Spambot policy

[ProPain]

Although we're a spamloving forum, these spambots are a bit too much of a good thing imho. Besides what's the fun in spam when it's fucking automated anyways.

So the following policy applies to spambots which is an exception to our normal more liberal rules:

- Everyone is allowed to delete spambot post. Hell you even get brownie points for it as far as I;m concerned.
- Dear admins: please ban the associated accounts. Do not delete them as they might revisit and reopen the same account then.

Anybody who has any glorious ideas to prevent this annoyance is invited to come forward. Manually approving all members doesnt sound very appealing but will be a desperate measure to be applied when things seriously turn sour.

Your dear admin who feels all spambot creaters should be shot.

[butcher]

[akots]

Is it possible to set new users to be able to open new threads only after they have 2 or 3 or 5 posts?

[Shabbaman]

Sounds like a good idea akots.

[Darkness]

If technically possible, then akots' idea seems like a good move...

[Kingreno]

I strongly disagree.

People should be able to make a new thread as that is the way the site works. We should not scare away new memebers with those kind of rules.

[Pastorius]

what about adding a text field that contains blurred text that spambots cannot read?

would take more time to post.

Or it could be required upon registration

[Socrates]

quote:Originally posted by Kingreno

I strongly disagree.

People should be able to make a new thread as that is the way the site works. We should not scare away new memebers with those kind of rules.

I'm with stupid.

[Kemal]

Akots' idea has my preference as well, if these spambot postings continue appearing at they rate they are now. I have no idea how spambots function, but maybe it could be possible to have new members post a single post in a "registration forum" which then activates their full account?

This way, spambots are prevented from posting anywhere else on the forum, and it still allows new members to start posting topic right from the bat (since the registration post could be seen as part of the activation of their account).

[Melifluous]

I vote for the find a spam bot and report it to an admin who'll delete the post (whilst maybe taking note of interesting links) and then banning the user.

Anything else would intefere with legitimate new users and/or not be possible with the current forum code.

[meli]

[Shabbaman]

There's also a line of code that you can add to the end of a page, which apparently sends spambots into an endless loop. Don't know what it's called, but I like the idea.

[BCLG100]

I like spambots :)

[Socrates]

quote:Originally posted by Shabbaman

There's also a line of code that you can add to the end of a page, which apparently sends spambots into an endless loop. Don't know what it's called, but I like the idea.

Sounds kewl. Very CDZ-ish, I say. [thumbsup]

quote:Originally posted by BCLG100

I like spambots :)

You're such a narcissistic poster !! :( :D

[ProPain]

just spent 30 mins blocking spamaccounts and deleting links from their profiles. Noticed 1 IP addie is quite popular amongst them so I downloaded an IP ban add on. Looks simple to install so I'll try and get that done next weekend.

[BCLG100]

no rush, its pretty easy spam in these threads :D

[Darkness]

quote:Originally posted by BCLG100

no rush, its pretty easy spam in these threads :D


post-count whore...;)

j/k

[Pastorius]

[bump]


this spambot attack isnt getting lighter :(

[Shabbaman]

quote:Originally posted by ProPain

just spent 30 mins blocking spamaccounts and deleting links from their profiles. Noticed 1 IP addie is quite popular amongst them so I downloaded an IP ban add on. Looks simple to install so I'll try and get that done next weekend.


Hey!

GET ON WITH IT!

[Pastorius]

[shabba]:

http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19953

[Pastorius]

Flood control:

http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4919


Delete all topics by a memeber. Useful to quickly handle flooders, I reckon

[Pastorius]

the good old look at blurred text field and type what you see:

http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=62445

In case we suddenly see spambots emailing us through the forum:

http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=62640

[Shabbaman]

Nice [banned]

Now all I have to do is to find out how this crap works... Better wake up meli [meli]

[BCLG100]

he's probs working hard @ minnie

[Tubby Rower]

So are we supposed to be deleting the new threads if we are a moderator in a forum with a spambot-started thread?

[Shabbaman]

You have my blessing if you want to. I'm getting sick of it. Perhaps I'm going to take a look if I can get someone to do the upgrade to vB and other crap that's still lying around.

[romeothemonk]

I thought I read somewhere that someone had turned off the signup for new members. The porn and med spewing bots are everywhere. Mayhaps have a requirement of a 7 day waiting limit for registration, much like the waiting period on US handguns?

[Beorn]

Still, it is the constitutionnal right of spambots to pest us, they'll keep being everywhere killing forums.

[Shabbaman]

Nice romeo, but the forum software won't let it happen.