Uh-oh!
Reported. Maybe
@Guybrush should grant some other users the ability to deal with these spambots. Would help to have at least someone from an opposite time zone.
like I said
@Guybrush u should institute a question in order to make an account. maybe make a number of correct answers? idk something to prevent bots from making accounts as easily
Yes, that's a good idea 🤔 I'll take a look at it tomorrow.
But it might also be worth mentioning that the porn this one was peddling was 👌
Anyone who throws in links to schoolgirls being spanked in the middle of my history of Ireland journal needs, um, needs... um, what was I saying? :laughing: :laughing:
Quote from: Trollheart on Mar 01, 2024, 09:03 PMAnyone who throws in links to schoolgirls being spanked in the middle of my history of Ireland journal needs, um, needs... um, what was I saying? :laughing: :laughing:
Did you save that link?
Asking for a friend...
:shycouch:
Before I reply, are you in any way connected with the Federal Government?
:shycouch:
Quote from: Trollheart on Mar 02, 2024, 02:00 AMBefore I reply, are you in any way connected with the Federal Government?
:shycouch:
No.
But I have handcuffs and a nightstick. :pimp:
I've made a few more changes now, asking more questions at sign-up and also requiring email activation.
Hoping it'll help keep them out!
Quote from: Guybrush on May 31, 2024, 06:30 AMI've made a few more changes now, asking more questions at sign-up and also requiring email activation.
Hoping it'll help keep them out!
I still think it's you making alternate accounts and you just don't want people to know about your secret (not so secret) porn addiction. Cmon tore, fess up, we're all friends here
Quote from: Key on May 31, 2024, 08:17 AMI still think it's you making alternate accounts and you just don't want people to know about your secret (not so secret) porn addiction. Cmon tore, fess up, we're all friends here
Lies!!!
Though I certainly didn't mind that one about the white woman going to town on that African tribe.
Part of me will miss them 🥲
They're really ramping up. They don't get to post much because they don't activate accounts through emails sent to their burner addresses, but there's a lot of registration.
I'm gonna have to look into making registration a little harder/annoying, unfortunately.
I don't know if there's anything I can do to help, but as the (not quite so) silent partner, if I can do anything let me know. And how to do it.
i for one welcome our new spambots
Whoops, there goes another one!
Thanks, Trolls 🙂 No worries, though. First thing to try is just tweak things from the admin control panel.
I liked the one about buying meth in Kiev.
Yes. Gone now, though.
By the way, thanks to those reporting these! Makes me get to them a little faster.
@Trollheart my method so far, if they post, is to delete all posts and then permban on username/email.
I haven't banned IPs because I thought these get cycled anyways, but maybe that's been a mistake. I also have chosen banning over account deletion because I've guessed that if a bot comes here with no account, it'll just create a new account, but maybe if it has a logged in cookie to a banned account, it'll end up doing nothing.
I might dig for some guidelines on how to best handle this.
Oh no I'm sure I can help. Now let me see, what about this... what do you mean, DON'T PUSH THAT BUTTON!? Oops!
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:shycouch:
Seems a lot of the spam is coming from this account:
@EdithPsync . It's been posting in my subforum and I've been doing my best to delete the posts as they come, but if
@Guybrush or
@Trollheart would be so kind as to drop the banhammer on that account it would probably be most efficient. Thanks in advance!
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(https://gifdb.com/images/high/clint-eastwood-hat-tip-yes-ma-am-eatryi82h4uv5pa9.gif)
Banhammer has descended.
So many spambots. I'm gonna prune them now and instate Google's capcha method.
I didn't want to, but seeing as you guys keep clicking these porn links, it's just gonna draw in more spambots until we're overwhelmed!
Edit:
Bah, couldn't make the recaptcha work.. But have implemented more strict measures.