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Title: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Lord of the Flying Guinea-Potatoes on April 06, 2015, 09:09:09 AM
More spambots! When will it end? I reccomend some sort of captcha or other software to prevent people(or bots rather) such as Natalie100 from invading the forums. Please Piotr?
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Ekann1 on April 06, 2015, 09:14:27 AM
Unfortunately, check a few threads down. We already talked about this and nothing happened...
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Kaylesh on April 06, 2015, 09:31:29 AM
Thing is, captcha is already being used. Other methods seem to be not to be expected. Piotr, please correct me if I'm in error (I sincerely hope I am though, got this feeling, but I will not expand on it, since I have no evidence to back it up)
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Lord of the Flying Guinea-Potatoes on April 06, 2015, 09:40:55 AM
Is there anything we could do about a natalie100? check the help section, she has created 10+ threads that only consist of a website link anf clickbait title.
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Kaylesh on April 06, 2015, 09:46:31 AM
I reported to the mods with the suggestion to ban Natalie, since she seems to be a more active spammer. That should help until the next wave. Thing is, we seem to have been marked by a spammer as easy access for some reason. Dunno what mods can do though.
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Lord of the Flying Guinea-Potatoes on April 06, 2015, 09:53:20 AM
Thanks
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Hays413 on April 06, 2015, 11:09:11 AM
Ain't much to do I'm afraid. Deal with it when it happens. I personally hate getting 100 emails from everybody reporting these. So when I do get them, I come in here and clean .poo. up. That's about the best we can do, any more is just a waste of resources.
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: MuggyWuggy on April 06, 2015, 01:22:13 PM
I mean we could all just ignore the spam like most ignore the fun stuff forum
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: InfinitiveDivinity on April 06, 2015, 06:45:48 PM
Quote from: Hays413 on April 06, 2015, 11:09:11 AM
Ain't much to do I'm afraid. Deal with it when it happens. I personally hate getting 100 emails from everybody reporting these. So when I do get them, I come in here and clean .poo. up. That's about the best we can do, any more is just a waste of resources.
Hays! How long have you been back bro?
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Hays413 on April 06, 2015, 07:30:45 PM
Quote from: InfinitiveDivinity on April 06, 2015, 06:45:48 PM
Quote from: Hays413 on April 06, 2015, 11:09:11 AM
Ain't much to do I'm afraid. Deal with it when it happens. I personally hate getting 100 emails from everybody reporting these. So when I do get them, I come in here and clean .poo. up. That's about the best we can do, any more is just a waste of resources.
Hays! How long have you been back bro?

Lurking around for a month or so. Not contributing haha. Just deleting spam bot .poo..
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Pi on April 07, 2015, 09:20:13 AM
Quote from: Kaylesh on April 06, 2015, 09:31:29 AM
Thing is, captcha is already being used. Other methods seem to be not to be expected. Piotr, please correct me if I'm in error (I sincerely hope I am though, got this feeling, but I will not expand on it, since I have no evidence to back it up)
Should we look into using no captcha?http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/12/are-you-robot-introducing-no-captcha.html?m=1
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Ekann1 on April 07, 2015, 10:44:31 AM
It could be a person making the accounts and posting even now. A different kind of captcha (or lack of) might not help.

I still think (even though I don't know if it's possible) that people shouldn't be allowed to post links in their first few posts.
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Heats Flamesman on April 07, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Hiya! I just completed a free internet survey that lets me get money for doing nothing! It was only 10 minutes! Completely free!

/s
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: blackychan1 on April 07, 2015, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Ponyboy Curtis on April 07, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Hiya! I just completed a free internet survey that lets me get money for doing nothing! It was only 10 minutes! Completely free!

/s
..........Spam?......... Or sarcasm?.,.,...
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Pi on April 07, 2015, 01:08:55 PM
Quote from: blackychan1 on April 07, 2015, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Ponyboy Curtis on April 07, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Hiya! I just completed a free internet survey that lets me get money for doing nothing! It was only 10 minutes! Completely free!

/s
..........Spam?......... Or sarcasm?.,.,...
I'm going to assume sarcasm, because I saw coherent speech in the welcome section from Ponyboy Cutis
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Ekann1 on April 07, 2015, 05:09:58 PM
Quote from: Pi on April 07, 2015, 01:08:55 PM
Quote from: blackychan1 on April 07, 2015, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Ponyboy Curtis on April 07, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Hiya! I just completed a free internet survey that lets me get money for doing nothing! It was only 10 minutes! Completely free!

/s
..........Spam?......... Or sarcasm?.,.,...
I'm going to assume sarcasm, because I saw coherent speech in the welcome section from Ponyboy Cutis
I think that's what the /s is, meaning sarcasm...
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Heats Flamesman on April 07, 2015, 05:20:43 PM
Quote from: E.kann1 on April 07, 2015, 05:09:58 PM
Quote from: Pi on April 07, 2015, 01:08:55 PM
Quote from: blackychan1 on April 07, 2015, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Ponyboy Curtis on April 07, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Hiya! I just completed a free internet survey that lets me get money for doing nothing! It was only 10 minutes! Completely free!

/s
..........Spam?......... Or sarcasm?.,.,...
I'm going to assume sarcasm, because I saw coherent speech in the welcome section from Ponyboy Cutis
I think that's what the /s is, meaning sarcasm...
Yup. As I said. I'm a sarcastic person. Can you guys read? ;)
Title: Re: Invasion of the Spambots
Post by: Rass on April 12, 2015, 04:47:56 PM
Quote from: Ponyboy Curtis on April 07, 2015, 05:20:43 PM
Quote from: E.kann1 on April 07, 2015, 05:09:58 PM
Quote from: Pi on April 07, 2015, 01:08:55 PM
Quote from: blackychan1 on April 07, 2015, 12:19:39 PM
Quote from: Ponyboy Curtis on April 07, 2015, 11:10:08 AM
Hiya! I just completed a free internet survey that lets me get money for doing nothing! It was only 10 minutes! Completely free!

/s
..........Spam?......... Or sarcasm?.,.,...
I'm going to assume sarcasm, because I saw coherent speech in the welcome section from Ponyboy Cutis
I think that's what the /s is, meaning sarcasm...
Yup. As I said. I'm a sarcastic person. Can you guys read? ;)

No.