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Tricky
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Profiles need report buttons.

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[url="http://gamebanshee.com/forums/member.php?u=72625"]Robert Poitras[/url], has signature with advertisment links in it, but hasn't (so far) made any posts on the forum. Yet the fact that he made the account results in it being listed on the members page, so Google will eventually cache it. What I'm trying to point out is that advertisers don't have to be noticed on the forum itself.

Since I picked up on that one, I tried to report it. Couldn't find a report button on the profile page though. Can that be added?

On a sidenote (I already added this to another reported advertiser), maybe urls should be disabled from profiles? Or at least urls that don't redirect to other Gamebanshee pages. Do we really need hyperlinks that badly?
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Post by Tricky »

Once again, GameBanshee Forums - View Profile: aagjeaaiza

User didn't post but has an ad in its profile which shows up on Google. Profiles themselves need report buttons too.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
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Post by Xandax »

When finding such things, a PM to Buck is properly the easiest way to handle them right now (as he's the only one that can do much in those instances).

Although I would also like to see such a report feature. :)
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Post by BuckGB »

I agree, but I don't see any way of adding this functionality without implementing some sort of third-party addon (which I'm hesitant to do, for reasons I've pointed out over the years). PMs to me are probably the best solution for now, at least until I ever get around to migrating us to vBulletin 4.
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Post by Kaer »

I hate to point it out, but I've noticed that a massive amount of profiles here simply have accounts with a spam website link either as a signature or as their "website" link. It's rather common and popped up as a major problem across forums a few years back. It's a type of silent spamming which isn't too hard to find on most larger or more active sites, because the first few pages tend to have the obvious ones placed there to be at the top of the account registry list.

I don't know if it really matters, most people I know who it bugged either got rid of them through pruning or adding the functionality to remove excess information from profiles which never blogged, posted or added anything of value to the forums, and disabled it for people who did not have the adequate amount of forum involvement yet otherwise.
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Post by doady »

Just prohibit non-members from viewing member profiles. Problem solved. Member profiles will no longer get indexed in search engines, which means no more profile pages used as advertisement.
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