How to fight Spams?

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Even so, we can't monitor them every time 24/7.

Its not really efficient, and the memberlist will be spammed with hoards of bots.
 
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Kerahna said:
i'm worried about it causing more grief for legit new members who have to wait to get their post posted. These people are more important than spambots!
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legit members can wait a few hours to get their posts in the forum. we have a decent enough time coverage per mod.
plus we would be reducing the annoyance level of current members who are probably not interested in the 'Philadelphia curfew research'.

Kerahna said:
in the past a lot of forums used to do it and some news websites still do (for every post) and while it does its job we have to think whether the side effect is worth it
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in my opinion it is. totally.

Sudrien said:
Essentially, yes. And then re-integrating mods, making the process even longer.
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now that's a problem :blood:
 
Try a task-type of sign-up question instead of "who is this site for?" multiple choice

The question can tell them to go to the vocalists page and type us the name of the person listed between margaret dorn and megumi hayashibara (or something easier or harder)

Forcing email verification has already prevented activation of many spambots accounts (it's visible in the admin control panel), but they are getting past the "who is this site for" question. We'll see if the harder question works to deter some more. This way new members can sign up and post without having to wait.

If that doesn't work, another method would be to hold only new members posts that contain links.

(BTW there is an easier method than deleting every spampost: when you delete a user you can select from the dropdown menu to delete all their posts at the same time)
 
^ I think this might work. I kinda didn't expect spambots to bypass multiple choice, but then again... maybe random guess scripts are not that hard to write after all. :ohoho: Using the aforementioned task, we may further ensure that the registering user IS human, thus getting rid of most bots.
Of course, there are always HUMAN spammers to consider as well... :knife:
 
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Kerahna said:
(BTW there is an easier method than deleting every spampost: when you delete a user you can select from the dropdown menu to delete all their posts at the same time)
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I'm afraid Mod can't delete user, Kerahna. That's Admin only.
 
yep I know, I mean don't worry about it if it's too much work for you because me or sudrien can do it easily from the ACP. Even though we're both really busy and dont come on forum much, if you paste us a username via IM we will respond immediately
 
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A spambot posting in the thread about fighting off spambots? This is too priceless to delete, indeed. :TdT: :XD: But then again, this guy has to be deleted before he/she/it posts much more. So i think I'll just take a screenshot for CPM chronicles. :XD:
 
Btw, Kera converted my allowance in the Gallery to admin, so I deleted all the spam users of it, now the members of the Gallery (the real ones) are only 1 page :)
 
20 more spambots register in the gallery every day :ohoho:
luckily the forum has better protective mechanisms
 
why spam in a gallery, of all things? :desksweat: :XD: People mostly go there to look at the pics, not study lengthy comments anyway. :XD:
 
Just saw this in the London Underground today and thought of this thread... :psst:

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:knife: :XD: :plot:
 
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Kerahna said:
Try a task-type of sign-up question instead of "who is this site for?" multiple choice

The question can tell them to go to the vocalists page and type us the name of the person listed between margaret dorn and megumi hayashibara (or something easier or harder)
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Just tried to implement this. PBPBB3 wouldn't let me validate the field.
 
would it work if it was multiple choice? :( still with the task involved and maybe a few extra choices
 
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