group spam for.
 
On Sep 9, 6:30 am, Robert Miles <robertmiles...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sep 6, 4:42 pm, "langw...@fonz.dk" <langw...@fonz.dk> wrote:



On 6 Sep., 17:19, Rich Webb <bbew...@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:

On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:31:12 -0400, Rob <noth...@nowhere.com> wrote:
What has happened in the last year or so?  This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor.  I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Actually, going back over the logs [*] it looks like the rate of spam in
this group has been decreasing. There was a peak period from late August
until early December 2009 where there were about 50-60 spam postings per
week. By February of this year, the rate had fallen to below 30/wk and
then to the low 'teens and single digits since then. Hardly more than
one/day most recently.

[*] I run Hamster Playground 2.5 as a local server to pre-filter the
news feed, upstream of my news reader. I don't add *every* faux Prada
handbags!!!! posting to the filters but wait until a given spam source
becomes "noticeable," so the true spam rate will be slightly higher than
and to the left of what the logs captured.

looking at groups.google.com the latest post I see looking like spam
is a reply to something about natural gas for your car from august 13.

that ain't bad

-Lasse- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Perhaps because I've recently added this newsgroup to those I report
the Google Group spam for.
Click to expand...
I was reporting spam to Google for a while and I never saw a result of
my efforts.

Rick
 
On Sep 9, 5:39 am, rickman <gnu...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sep 9, 6:30 am, Robert Miles <robertmiles...@gmail.com> wrote:



On Sep 6, 4:42 pm, "langw...@fonz.dk" <langw...@fonz.dk> wrote:

On 6 Sep., 17:19, Rich Webb <bbew...@mapson.nozirev.ten> wrote:

On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:31:12 -0400, Rob <noth...@nowhere.com> wrote:
What has happened in the last year or so?  This group never had this
much spam when Peter was a regular contributor.  I thought perhaps he
had a hand in keeping this group free from the crap?

Actually, going back over the logs [*] it looks like the rate of spam in
this group has been decreasing. There was a peak period from late August
until early December 2009 where there were about 50-60 spam postings per
week. By February of this year, the rate had fallen to below 30/wk and
then to the low 'teens and single digits since then. Hardly more than
one/day most recently.

[*] I run Hamster Playground 2.5 as a local server to pre-filter the
news feed, upstream of my news reader. I don't add *every* faux Prada
handbags!!!! posting to the filters but wait until a given spam source
becomes "noticeable," so the true spam rate will be slightly higher than
and to the left of what the logs captured.

looking at groups.google.com the latest post I see looking like spam
is a reply to something about natural gas for your car from august 13..

that ain't bad

-Lasse- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Perhaps because I've recently added this newsgroup to those I report
the Google Group spam for.

I was reporting spam to Google for a while and I never saw a result of
my efforts.

Rick
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I don't believe that Google is interested in decreasing the spam.

Google charges for advertising. I would guess that what they charge
is related to the activity in the group. Spam counts as activity,
reading and flagging posts is even more activity.

Google's motivation is what? Money. Perhaps a better way would be to
ask the ones paying for "Sponsored links" to tell Google to learn how
to correctly handle spam.

Just my feeble two cents,
RK
 
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