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Rainmaker
2,817,671
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Well one easy way is to limit the # of q's per day and per hour.  It won't eliminate it, but it will reduce it.

But, I have a hunch they are coming from a certain IP addy (or a few) and maybe they could block those.

They've had some problems before with this on both blog posts and comments and have been able to block most of it.

 

Jul 25, 2015 12:42 PM
Rainmaker
2,538,633
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning. This really sucks, AR should limit the number of questions per day to one.

Jul 25, 2015 07:13 PM
Rainmaker
1,622,432
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I've noticed plenty of  spammy Qs tonight. I'd be happy to mark them as a spam, but there is no option for that. That is just silly AR creators:(

Jul 25, 2015 05:01 PM
Rainmaker
979,496
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

It does seem that the spam is getting a little out of hand. You would think that something could be done.

Jul 25, 2015 01:36 PM
Ambassador
2,161,048
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

I think it's a good idea.  However, they are doing this already with messages that are being sent to members and there are still plenty of spammy and bogus messages coming through.  I guess it all depends on how determined the spammers are.

Jul 26, 2015 09:07 AM
Rainmaker
4,572,283
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I do not like green eggs and SPAM.

 

Jul 26, 2015 02:19 AM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Virtual Realty Consultants I believe AR went to a Capcha once before. If I recall, there were a lot of complaints about it.

Jul 25, 2015 11:57 PM
Rainmaker
2,759,812
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 Good Sunday morning. Yes, it seems as if the spammers have infiltrated the Q&A section. There's more spam than questions.

Jul 25, 2015 08:22 PM
Rainmaker
2,362,977
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I don't understand the value of spam to the people doing it - I think the verification or limit of one question an hour or day is good. 

Jul 25, 2015 08:20 PM
Rainmaker
212,755
Stefan Winter
Real Estate in IL & NV | Owner of Real Estate Web Tech | Daily Vlogger - Las Vegas, NV
Owner - Winter Group & Real Estate Web Tech

It is getting out of hand the last 4 days or so. It's not even real estate related spam which makes no sense to post here. Hopefully it will get taken care of.

Jul 25, 2015 07:21 PM
Rainmaker
3,988,007
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

That is a good idea. Those programs cost money but the spammers are getting out of hand.

Jul 25, 2015 12:33 PM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

The spam is a bit crazy right now. I like your suggestion. 

Jul 25, 2015 12:14 PM