Perhaps this will help with spam?

[IgnoredOne]

Whenever a user makes a post with a link, have them fill in a CAPTCHA again. Presumably, this will throw off most bots without being too much of an inconvenience.

 

[evanescencefan91]

hmmm interesting proposal



I just worry that it might be a bit of a hassle for regular users who want to post a video or something

I will take it up with the mods, I don't know how they'll feel about it,

maybe we could get a poll going with the users

 

[Callie]

I hate captcha with a damn ******* passion. However, since I have to fill out like 20,000 a day, what's a few more. ugh

 

[Syber Tiger]

or the user should have atlest 5post to pot links?

 

[VanillaCreme]

Ignored, you're missing the point of all these bots spamming. That wouldn't really stop it.

 

[SophiaGrace]

Ignored, you're missing the point of all these bots spamming. That wouldn't really stop it.

What's the point?

 

[PurpleDays]

Lollllllllllllllllllllll your post about adverts has an advert on it

 

[VanillaCreme]

Ignored, you're missing the point of all these bots spamming. That wouldn't really stop it.

What's the point?

They're not only posting threads and in threads, they're hitting the DB. That's the point.

 

[SophiaGrace]

Ignored, you're missing the point of all these bots spamming. That wouldn't really stop it.

What's the point?

They're not only posting threads and in threads, they're hitting the DB. That's the point.

Hitting the database? What does that mean.

 

[VanillaCreme]

Ignored, you're missing the point of all these bots spamming. That wouldn't really stop it.

What's the point?

They're not only posting threads and in threads, they're hitting the DB. That's the point.

Hitting the database? What does that mean.

In simple terms, they're making more accounts than what members see in threads. It's like an iceberg. Only 10% of the iceberg is above the water surface. There's still 90% underneath.

 

[Minus]

Many do not make it through the registration process and get their account activated. Of the ones that do, you see less that 10% of them. All of those accounts have already passed through a CAPTCHA process.

 

[PieBeNice]

I say we fight them That will get rid of them all.

 

[IgnoredOne]

Many do not make it through the registration process and get their account activated. Of the ones that do, you see less that 10% of them. All of those accounts have already passed through a CAPTCHA process.

Oh, I'm aware. It gets rid of quite a few - but the idea is that perhaps one more layer will remove another 90%.

The idea basically is try to mess with their programming. Its one of the classic methods of dealing with bots - while they probably expect CAPTCHA at registration, its less likely for them to expect CAPTCHA again in the posting progress.

Basically, bots struggle at two things: handling randomness and handling comprehension. I've seen quite a few measures which help fight bots and it all comes down to making them deal with that, and have more than one layer. For example, it might be possible for a bot to understand captcha, but have it again try to answer the question "Please input the solution of two plus two in a numberic format" and they generally fail.

The /best/ measure I ever saw at handling bots created a scrambled virtual keyboard of the numkey area of the keyboard, where the user had to click four numbers in a row. Its very difficult, nearly impossible for a bot to intelligently deal with a randomized keyboard, and utilize the mouse/generate mouseclick signals on the right keys; it is also annoying to the users, however.

 

[JamaisVu]

or the user should have atlest 5post to pot links?

I like this idea and I've seen such a rule on other forums. It's easy for genuine new members to make several relevant posts without inserting a link but annoying for spammers to make several relevant posts before getting to link to their product.

 

[IgnoredOne]

I like this idea and I've seen such a rule on other forums. It's easy for genuine new members to make several relevant posts without inserting a link but annoying for spammers to make several relevant posts before getting to link to their product.

I think this is a really good idea in general, too.

 

[VanillaCreme]

But it won't matter.

 

[nerdygirl]

Can't we just put the Spam on toast?

 

[kamya]

It wouldn't matter from an admin standpoint but at least us regular users wouldn't have to see their threads.

 

[condemnedsoul666]

I agree with pie, fight 'em all to the death, i'll take 'em all at once by myself if i gotta