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anti-m
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by anti-m Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:13 pm
I dunno if you guys care about this so much... and I don't know that this issue really has much impact on the board experience in general...
but I notice you guys are getting hammered by Bot registrants. You may want to install some variety of "confirm that you are a human" safeguard on your registration protocol to prevent folks like
"DeD86259 in Mongolia"
and
"Andkwcvmti in EV"
from registering...
...though I suspect you have better things to do than worry about such tweaks to the land o songfight.
--Em
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by fluffy Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:24 pm
phpBB comes with a captcha function these days, which is easy to turn on. also i wrote a little patch which makes it so that bots which register but don't verify don't show up on user lists so they don't have any effect. I need to make that stuff available again I guess but in the meantime it's at
http://beesbuzz.biz/code/phpbb/memberli ... spam.patch
anti-m
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by anti-m Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:23 pm
Leaf wrote: Please oh please get rid of "rat40". Merci.
I take back my previous assertion that the bots have no impact on the board experience... Once the bots start posting, it can be a real pain in the arse...for you admins especially.
I know the PHP boards can be set up to include a "identify this graphic representation of a word..." as part of the sign-up protocol. Perhaps something to consider?
(Sorry to flog ye olde dead horse...)
--Em
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by Niveous Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:50 pm
The bot quoted me. I think that is the funniest thing in the world.
anti-m
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by anti-m Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:54 pm
Niveous wrote: The bot quoted me. I think that is the funniest thing in the world.
Quoted by Robots!
I'd also be happy to compile such a list for such a purpose!
(We do our part)
--M
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by Niveous Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:56 pm
anti-m wrote: Quoted by Robots!
Hey Anti-M, we should collaborate as Quoted by Robots (QxR).
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by anti-m Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:59 pm
Niveous wrote: anti-m wrote: Quoted by Robots!
Hey Anti-M, we should collaborate as Quoted by Robots (QxR).
I'm always up for collaboration! Although I never actually managed to see Captured! By Robots...
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by ken Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:15 pm
anti-m wrote: I never actually managed to see Captured! By Robots...
I have. It was one of the first shows I saw when I moved to the Bay Area. It was amazing.
Ken
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by jb Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:21 pm
ya'll go nuts, that would be usefull thanks.
blippity blop ya don’t stop heyyyyyyyyy
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by Spud Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:29 pm
I have just done a mass execution, but if you want to put together a list of remaining suspects, go ahead.
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by Niveous Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:57 pm
From the first 250 members I checked:
Hoblit
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by Hoblit Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:32 pm
I think a couple of those might be ligit.
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by fluffy Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:06 pm
Seriously, though, there's ways of preventing spammers from even finding the forums to begin with, and making it harder for them to actually register and post if they do.
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by blue Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:27 pm
Niveous wrote: From the first 250 members I checked:
that's me
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by blue Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:28 pm
Niveous wrote: From the first 250 members I checked:
and i got a pm from this one saying it was really hoblit.
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by Spud Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:09 pm
As of today, I have deleted most of the list.
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by Albatross Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:38 pm
From January 4th on, every new member has been a spambot except the following:
Hoblit
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by Hoblit Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:21 pm
blue wrote: Niveous wrote: From the first 250 members I checked:
and i got a pm from this one saying it was really hoblit.
That was supposed to be between you and me. (and a drain)
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by j$ Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:55 pm
Hoblit wrote: (and a drain)
Lightweight.
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by pegor Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:17 pm
not sure if this is techie curiousity or self presevation instinct..............
How does one identify botness ?
<A href="
http://www.songfight.org/ "> maintain
solid tude longer </A> ask me how
seriously Im asking
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by fluffy Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:53 am
Heuristics.
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by anti-m Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:10 am
(Pattern Recognition)
