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Post by Cadian 117 on Dec 10, 2009 23:14:19 GMT -5
Anything that we can do to get rid of these posts?
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 11, 2009 4:47:49 GMT -5
hear hear!
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Post by ssgtdude (M.I.A) on Dec 11, 2009 16:48:02 GMT -5
Too bad we can't send a spam bot back at them.
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Post by Laughing Man on Dec 11, 2009 18:37:09 GMT -5
We have ymmot, destroyer of sanity, eater of socks.
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Dec 12, 2009 13:22:17 GMT -5
Socks are not so bad boiled with salt and black pepper...lots of black pepper.
I prefer dress socks over gym socks...and the occasional stocking is always a rare treat.
Remember kids...when they throw you something random, just go with it.
Spam bots...yes, what to do about spam bots.
If only there was some process underway that may determine which one among us shall have the privilege of deleting these soulless scam artists at ever available opportunity.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Dec 12, 2009 13:24:36 GMT -5
Unless they have entertaining content. Then there should be a waiting period...
Maybe not. It doesn't matter to me, I usually see them before they're deleted.
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Post by nicholasakira on Dec 12, 2009 13:30:13 GMT -5
This board is small enough for each individual case of spamming to be addressed individually I should think.
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Post by Cadian 117 on Dec 14, 2009 20:47:42 GMT -5
*sigh* Another thing we need a new mod for. I want that for my title if I get picked, "Destroyer of Spam".
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Post by Machine Gun Kelly on Dec 18, 2009 11:40:53 GMT -5
If only there was some process underway that may determine which one among us shall have the privilege of deleting these soulless scam artists at ever available opportunity. We don't want them deleted. We want the person who started the spam hunted down and destroyed. |
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Post by The Envoy (AWOL) on Dec 18, 2009 14:34:50 GMT -5
There actually is a way to turn off the ability for guests to post on the boards. But you need admin or possibly moderator equivalent power to do so (don't know how much overall authority mods have over things like that.)
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Dec 18, 2009 15:56:11 GMT -5
I know I can't post when I'm not logged-on. Computers are magic!
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Post by Woz on Dec 18, 2009 19:03:14 GMT -5
Guest can't post on here.
What happens is a bot or person joins and starts posting. When that bot/persons account is deleted then all the post appear as Guest.
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Post by Happyorange on Dec 19, 2009 11:09:33 GMT -5
We could introduce a system where a new member would have to apply to a mod for permission to post. Can you do this and would it stop the spam-bots?
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Dec 19, 2009 13:10:36 GMT -5
That would be pretty unfair. I think that's why the activation system was stopped.
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Post by Kaikelx on Dec 31, 2009 13:17:42 GMT -5
Considerin that RT, Woz, and now Reds are not on 24 hours a day, it would get pretty out of hand, not to mention damn hard. Considering that all of US would have to apply to, along with the hordes of conscripts...
Well, with over 2450 members, that's going to get out of hand...
What about the human verification system that other places use? (Like the one I failed 10 times >.>)
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Dec 31, 2009 17:19:30 GMT -5
I'm not sure what Proboards can handle in terms of verification processes, actually. That said though, if you do see a bot, PM me and I'll delete the posts or change them to something amusing or useful.
Reds
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Jan 2, 2010 10:37:33 GMT -5
You gents already know that my door is always open, and that which I don't destroy, I remake in my own twisted sense of humour's image.
My, that was a laboured reference....
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Post by Cadian 117 on Jan 2, 2010 18:31:10 GMT -5
I suppose thats what the hunting horn was for yes?
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Post by Scarper on Jan 5, 2010 7:44:02 GMT -5
Weird how they keep going for the Roleplays section - is it the most commonly posted in or something? And I have no idea what it even is they're trying to advertise, so I think they've failed there  |
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Feb 1, 2010 21:27:07 GMT -5
Okay, just an update on the Spambot front.
They do seem to target the RP Section a lot. I just killed three posts literally as they were being posted, and nabbed another one a while back a few minutes after it went up. Kai's threads seem to be the popular target.
Reds
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Feb 1, 2010 21:49:25 GMT -5
*The homing beacon I placed on Kai seems to be working...*
Soon we'll lure out the bot-king, and we can slay it. Then problem solved... for the time being...
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Post by Helmian (M.I.A) on Apr 23, 2010 2:33:46 GMT -5
Another one just turned up, 15 posts with exactly the same thing in it ( I think, couldn't be bothered to read them all...)
Please kill it.
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Post by Goddess of Darkness on Apr 23, 2010 17:14:15 GMT -5
I have seen something done...
When the "person fills out all the info name DoB etc, the magic question is "what is your favourite colour?" any spam bots answer their name...there fore they were not accepted.
It does mean that anybody that tries to register it will be up to the admin to accept them or not but it works.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Apr 23, 2010 17:49:43 GMT -5
That will also exclude people who can't spell colors. RT probably won't have a problem with that...
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Apr 23, 2010 18:59:08 GMT -5
Seems like a perfectly reasonable arrangement. People too lazy to check dictionaries are not people worth having.
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