Re: [DELETED SPAMMER POST, not going to keep their title]

Clavin12 · Post by **Clavin12** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:08 pm

Someone ban him.

Ded10c · Post by **Ded10c** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:12 pm

Damn, I just went to try it

Clavin12 · Post by **Clavin12** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:25 pm

Is he thoroughly banned?

Post by **GSH** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:36 pm

Don't respond to spammers trying to promote products/websites. Just ping an admin, preferably me about banning spammers. I've banned two such spammers in the last 24 hours. I have zero tolerance for such types, and will hand out bans for such things.

The spammers seem to recognize that 'off topic' is the best place for their junk. But, an even better place is back in their lower intestine.

-- GSH

Post by **squirrelof09** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:39 pm

Any mods that can be installed to check for spambots upon registration? Not sure what kind of mods there are for phpbb related to this...

Zax · Post by **Zax** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:15 pm

Change the O to a 0 and the algorithms will miss it.

Feenix · Post by **Feenix** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:55 pm

I had a similar issue on my modeling forum with a couple of spammers. As admin I just banned them and deleted their accounts; it's really the only option. Spammers suck.

Ded10c · Post by **Ded10c** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:33 pm

BZ2MD has been flooded with them recently. It's crazy.

OvermindDL1 · Post by **OvermindDL1** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:11 am

I still assert that the best 'captcha' is not something that can be OCR'd, but rather something community specific, like when signing up have it pick one random question from a list of questions with a text box for an answer, something like:
What is the primary ISDF Tank's name?

I read recently that Facebook has started a 'captcha' service that lets people embed a captcha in their sites that pulls from a prospective users friends and asks them to identify them. Only useful if the prospective user has a Facebook account though.

I prefer site/community-specific questions personally.

deadscion · Post by **deadscion** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:31 am

GSH wrote: The spammers seem to recognize that 'off topic' is the best place for their junk. But, an even better place is back in their lower intestine.

-- GSH

I know it wasn't meant to be, but THAT is funny hahahaha,,,

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