In reply to ProDarwin :
Agreed, and that's among the steps we do want to pursue with devs.
In reply to ProDarwin :
Agreed, and that's among the steps we do want to pursue with devs.
In reply to TJL (Forum Supporter) :
Good idea. I don't write code for a living, but this RegEx will find any numerical string with at least 10 digits, including 0 to 2 non-alphanumeric characters between each digit:
([0-9]([^a-zA-Z0-9]{0,2})){10,}?
I saw some find/replace testing recently; presumably, the forum backend can search for regular expressions...
I need a mod to edit the title of this post please. Hear, not here. https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/anybody-here-from-don49/257267/page1/
Would a kind-hearted mod do me the favor of editing the title of my thread "Most common cause for dreaded VW ECP light?" and change ECP to EPC? I don't want to look like a VW noob, even though I are one. 
When you get an email notice that a followed topic has a new post, the email always takes you to page one of the topic.
Is there a way to have the email link take you to the post that generated the notice?
In reply to a_florida_man :
I’ll ask.
Probable InterCap PreCanoe thread revivialist:
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/community/NedBurdges/
Another - either a canoebot or fishing for subscribers: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/community/markvince/
It appears as if the Edit button in grayed out in all (some) the threads now. I was actually just able to edit this post, but any other post I made cannot be updated.
Hopefully this is a bug and not a feature change. Being able to immediately edit posts is VERY useful (which might still be in effect?).
Being able to edit old posts is also very useful in many cases. E.g. I continually update first post in the very long time AC thread to show the current season (much easier to find once the season gets going).
Also, being able to self remove accidental or inappropriate post is also very useful, and likely saves a lot of work for moderators.
In reply to aircooled :
This is going to screw up the ability to keep the first post in the assetto corsa thread up to date as we can no longer edit it or even open it to cut and paste to make a new thread.
This is going to be a problem. . ..
It's a minor quibble, but could a mod edit my thread title so it is "Niagara" instead of rhyming with "Viagra"
Pretty sure this canoe has posted the same message in the same thread under a differene canoe name a little bit ago.
I am a pay-to-play member here on the GRM forum. I thought this killed advertising.
GRM Popup ads are now a thing that needs to be killed. SO annoying. Please make them go away.
Yes, GRM+ Members see significantly less advertising. What popup are you talking about? Mind sharing a screenshot?
The only popup ad you should be seeing is an occasional (like once per month) email pop-up offering a free piece of content. But it's possible to see it more often if you've blocked tracking cookies, as they're how the site figures out whether or not you should be offered something.
I'm not anticipating good things from this new user, either:
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/community/ayer/
This user's posts look AI generated:
procainestart said:Can you set up a search of a post's content prior to publishing it?
This regular expression search will find any non-standard (not ASCII, which is a-Z, 0-9, & punctuation) character OR it will find a phone number, even if extra characters (up to three) between digits.
These asshats are using "look-alike" alphanumeric characters or emojis, that is, non-standard text characters, or they're trying to disguise phone numbers - this will find one or the other:
([^\u0000-\u007F]|([0-9][^0-9]{0,3}){10,})
If either is found, don't publish the post. Maybe also consider number of user posts or account age.
Alternatively, how about disabling paste actions for new users, at least for the subject field? Seems unlikely that a legit user would do it.
Thank you for your suggestion. Yes, phone numbers are the common link, and we're looking for ways to prevent new users from flooding our pages with them. I'll forward this suggestion along and we will be rolling our other measures as well. I expect this to start next week.
TJL (Forum Supporter) said:Can we get "quickbooks" banned? Give it the es(ort treatment?
It's something we're considering, for sure. We do want to be careful of banning so many words that it interferes with enjoyment with the forums. Thank you for the suggestion!
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/community/sanjaykumar/
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/community/sureshgupta/
As an aside, finding Quickbooks won't always work, as the spammers are using look-alike Unicode characters (called homoglyphs) that are not standard text, of which there are many. I know that your system allows you to evaluate text and modify it (a la Ford subcompact); if it can also refuse to accept a post, then the wildcard search string (a "regular expression") I posted in April should work, as it finds nonstandard text (that is, characters that don't belong to the standard ASCII set) and phone numbers, even if they have multiple characters between number groupings, e.g, 1-(203)-123 -4567.
Actually, now that I think about it, the forum now allows emojis, which are Unicode characters, so the string I provided won't work as written -- below, the part in bold would need to be modified to NOT exclude emojis (the italicized part finds phone numbers with up to three characters between number groupings.
([^\u0000-\u007F]|([0-9][^0-9]{0,3}){10,})
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/community/kalima/
Is it better to link the post, or the profile?
In reply to Duke :
Profile's better, thanks!
If you search for canoe things like quickbooks on GRM, it looks like the ghosts of the canoes are still there. It shows a link and of course its been deleted, but it still shows up. Can we do a better "delete" that really makes the topics go away? Im just wondering if since it shows up, thats encouraging more canoe's.
In reply to TJL (Forum Supporter) :
That's a really good observation and could explain why the econobox filter worked so well. Passing on to web team.
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