Hey everyone, Longtime member of Mozilla here via SUMO. I came across the old Mozilla Dev Platform archive (https://groups.google.com/g/mozilla.dev.platform) a few weeks ago & found a shocking amount of spam. Numbering in the thousands. I know Google Groups seem to be a huge target for spam but thankfully it stopped in that group.
I was wondering is it possible to made a temporary moderator for that archive so I can attempt a cleanup in my spare time. I don't wish to ask anyone to do it on my behalf because it is simply too repetitive since Google requires tons of clicks to get it done & only lets you view 30 entries per page. I plan to tackle as much of it as I can mentally handle over the summer months. I think I can get it done in a few weeks once I get a good flow going. I reported 143 pages worth of posts (4261–4290 of 211,360) as spam but I'm not sure if Google will actually delete them. I estimate ~50,000+ spam posts ranging from drugs, cocaine, crack, adderall, Ritalin, Bitcoin & tons of foreign language spam. Seems to have started in April 2023 & ended on Feb 22, 2024. And I just hate to see y'alls dev work go out that way. So if anyone knows who I should be talking to about this, please let me know while I still have the energy to get started on this. I know its not the best use of anyone's time but if the spam can actually be deleted & not return, I feel like it would be cleaning off the graffiti on that archive. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/d/msgid/dev-platform/55f1f1f5-eeb5-4d03-ba44-2b1cd5059c3en%40mozilla.org.
