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  1. 04-22-2009 11:07 AM #1
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    Exclamation How to Report a Spammer

    Right it seems people are not quite sure how to do this. So here is a tutorial. This is the quickest and most effective way of reporting a spammer or any other selling/offensive post.

    1) Look below there username for this icon:

    2) Click on it for the post in question. This takes you to the report page (see attachment).

    3) Fill out the details as you would a normal post and click send report. This goes to all the moderators and one of them will deal with the post.

    4) Try this on this post without clicking send.

    5) Go and report the spammers.

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  2. 04-22-2009 11:26 AM #2
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    Whooops!

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    We have an admin rule that throws Lucky's reports to the trash bin...


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    Careful Eric......You're one click away!

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    Gnomey - thanks for posting this!
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    No worries Joe. It would be better if it was moved and sticky in the announcements forum for all too see rather than 'hidden' in off topic.


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    So, to be fully prepared, we should all test this proceedure on Lucky's posts? Okeedokee......


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    Click...click! And that's you banned RA!

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    Great post, Gnomey...

    Let's see...so we just scroll down to Lucky's post...

    Click the little slow tractor icon thingy...

    And now we wait

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