How should I deal with spam? 06-16-2013, 06:25 AM
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So I own a link shortener. I'm getting a bit of spam on it though.
Here are the statistics to it:
![[Image: linkmaskstatsss_zpse56064b4.png]](http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu265/hoover78/linkmaskstatsss_zpse56064b4.png)
A lot of these clicks/urls are legitimate however a TON of them are annoying Viagra BS spam sellers.
![[Image: linkmaskerurlssss_zps5d43a19e.png]](http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu265/hoover78/linkmaskerurlssss_zps5d43a19e.png)
Also some people like to shorten gore and nasty shit. I really don't want to delete links, I hate censorship and I would hate to be one of those websites that begins censoring phrases and urls.
I'm not sure what to do though. I don't want to enable spammers either. Especially if they're shortening illegal shit.
I cannot report them as I do not monitor IP addresses. So even if I were to remove a link, it could just come right back up shortly. The only way to do this would be to completely censor the url.
What do you think I should do?
Here are the statistics to it:
![[Image: linkmaskstatsss_zpse56064b4.png]](http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu265/hoover78/linkmaskstatsss_zpse56064b4.png)
A lot of these clicks/urls are legitimate however a TON of them are annoying Viagra BS spam sellers.
![[Image: linkmaskerurlssss_zps5d43a19e.png]](http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu265/hoover78/linkmaskerurlssss_zps5d43a19e.png)
Also some people like to shorten gore and nasty shit. I really don't want to delete links, I hate censorship and I would hate to be one of those websites that begins censoring phrases and urls.
I'm not sure what to do though. I don't want to enable spammers either. Especially if they're shortening illegal shit.
I cannot report them as I do not monitor IP addresses. So even if I were to remove a link, it could just come right back up shortly. The only way to do this would be to completely censor the url.
What do you think I should do?