Keyword Spamming at CPAPtalk.com?

Hi all,

I have two questions.

1) Where are the posting guidelines? I'm not easily finding them.

2) The reason that I am asking is that I've been noticing posts which are off topic to the stream, with what appear to be repeated key words. I wonder if this is keyword spamming. Here's a definition of keyword spamming: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl ... d=0CBIQkAE I understand that keyword spamming can be an aggressive attempt to take down a site by having off topic references which web searchers all try to access at once, overwhelming the site.

An possible example is: Re: Sleep disorder survey for tafe New postby justin on Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:51 am

Here's a quote of another possible spam, not sure where the original was: Re: How do I unjoin this site? Postby -SWS on Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:31 pm

I don't want to be the site police, but I do want to report spam to protect the site, if indicated. I've learned so much here!

What do you think?

Happy Sleeper

the site is moderated (very very loosely btw) by the owners of cpap.com

self proclaimed forum police don't last here - OT and hijacking happen here so get used to it

-SWS was sending a message using a post that was already on the thread - -SWS is a long time forum member and to accuse him of anything way out of line is ........... well......... WRONG - although I know he has hijacked threads himself as many of us have


oh Carbonman - flames please - who is bringing the popcorn and some-mores? who has the beer - it is going to be a hot day at the beach and we need lots of beer

I wouldn't worry about it. Neither of the examples you gave were actually spam, and when the nasty stuff does appear, it's soon deleted. Periodically, trolls show up and it's best to ignore them.

happysleeper wrote:Where are the posting guidelines? I'm not easily finding them.

Here is the "CPAPtalk.com User Agreement": user-agreement.php. That link can be found at the bottom of your screen (User Agreement).

Ah--gotcha! Thanks for the perspective and the info!

Happy Sleeper