Anti-Spammer Measures

maygitchell

With the recent surge of spammers it got me thinking of how to stop them in their tracks, is it time to introduce new measures to prevent spammers?

eg. CAPTCHAs, 2week wait from registration before you can first post, block certain countries from registering users, bots that recognise spammy posts etc.

Zaph

Go on, I give up. Who are you a re-reg of?

Super-Rush

You've only been here 7 days.

How big could this surge be?

Steve

Zaph wrote: »

Go on, I give up. Who are you a re-reg of?

You're such a bad fibber...

maygitchell

super-rush wrote: »

You've only been here 7 days.

How big could this surge be?

An illness has me nocturnal, I see a lot of RWC streams spam, and a lot of "My boyfriend will like this?" seemingly Chinese spam.

No need for suspiciousness, i was just idly thinking to myself how you would stop them at first instance, as I try to report as many as I can.

Steve

We're doing our best but we have to be fair to all.
Seeing as you already have 2 forum bans in your brief tenure here, are you saying that we're lax and we've missed something obvious? Should this thread be in prison?

maygitchell

Steve wrote: »

We're doing our best but we have to be fair to all.
Seeing as you already have 2 forum bans in your brief tenure here, are you saying that we're lax and we've missed something obvious? Should this thread be in prison?

Nope far from it, I was only giving feedback, clearly im not wanted here so goodbye

Shield

Please don't leave, you were on the cusp of endearing yourself to us...

TeddyTedson

I told you May, you need to get the finger out and start posting. :P

ejmaztec

Has anyone ever developed a method for detecting re-reges?

mike65

Total Posts: 444
Posts Per Day: 52.28

Zaph

ejmaztec wrote: »

Has anyone ever developed a method for detecting re-reges?

We have our methods, but obviously they're not always foolproof. We do have a pretty good detection rate though.

Gordon

ejmaztec wrote: »

Has anyone ever developed a method for detecting re-reges?

Yes, I developed the TP-flowchart method that is one of the many methods available to Admins currently. The overall process that governs the TP-flowchart is what I call the "Suspected Shill or Duplicate Account process", as above, not the only method used by Admins for shills/duplicate accounts.

Micky Dolenz

mike65 wrote: »

Total Posts: 444
Posts Per Day: 52.28

Jealous?

At that rate he'll surpass you in (insert amount of days here) :pac:

Hank_Jones

mike65 wrote: »

Total Posts: 444
Posts Per Day: 52.28

Worried Mike?

mike65

Its why I want him taken out.

maygitchell

mike65 wrote: »

Its why I want him taken out.

No love on this forum at all


Teddy and Chuck Stone are good banter though!

TeddyTedson

I love the fact the May doesn't sleep and is able to keep posting pretty much 24/7.
If I could post 24/7 365 days a year I would be so happy.

RichieC

first time users cannot start a post unless they contact the relevant moderator and have the thread approved.

you can't thank unless you make 10 posts but you can start a thread.. hmm.

maygitchell

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I love the fact the May doesn't sleep and is able to keep posting pretty much 24/7.
If I could post 24/7 365 days a year I would be so happy.

I dont sleep, I wait

The Left Hand Of God

My bets on Amp

Overheal

The Left Hand Of God wrote: »

My bets on Amp

And who are you then?

Insect Overlord

Overheal wrote: »

And who are you then?

Rb_ie, probably.

ejmaztec

There should be a Boards polygraph, dna database and a retinal scanner.

TeddyTedson

I wonder who that Facekicker chick was a re reg of.
I'm betting it was an Admin/Cmod that's why it hasn't been revealed.

TouchingVirus

facekicker was an hero

ejmaztec

Zaph wrote: »

Go on, I give up. Who are you a re-reg of?

Judging by the banlist, the mystery must have finally been solved.:D

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Insect Overlord wrote: »

Rb_ie, probably.

Is that twat still awound?