# What's the average kill time for spam posts on this board? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 18, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932 "2017-08-18T01:02:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/1 "2017-08-18T01:02:23Z")
We’re having another wave of spammers today. They don’t seem to last long. I reported two of them and while I was reporting them, they both got simultaneously reported by other posters - one of them got simultaneously reported three times. Based on this, it doesn’t appear spam posts have a long life expectancy on this thread. Are there any stats for how long the average spam post lasts on this board before it’s reported? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/2 "2017-08-18T01:07:13Z")
_Checks Excel spreadsheet._ 1 minute 23.7 seconds. (not really) :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/3 "2017-08-18T01:46:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > _Checks Excel spreadsheet._ > > 1 minute 23.7 seconds. > (not really) > :D:D:D I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/4 "2017-08-18T02:13:55Z")
I’m not aware of any stats. All I know is by the time I see **running coach’s** post reports, **engineer\_comp\_geek** has usually already banned them. 🙂 And I usually see the reports within minutes. A lot of spammers get banned even before they have a chance to post. For ones that do post, I think survival time is normally a matter of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/5 "2017-08-18T02:16:40Z")
I feel like I’ve accomplished something every time I am able to ban a spammer before my fellow mods 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/6 "2017-08-18T04:00:01Z")
Same here when I get to report one before **running coach** does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/7 "2017-08-18T15:24:03Z")
Depends on the time of day. I’m possibly the most predictable mod in terms of when I’m on the Board. I’m on here almost every day beginning at 6:30 or so AM, EDT. I have to get off by 8:30 to get to work. **engineer\_comp\_geek** has banned spammer before I get on many times. If he’s not on line that morning, I get to ban 2-6 spammer who have done their work usually between 2-7 AM. So, overnight spam can sometimes remain for hours. I get back on here in the evening between 6-7 PM most days. The daytime spam is usually vanished within minutes, not hours. Evening spam is less as much of India/Bangladesh is asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/8 "2017-08-18T20:08:28Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/9 "2017-08-18T20:16:50Z")
I once got to a spam post before **running coach** had reported it. [I was pretty excited about it.](http://www.adweek.com/wp-content/uploads/files/blogs/overly_attached_computer.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/10 "2017-08-18T20:26:58Z")
Sometimes I ban people while they are registering. That makes me feel like I’ve beat **running coach** at something. Definitely not running. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/11 "2017-08-18T21:15:48Z")
For some reason known only to themselves, the streaming spammers recently have been making their posts even easier to recognize. They often try to disguise their spam by copying or partially copying the titles of other threads, or using titles that don’t make much sense. This is pretty ineffectual since they are easy to detect just by scanning down the list of thread titles. But now they have started “disguising” spam as a different kind of spam. The title advertises smartphones or other products, but the post itself contains streaming links. Why they think we’ll be able to detect ads for phones less quickly I can’t figure out. The would be better off just titling them “Get your streaming links here!” ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/12 "2017-08-19T15:23:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > _Checks Excel spreadsheet._ > > 1 minute 23.7 seconds. > (not really) > :D:D:D Why am I not at all surprised that **running coach** was the first one in here at 5 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/13 "2017-08-21T07:27:54Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > For some reason known only to themselves, the streaming spammers recently have been making their posts even easier to recognize. > > They often try to disguise their spam by copying or partially copying the titles of other threads, or using titles that don’t make much sense. This is pretty ineffectual since they are easy to detect just by scanning down the list of thread titles. > > But now they have started “disguising” spam as a different kind of spam. The title advertises smartphones or other products, but the post itself contains streaming links. Why they think we’ll be able to detect ads for phones less quickly I can’t figure out. The would be better off just titling them “Get your streaming links here!” I saw one the other day that was refreshing in its honesty. TV football online. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/14 "2017-08-21T10:40:25Z")
My question would be: how often is someone here clicking on one of their links? Seems like a lot of work and bother to keep spawning new accounts if they never get a single hit. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/15 "2017-08-21T11:03:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > For some reason known only to themselves, the streaming spammers recently have been making their posts even easier to recognize. > > \ > > But now they have started “disguising” spam as a different kind of spam. The title advertises smartphones or other products, but the post itself contains streaming links. Why they think we’ll be able to detect ads for phones less quickly I can’t figure out. The would be better off just titling them “Get your streaming links here!” Maybe the reason for those actions is hidden in the vast spam world of practices, that is, I doubt if spammers tailor their actions so specifically to us or any other site. If a procedure works for many (or they think it will), they apply it to all without discrimination. I also think the spammers aren’t checking on their work or determining successes as a guide to future action; if they were, they would ignore us as not worth the effort. This appears to be the way telephone scammers work now; In spite of never, ever, making any “sales” from my phone, they just keep calling the same unproductive phone numbers. They have a loss on every call, but they make it up in the volume. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/16 "2017-08-21T12:44:23Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I once got to a spam post before **running coach** had reported it. [I was pretty excited about it.](http://www.adweek.com/wp-content/uploads/files/blogs/overly_attached_computer.jpg) You mean I am not the only one that gets all super-excited when I can be the first one to report a spam? :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/17 "2017-08-21T13:16:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Same here when I get to report one before **running coach** does. 😃 Did you know that arsonists often light fires so they can join in with putting them out? I don’t even know why I said that. Not implying anything at all. Look, forget I said anything. Don’t mind me. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/18 "2017-08-21T15:42:57Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Sometimes I ban people while they are registering. But . . . **KKK Lover** is a reference to kute kuddly kittens!? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/19 "2017-08-21T15:56:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Same here when I get to report one before **running coach** does. 😃 Agreed. I usually take the rest of the day off when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932/20 "2017-08-21T16:01:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > But . . . **KKK Lover** is a reference to kute kuddly kittens!? [Or…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg2oFuURWIc) > [@Asimovian](#): > > I once got to a spam post before **running coach** had reported it. [I was pretty excited about it.](http://www.adweek.com/wp-content/uploads/files/blogs/overly_attached_computer.jpg) How YOU doin’? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-kill-time-for-spam-posts-on-this-board/793932.md?page=2)