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This place is going down hill fast.
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I just flag em til my hand gets tired. Whole batch of em tonight. How hard is it to ban an IP address or use a filter to prevent the same link being used in about half of the spams. 
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Yes, they are back. Michael is right please flag them. We're working to get rid of them.

Sadly, it's never as simple as it looks (because they're wily), but we're working on it.

Sigh.
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How come no one is reviewing flagged reviews?  I have flagged this last one three times.  I would think phony reviews are worse than SPAM.

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This aint rocket science, Zillow, right click on these threads and delete:

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Website-Content-Development/295445/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/The-Truth-About-Internet-Businesses/295443/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Keeping-Tabs-On-Your-Hosting-Company/295441/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Dallas-Criminal-Defense-Attorney/295439/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Useful-Information-for-Choosing-the-Best-Ecommerce-Software/295437/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Mentors-for-Affiliate-Marketing/295433/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Phoenix-Bankruptcy-Attorney/295425/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Getting-The-Most-Out-Of-Freelance-Jobs/295423/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Baton-Rouge-Lawyer/295414/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Website-Design-For-Ecommerce-The-Three-Things-You-Must-Get-Right/295412/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Idaho-DUI-Attorney-For-Your-Drunk-Driving-Case/295406/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/LA-Attorneys/295404/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/KY-Lawyer/295400/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/A-History-of-HTML-and-CSS/295398/

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/NC-County-Attorney/295394/

This is just page 1, the reason they keep posting is because YOU DONT DO ANYTHING. You dont need a mortgage background to understand a thread that reads, " LA Attorneys " does not belong. It would take about 45 seconds to delete this shi...............This does not need to be flagged, you should recognize this stuff as crap yourself, leaving you with time to investigate a real flag like the one BOB is pointing out or the quote I flagged a week ago that has NEGATIVE profit.  
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Please add this latest post in gibberish to the delete list, in case you were wondering if it had mortgage relevance

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/Lelystad-Glas/295451/
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At least with the law firms, if you send them an email telling them how tacky and unprofessional (not to mention irrelevant) the ads are, they will probably stop paying the search engine people. Many states have strict rules for how lawyers may advertise.

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November 07
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even if they are using a cia switchboard, bounced off a couple of satellites, (read the lost symbol this weekend), in the end, its easy to fix.

for instance, instead of flagging untill my hands bleed, why not write a program that uses trigger words(like a spam filter on an e-mail) this would, of course create a little more work for your mods(attorney is far from an uncommon word, even among my 5000 posts), but the posts would all be recognized immediately(with the exception of the gibberish ones). obviously flagged posts still need to be reviewed, but it would be a lot more robust than the good samaritan method you have in place now.

other ideas is an auto-delete of any trigger phrases (hire us, call us, call me, etc) more limited because the scammer might catch on, whereas the other one has enough lag that its hard to figure out if its the post or the "flag link" rule.

the third one is an immediate "flag this link" button that blocks the link, i dont see people abusing this, especially if the text of the link remains... i might be more conscious about quoting from my links, that's about it.

and the solution i proposed, what, last year? create an acct = 5 thumbs up posts or w/e probationary period where you can't flag posts, post links, post pics to the forum and(only if necessary) posts go through a mod for approval before being posted. if you need an engine, look at yahoo answers
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Why don't Zillow create the "Michael Emery built-in" or "SunnyView built-in" autofilter functions?
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NTETS, I thought we ( the lenders ) gave you the power last week to strike down, with fury, anything that looks like spam. I trust you ( leave my Bama thread up ). Although, that may still give you bloody fingers since they outnumber real posts.
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So is what we get for possibly paying for leads. Yes leads.

Not much confidence in zillow tree right now.
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How secure should I feel with my credit card info when they can not even keep this stuff from happening every other week.

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Joe- this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. the spam showing up is like a slice with a littl mold. You throw that slice out and still make sandwiches. right???
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no! you cut off the moldy part and slather it up with extra mayo!

as for me, zillow probably feels i wouldn't be moderate enough to moderate these forums... i have been branded a "doomer"
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November 08
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Maybe a few of the regulars who have a good track record for flagging spam accurately could be given some mod. authority?
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Forget it Tiffany. Knowing zillow these days they would charge said moderator a fee just to be the moderator. Gotta get theat ROI. There are some VC people that need to be paid back ya know.
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i don't get paid enough to sit here and hunt down spam... my mod enhancement tools seem more robust to me...

implement them and i'd be happy to spend some extra hours reviewing some of the overflow, but i dont see just 2-3 zillowers taking out 30-80 of these things a day... it has to be a global solution.

a "flag this link for review" that temporarily blocks the link until zillow reviews it would allow anyone who sees a spam post to destroy the profit making engine of the master spam, without granting bickering 2 year olds too much power, imo.
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"I don't get paid enough to sit here and hunt down spam" NT

All right. Spill. How much is Zillow paying you? I knew you were a mole with your snappy posts and website savvy. I should have put two together when I found out you were young in Seattle.

Seriously though. My favorite spam for today has to be the pitch for wedding cake toppers. Strange yet appealing. You could get cake toppers and then instead of feeding a piece of cake to each other you could bite the head off your new spouse's topper at the reception. A new tradition for the new millennium.
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