Online: paulybronco, beaglebasher

Mods, get rid of the spam please!

  • FLHuTChU
    FLHuTChU
    10 years ago

    Been a lot of spammers lately. Staying on the site for a while before its removed? Whats going on Mods? Maybe enlist some more help to get rid of them. PITA they are.

  • noctm
    noctm
    10 years ago
    Haha yeah there's been some interesting stuff pop up. Anyone else see that bloke selling documentation? Like passports and other ID? I forgot to take his number down, could come in handy!
  • noctm
    noctm
    10 years ago
    Spammers are crafty cunts.

    I used to administer several websites and forums and still do some modding. I find the most effective way to prevent spammers from being able to post is implementing a captcha in the account registration process, on top of email verification which the bots sometimes circumvented, but captchas not so much. Can't remember if there's already one here or not.

    On one of the forums new members with <1 posts can only see the introduction forum and until they hit 1 post in that forum the others never open up - it's a bit of a strict method though and was not set up specifically for spam prevention but it certainly helped.
  • walka
    walka
    10 years ago
    But I may need a Fake Passport one day
  • allde
    allde
    10 years ago

    Not a problem Walka I'll make you one, is the name ???????? OK?
    You'll be a Human Rights Lawyer based in North Korea. wink