 Hey look, Spam on the main forums!, Yeah, it sucks. |
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019  |
It's here.
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Dec 5 2006, 02:39 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
More spam today, like multiple topics this morning in General Gaming.
Is it possible to somehow require approval for a poster's first couple of messages? Spammers rarely try anything past one or two spams on any given registration. -karma |
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Dec 5 2006, 03:20 PM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
Not that we are a democracy, but I would vote against making the first couple posts require approval. This would cause a heavier work-load for the admins, as well as, possibly alienate the expanding numbers of people joining us with SR4.
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Dec 5 2006, 03:48 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Thanks for your suggestions. We're looking at ways to curtail the spam now, and hopefully there will be a solution soon.
More likely, however, is that we'll continue to see at least some of it until we move to better forum software. In the meantime, just try to ignore it and we'll continue to nuke it as we see it. :) |
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Dec 5 2006, 04:37 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Are we getting so many new applications a day that this is some huge workload? I moderate nearly a dozen mailing lists myself, all set to moderate the first message. Takes maybe a minute out of my usual maintenance time to deal with post approvals. 100% success rate so far on blocking spammers, and nobody has complained about having their first legitimate post reviewed before going through. I guess nuking them as they come works for now, but in my experience if the spammers see they can get their posts actually get through, even for a short time, they start doing it in ever exponential numbers. If even one person clicks on a link it's a payoff for them. -karma |
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Dec 5 2006, 05:49 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
If we don't count the spam accounts, no. :) IIRC though, it's a matter of what the boards software supports, rather than workload. I'll bring it back up with the other admins to make sure though. |
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Jan 11 2007, 10:39 PM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
Looks like some slipped over into the MJLBB forums...
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Jan 11 2007, 11:13 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Oh heck ya, I've been looking for a good gambling site. :silly:
Gawd, too bad this is not like in the shadowrun world, then we could hire a team to nail a few spammers. ;-) |
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Jan 11 2007, 11:18 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Sad thing is that it's been there for two days already. I PMed the Fistmeister when it first popped up, but he hasn't been logged in since, and I decided it would be fun to see how long it lasted, then tease him mercilessly about it. :D
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Jan 11 2007, 11:30 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Got it. Thanks! :P
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Jan 11 2007, 11:33 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
It was hiding in plain sight. :evil: :cool:
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