Why has this site been spammed so much lately?

0	Its getting kind of annoying. trolls annoying dumb idiots spam asked Oct 08 '11 at 21:47 josephLtech 1.7k●123●142●160

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We're doing the best we can to fight the recent spam problems. The major issue is that:

This website has poor controls; we can't mass delete posts or ban IPs
Accounts require no activation mechanism, as the email system doesn't work on here
Most spammers are automated bots, thus they get a lot in before we get around to deleting it

Do not respond to spam or take anything it says seriously. Just report it and we'll get to it ASAP.

answered Oct 08 '11 at 23:00

Alastor Moody ♦♦
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edited Oct 08 '11 at 23:29

Most spammers are not mentally sound, generally they are suffering from cuteness withdrawal (for going too long without looking at a cute cat, dog, bunny, hamster, cheetah, tiger, leopard, lion, fox, squirrel, otter, etc)

or they are sniffing mercury, or mustard gas, or huffing car exhaust fumes.

When that happens their mind gets all messed up and one thing leads to another and before you know it, they are posting spam on lockergnome.net

The average spammer has an IQ of between 5 and 10, but when they huff those harmful fumes, their IQ can easily get cut down to 1/4 of what it normally is (causing them to spam even more)

answered Oct 08 '11 at 22:07

Razor512
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edited Oct 08 '11 at 22:08

I'll take that as an answer! Gee, I've been electrocuted 3 times and yet I still don't have an IQ of 5. :)

(Oct 08 '11 at 22:46) josephLtech

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