Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

addons_zz · **Author**

Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

If I recall correctly, until now they were deleted and marked as `Spam Bot`.
What was changed?

**sneaK** · *Last edited by sneaK; 09-03-2016 at 12:56.*

I've been taking care of most of the spam, however I do not have the capabilities of "permanently deleting" these threads (only option I have is "soft delete"), I believe only administrators are able to do this. I'm nuking the threads and banning the spambots as fast as I can! The description of the Trash section: "Trolls, spam etc. You may find some posts in here offensive."

Definitely lots of them the past week or so.

Maxximou5 · 09-03-2016 , 14:23 Re: Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

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Mitchell · 09-10-2016 , 00:32 Re: Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

Soft deletes look nicer.
I thought it used to leave the whole "This thread was deleted" bar withing the forum, it either changed to no longer see that or i'm just delusional.

**sneaK** · 09-10-2016 , 01:47 Re: Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

Yeah, looks like it's hidden now. I thought it stayed as thread deleted as well, but I just opened up a different session where I'm not logged in and now I think anything deleted as spam is simply hidden, which is nice. Last weekend when we got nailed with several spam bots the forums were pretty cluttered with deleted threads.

xines · 09-10-2016 , 17:00 Re: Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

So lovely all these spambots, luckely mods are doing a good job

**DarkDeviL** · 09-10-2016 , 21:57 Re: Why spam bots are going to trash instead of deletion?

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Originally Posted by xines

[...], luckely mods are doing a good job