BigFootsSocks Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Now it's redirecting to a site called tiesearch.com @HAIF.cares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Good that you got a screen shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Had to reload 4 times just to read/open this one topic and that's not counting the 4-5 times it took reloading just to open the General forum page alone! Each time I'm redirected to the same spam site, ingmatic.com and now tiesearch.com. Completely out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Trying to keep up with it. Thanks for reporting spam topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 This is uncomfortably close to cyber-attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 For whatever reason the software isn't allowing mass deletions so I have been yanking the posts individually. It appears to be a robospammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, CrockpotandGravel said: When you can delete the spam accounts and block their IP address, also delete this account mods........ they haven't posted anything but I know it's associated with the spammers. They all joined either 3 or 4 hours ago: ydqgiv09386https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/profile/17605-ydqgiv09386/ Some of the moderator functions haven’t worked for me in months. Before the site problems I was able to keep on top of restricting spammers. Since the site problems, many moderator functions (at least for me) no longer work and always stall out. The Warning/Banning the user function so as to restrict from further posting does not work for me anymore and hasn’t for months. This is not a moderator problem but a problem that needs to be fixed by the site administrator as the site is broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Another spam wave hit the Skyscrapers page less than five minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Is haif meetings its demise? Could it be time to start a new forum soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 This time it's in Korean. Partial translation: // KATOK y268 // [Anywhere in the country - Lady. 24 hours standby. 24 hour business trip, business meeting, business massage, travel massage, business trip service, business trip service, sex partner, lover agency, unusual meeting, unusual meeting, It is a place where you can go to a place where you can find a place to meet for a night out, a night out, a night, a night, a kiss room, a part-time job, a meeting with a conditioner, a solo escape, an impromptu meeting, a lonely woman. Bump.Brank.Excuse shower, naked picture.Lip cafe.Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Aaand, we're back to Chinese. Should Homeland Security be contacted? Looks like they're promoting ways to stay in the country illegally. Partial translation: Handling UMich Diploma of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | transcripts of the original version of the real micro | Q603012914 US transcripts | academic undergraduate master's degree | fake diplomas to stay in service certification University... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 The Crater Houston Alliance forum is the latest to suffer a spam attack. It's pretty sad that HAIF has been reduced to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Going Up was hit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I'm sure the mods are doing the best they can, but the admin needs to step up to fix some of the broken site functionality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 4 hours ago, cspwal said: I'm sure the mods are doing the best they can, but the admin needs to step up to fix some of the broken site functionality Editor and HAIF are the admins. Editor hasn't been online since June 18 and HAIF hasn't been online since August 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I cleaned some of the spam up. Hopefully it sticks and they stop posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reporter Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Houston deserves better than to have it’s main architectural forums run by people who don’t give a $#!+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 On 8/23/2018 at 5:09 AM, dbigtex56 said: Aaand, we're back to Chinese. Should Homeland Security be contacted? Looks like they're promoting ways to stay in the country illegally. Partial translation: Handling UMich Diploma of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | transcripts of the original version of the real micro | Q603012914 US transcripts | academic undergraduate master's degree | fake diplomas to stay in service certification University... Chinese language scammers are stepping up the spam lately. If you get an automated call on your phone in Chinese, odds are it is the phishing scam that is telling you that there is a problem with your visa and you have to call them to resolve it. I have received it twice, and had a work colleague translate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Reporter said: Houston deserves better than to have it’s main architectural forums run by people who don’t give a $#!+ Free internet forums don't pay the bills. For a place with inactive site admins, it's a miracle this place hasn't cratered altogether. I don't know who owns it and keeps the domain up, but they clearly have other priorities, and I for one can't blame them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bess Collector Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 They are at it again! Full this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reporter Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 20 hours ago, Nate99 said: Free internet forums don't pay the bills. For a place with inactive site admins, it's a miracle this place hasn't cratered altogether. I don't know who owns it and keeps the domain up, but they clearly have other priorities, and I for one can't blame them. I do. It is cratering. I say sell it or get off the pot. I'd buy it tomorrow for the right price. I use it, care about it and enjoy the comments and photos from others who are interested in watching Houston grow and get built. This site is like one of those empty lots in downtown or midtown that the owners have no intention of selling or developing and are completely o.k. with it looking like a dump forever because they don't give a crap about Houston or the neighborhood or the people who are interested in it. Kudos to the owners of this site for keeping it going for the last decade, but if they can't or are no long interested in maintaining it, they should just move on and let the people who do care be able to control it. There are several moderators that seem to do a very good job posting and moderating. Give them control of maintaining the functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reporter Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 5 hours ago, Bess Collector said: They are at it again! Full this morning. I suspect the russians or the dallasites or maybe even russian dallasites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Should we start a donation for HAIF admins? Pay them for their time and attention. Pay for forum upgrades, really.. for “repairs” for the website. Random thought while at the bar having a beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Reporter said: Kudos to the owners of this site for keeping it going for the last decade, but if they can't or are no long interested in maintaining it, they should just move on and let the people who do care be able to control it. There are several moderators that seem to do a very good job posting and moderating. Give them control of maintaining the functionality. As I understand it, the person who owned this site and kept it going for most of the last decade is no longer affiliated with it, and has not been for some time since he sold it to a new owner. The various issues that the site is currently experiencing did not manifest themselves until after the ownership change. Draw your own conclusions. There are certainly clues as to the new ownership for those who care to look. I'm not going down that road here as I generally have a strong antipathy for the currently-fashionable trend of social media naming-and-shaming, which IMO too often bears more than a passing resemblance to a toddler who's just discovered he's in possession of the launch keys to an ICBM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 I've been on a couple of forums that were owned and operated by enthusiastic folks that got busy with the rest of their lives and these boards followed the same trajectory. It's all manageable in some volunteer moderator's spare time until it isn't, then you have to upgrade software, hardware and/or hire a pro and it get expensive, time consuming or both. If they have folks willing to step up to do it, I don't see why they wouldn't pass along the name to give someone else a kick at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Is the daily spam combined with the forum errors making less people visit? It’s been slow for two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 And they're at it again. Just started in the Community Announcements forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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