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Spam posts are getting out of control
« on: September 23, 2019, 06:10:45 pm »
Is there any way to stop the escort ads and related spam posts? They have lately become epidemic.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2019, 06:36:48 pm »
It is getting a bit out of hand now,


Is there anyway of restricting new users from posting until given rights to by a mod or until they reach a certain number of posts?




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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2019, 11:42:49 pm »
I'm gonna nail my essay for sure.
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2019, 02:30:18 am »
Given how spammy these bots are. Can't there just be an open section of which any user that posts in that section gets banned? Or is this an actual human attack of spam?

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2019, 06:35:28 pm »
Given how spammy these bots are. Can't there just be an open section of which any user that posts in that section gets banned? Or is this an actual human attack of spam?

We suspect a combination of both. For now, just report spam please.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2019, 09:16:44 pm »
Given how spammy these bots are. Can't there just be an open section of which any user that posts in that section gets banned? Or is this an actual human attack of spam?

We suspect a combination of both. For now, just report spam please.

First, thanks for working on it -- I know first hand how hard it is to protect a site like this.  The work is appreciated.

But - I have to say -- I am laughing myself silly trying to think who would come to this site -- see that -- and think "Oh wow -- Now I can see huge fake titties *AND* get my masters thesis in European history completed" LOL!!!!
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2019, 09:29:37 pm »
I'm gonna nail my essay for sure.
Hahahahahaha! this comment ALMOST made the spam worth it....

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2019, 09:59:01 pm »
I'm gonna nail my essay for sure.
Hahahahahaha! this comment ALMOST made the spam worth it....
....totally....
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2019, 06:59:19 pm »
Given how spammy these bots are. Can't there just be an open section of which any user that posts in that section gets banned? Or is this an actual human attack of spam?

We suspect a combination of both. For now, just report spam please.


just a tip from someone who mods on other forums:<Edit by Indy: removed because we don't want to give them any reason to change their spam settings> That is a very common thing for spam bot accounts. We ban those type of new members on a proforma basis. Looking at the members list now, I immediately see 2 new accounts that would fall under suspicion on page 1 and many more on the next pages; page 4 has 4 potential spam bots.

Example on page 4:
https://theperfectboobs.net/index.php?action=profile;u=149561

Registered 2019-09-27, the yahoo messenger is called "jewlry store etc.".

Typically these spam bot accounts may stay dormant a little while before becoming active.

https://theperfectboobs.net/index.php?action=mlist;sort=registered;start=0;desc
« Last Edit: October 09, 2019, 06:54:27 pm by Indy »

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2019, 11:24:32 pm »
Some of us come here for more than inflated huge boobs.  I for example love looking at the funky Russian letters trying to find them on my keyboard. Also, I have written several successful essays that have qualified me to run for national office.  :D 

JK. Keep up the bot hunt and appreciate your work. I used to mod a board and those tips are great!
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2019, 10:35:08 am »
hi kwukduck

many thanks for reading my post. You deleted the one potential spam bot which I highlighted, yet left all the others? I would really recommend that you review ALL newly joined members of the last few weeks. You might also in parallel briefly want to close new registrations for 1-2 weeks. That will also help.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2019, 06:56:23 pm »
@wtforso:
We're quite aware of the blueprint of a spammer and how we can recognise them, we actually use that same thing that you mentioned. I did have to remove it from the post, in case they realise that we can recognise them that way, and that they would change their behaviour because of that.
Still, thanks for thinking along with us.
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2019, 05:54:03 pm »
We have actually run a database script, according to your specifications, and some of our own, and removed 450 users that matched that description. Let's see if that worked.
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2019, 07:18:13 pm »
We have actually run a database script, according to your specifications, and some of our own, and removed 450 users that matched that description. Let's see if that worked.

How the hell am I gonna get my essay done?!?!?

Not to mention now I have to learn Russian from another board.
So pissed right now....
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2019, 11:13:57 pm »
Why not ask for a confirming email when you register?

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2019, 11:30:25 pm »
Why not ask for a confirming email when you register?
Registration is apparently done by actual humans, which come cheap in India. So that won't help. They just register a bunch every day, and wait for the bots to take over.
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2019, 07:13:26 am »
great to hear that you managed to do a cleaning :-)

Some forums block posting in the rest of the entire forum before a post by the user has been made in e.g. a certain "welcome new users thread". I am however unsure what forum software is behind that.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2019, 04:33:51 pm »
great to hear that you managed to do a cleaning :-)

Some forums block posting in the rest of the entire forum before a post by the user has been made in e.g. a certain "welcome new users thread". I am however unsure what forum software is behind that.

I think that's a manual process.

We will still experience spam from time to time and we try to deal with it asap and build solutions to prevent it in the meantime.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2019, 07:27:27 pm »
great to hear that you managed to do a cleaning :-)

Some forums block posting in the rest of the entire forum before a post by the user has been made in e.g. a certain "welcome new users thread". I am however unsure what forum software is behind that.

I think that's a manual process.

We will still experience spam from time to time and we try to deal with it asap and build solutions to prevent it in the meantime.

i think not. I have seen it a few times.

"thank you for registering. You will need to make a post in the following thread before being able to post in the rest of the forum"

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2019, 10:37:10 pm »
Seems to be getting worse

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2019, 02:56:55 am »
RIP our flooded "Show unread posts since last visit."
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2019, 03:50:47 am »
I think I set a record... I got through 33 pages of "posts since last visit" in 5 minutes.  Oh the joys of living in the bot-era.... Seems like the mods got it under control now  :)
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #22 on: December 15, 2019, 03:52:49 am »
I think I set a record... I got through 33 pages of "posts since last visit" in 5 minutes.  Oh the joys of living in the bot-era.... Seems like the mods got it under control now  :)

... And I did finally get that essay on "the history of the European Union" written that has been just driving me nuts.... Thank you Essay-bot!!!
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #23 on: December 15, 2019, 05:33:53 am »
I’ve been a mod on other boards. I can say from experience they do a pretty good job here. Not exactly a high paying gig LOL!  And it’s a true kobayashi Maru no win scenario. Down the board and people are mad. Left them post spam and people get mad.

I say have fun and chill. They are on it.
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #24 on: December 25, 2019, 03:41:33 pm »
I’ve been a mod on other boards. I can say from experience they do a pretty good job here. Not exactly a high paying gig LOL!  And it’s a true kobayashi Maru no win scenario. Down the board and people are mad. Left them post spam and people get mad.

I say have fun and chill. They are on it.

Thanks, people reporting spam helps a lot. This way it gets taken care of much faster than waiting for one of us to notice it.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2020, 10:15:13 pm »
Is there any way to simply ban any user that makes more than 3 topics in Off-Topic in under a day?

I mean, the bots just spam. And any real user wouldn't make that many new topics in Off-Topic so quickly.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2020, 03:23:31 pm »
Seems like these essay writers are back...JFC.

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Re: Spam posts are getting out of control
« Reply #28 on: July 20, 2020, 03:48:25 am »
Is there any way to simply ban any user that makes more than 3 topics in Off-Topic in under a day?

I mean, the bots just spam. And any real user wouldn't make that many new topics in Off-Topic so quickly.

Or at least suspend them from posting for 24 hours?  I mean, this is totally ridiculous now.  The "unread" post function is virtually useless now since only 1% of all threads that show up are legitimate with these assholes and their essay posts.

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