Hello. Webmaster here.
We have been hit again by a large group of spammers from Russia and China. My apologies to our loyal community.
First I would like to thank our moderators who are doing a fantastic job of trying to delete any spam posting almost instantly. They deserve our thanks and appreciation to keep this the best forum in the industry. To fit this spam battle, we have deployed two strategies:
1) Today we took the rare step of adding an additional qualification question for any new registrations. This should eliminate some computer from posting messages instantly.
2) We have also BANNED more than 3400 IP addresses of highly suspect locations known for promoting spam. Unfortunately this action may also prevent some GOOD members from posting a message. If you are affected by this please send us a personal IM and I will reactivate you.
Regards, Webmaster