Hi Noah, On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 5:22 PM Noah Sumo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > Thanks for your interesting offer. I didn't want you to get no response, so here I am. I'll try to run down an owner and see if it's reasonablet o get you some level of administrative access. Thanks again! Nick -- 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/CAMnWBR1%3Dzi8AP4KuOx0OugrSPA6%3DDMjN97zsD%3Doq4y4YYKcnvA%40mail.gmail.com.
