Spambots?

mistercow_pnoy · Trick Member Joined: 17 May 2005

Is there anything that can be done to stop them? I mean, in about an hour that I was on here, probably 3 or 4 different ones posted crap. Is there any any way to keep them from registering?
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VxJasonxV · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:06 am Post subject:

Yeah, disallow all new registrations.

(Hint: There's nothing you can do to completely shut out spam bots unless you also affect a good amount of actual people unintentionally, too.)
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AA Bob · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Alllll right!

Nothing to completely shut them out, yes. But there must be some way to reduce the number of spambots.

I'm not saying it needs to be done now - there aren't really that many here yet (well, there are a ton that sign up but most of them never post). There are definitely more of them than there used to be, though. If nothing is done, what's to stop DDRFreak from ending up like this?
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Emptyeye wrote:

So um, is it bad that awhile ago I was watching Family Guy, and when Quagmire came on, I thought something to the effect of "Whoa, It's AA Bob!" (I don't remember if the exact thought was "It's AA Bob" or "It's AA Bob's avatar", but I don't think it matters in this case)?

videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

AA Bob · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Alllll right!

That seems like a pretty clever solution to me.
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Emptyeye wrote:

So um, is it bad that awhile ago I was watching Family Guy, and when Quagmire came on, I thought something to the effect of "Whoa, It's AA Bob!" (I don't remember if the exact thought was "It's AA Bob" or "It's AA Bob's avatar", but I don't think it matters in this case)?

Reenee · Trick Member Joined: 21 Nov 2003

There's many logical solutions but implementing them is hampered by the limitations of the coding of the forum.

VxJasonxV · Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:44 am Post subject:

The question isn't a bad idea, *but* it does nothing against manual signups, not to mention it brings targeted signups.
Worse than the automated spam IMHO.
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AA Bob · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Alllll right!

Wait, some of the spammers here actually sign up manually? How do you know? That doesn't seem like a very efficient way to advertise something.

And what are targeted signups?
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Emptyeye wrote:

So um, is it bad that awhile ago I was watching Family Guy, and when Quagmire came on, I thought something to the effect of "Whoa, It's AA Bob!" (I don't remember if the exact thought was "It's AA Bob" or "It's AA Bob's avatar", but I don't think it matters in this case)?

videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

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Laundry · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:03 am Post subject:

In my opinion, a better solution would be to make all new members put a verifacation on their first post, which would prevent a lot of problems from new members registering and complaining that they can't register, only to have them not post.

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VxJasonxV · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:59 am Post subject:

That's not a problem, Phrek.
In that case, we don't care, because they're not posting spam

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(Machine Locations is in tighter moderation than posts.)
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Laundry · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:49 am Post subject:

Phrekwenci · Administrator Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Location: New York, NY

Goooooood point.
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videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

Well you know how before you register, you have to click the checkbox (or whatever) agreeing to the faq? Well what if you added another link/checkbox/whatever that said "I disagree" (I don't remember what it looked like, I haven't signed up in a while) and then write in big text above them both "Click "I diagree" if you agree". That'd work.

EDIT: Hey, why not add a feature that won't let a beginner member make any posts containing ".info" in them? A lot of these urls end in .info, so that'd help.
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Bringer of Death · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:32 am Post subject:

I really hate to bump this and repeat the tired line of "Do something about it," but I think it's time to bring it up again, since I see 3-4 new spambot threads every night, and while deleting them works, it doesn't exactly prevent it...
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