Komag 20 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 First of all, whenever I see those spam threads I really wish I could reach through the internet and just smash their balls with some pliers! But then, I'm just wondering how they get there. Can an automatic program really sign up for a new account and make a thread like that? What about putting some little "see the picture of the weird numbers and type it in" verification system, or other way to stop it from happening? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Huckeye 0 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 First of all, whenever I see those spam threads I really wish I could reach through the internet and just smash their balls with some pliers! But then, I'm just wondering how they get there. Can an automatic program really sign up for a new account and make a thread like that? What about putting some little "see the picture of the weird numbers and type it in" verification system, or other way to stop it from happening? I'm partial to your first idea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
modetwo 0 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 What about putting some little "see the picture of the weird numbers and type it in" verification system, or other way to stop it from happening?We already have that in place. Image verification images can't stop humans from registering and posting spam tho. Quote ~m2 Link to post Share on other sites
sparhawk 17 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 What about having a first post delay after registering of one or two days? I now check the registrations rather regularly. It would also help if the admin module would show who registered in the last few days. Quote Gerhard Link to post Share on other sites
modetwo 0 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 What about having a first post delay after registering of one or two days? I now check the registrations rather regularly.That's a bad idea, what about the genuine users signing up and wanting to post? Seriously, the spam problem here is not big at all. Quote ~m2 Link to post Share on other sites
Order of the Hammer Bureaucrat 0 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Is it possible to look at the logs and see the originating IP? Or do they bounce a lot? In which case is it possible to contact the admins of all those IPs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dram 123 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Seriously, the spam problem here is not big at all. Yeah, it's only like 1 spam thread per week or fortnight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sparhawk 17 Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 It's mostly different IPs and from all kind fo ranges. Quote Gerhard Link to post Share on other sites
OrbWeaver 587 Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 I wonder if the spam only seems to be more common here because it is a low-traffic forum. On high traffic forums such threads would probably be removed more quickly by a moderator or just lost in the general churn of new threads. Quote DarkRadiant homepage ⋄ DarkRadiant user guide ⋄ OrbWeaver's Dark Ambients ⋄ Blender export scripts Link to post Share on other sites
oDDity 3 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Some people obviously have a massive list of thousands of forums which they visit one by one, joining and then posting their little spamlet. Doesn't sound like much of an existence. Quote Civillisation will not attain perfection until the last stone, from the last church, falls on the last priest. - Emil Zola character models site Link to post Share on other sites
Redface 0 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Some forums (like Cgtalk) partially solved it by having the first post from new users verify by mods before actually showin it in the forums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishtvan 17 Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Some people obviously have a massive list of thousands of forums which they visit one by one, joining and then posting their little spamlet. Doesn't sound like much of an existence. Yeah, it's right up there with farming gold on WOW, or telemarketing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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