Temple of The Roguelike Forums
Websites => Temple of the Roguelike => Topic started by: Nymphaea on March 07, 2013, 04:39:09 PM
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Okay we have been having a lot of spam problems, so maybe something should be done to discourage/prevent it? My best thought is to prevent new users from posting links, and put a cap on their posting speed; that or maybe just make registration different...
Here's a link (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=452752.0) I found that might be helpful, them mentioning SMF2 though makes me think this forum might be a bit out-dated :P
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It's quite bad on RogueBasin too - lots of spam registrations every day.
Biggest thing I think is the forums need updating.
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They are up to date on the SMF1.x branch; what we need is to upgrade to SMF2, but it's not quite as straightforward.
It would also help if we went into a holy crusade to vanquish all spambots from the face of earth.
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Alas, their respawn rate is too high :(
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Is there a secret Kill button I've been missing all this time? Delete Post and Remove Topic are all that I know of, and each of those could have legitimate usage at times versus a command specifically for guaranteed spambots.
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getter, as Global Moderator I think you can delete user accounts, let me check...
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Any fresh word on my enchanted latent account killing powers? I grow weary at this latest Doubb-something spammer keeping at it these past few days with unusual zeal...
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Just granted you permission to delete users... Please use with utmost caution and *only* for spambots (If you feel a real user should be deleted, please consult me first)
Thank you!
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Certainly.
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I think Slash should develop a roguelike called adminRL as a client for getter to delete spambots from.
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getter77 equips Hammer of B& (+2/+1)
getter77 hits the spammer!
The spammer dies!
:D
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I guess that technically means I killed my first one unarmed a bit earlier---felt oddly cathartic.....refreshingly cathartic. 8)
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Your skill while unarmed has increased by 1!
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Ah crap the spam is going crazy. I thought maybe when we switched to the 'white site' it's get cleaned up.
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It's Ol' Satchel Bags! He's back. :o
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More moderators?
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Maybe...I dunno if I want to be a moderator, but if you gave me the ability to delete threads or posts I'd use it wisely.
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Okay, we've got the first volunteer ;).
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I would love to have the power to delete spam, but I generally just check the forum once a day, so I wouldn't be a good watchdog
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I do once a day, but sometimes I'm for a long time...
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It is almost like they've learned to mainly strike in those relatively few hours that I slumber...
Still, plenty of confirmation that the account killing powers work since they were granted.
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It is almost like they've learned to mainly strike in those relatively few hours that I slumber...
Simple Machine Forums gather user activity information and this is available publicly, so I wouldn't be surprised to find out that a bot is smart enough to make use of this information.