RocknRoll Baby Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 hey, can't we ban Imno234? he keeps spamming and posting links to crap, can we do something, mods? (you can delete this thread if it becomes unnecessary or is in the wrong place). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint the sky grey Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 There isn't only this one spammer. There are a bunch of them on here lately and we all just wanna get rid of them. The mods do their best, but they're also only mods and it's hard to keep up when we've got a massive amount of the joining every day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRoll Baby Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 yeah, i understand. that kind of spamming is just lame. its not even funny just lame. man, i hope they grow up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire At Will Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think they're bots actually, if I see a post, I get to them but the posts usually get burried among all the actual posts, so it's hard to keep try of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaC Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 They are definitely bots. Banning one might help temporarily, but another will soon follow. I don't know anything about how they work though, so I can't say what draws them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 They are definitely bots. Banning one might help temporarily, but another will soon follow. I don't know anything about how they work though, so I can't say what draws them here. They basically decide to go on popular sites, since a big portion of the site hits come from search engine bots, so when anyone makes a new post on the forums, the search engine bots crawl the forum to get the new posts up on google, yahoo, live search, etc. So if the spam bots make these posts it means they can get on search engines, and if there's links in the posts then they get traffic via the spam posts via this forum, and increase their website's hits and revenue And I'll shut up now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anavi Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 That is so disturbing that are posting all kinda of stupid things not asosiated with borads... and they are to anoying ... so please Admins and Mods find a way to ban them or anything that would help they is to much of them latley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 I think they're bots actually, if I see a post, I get to them but the posts usually get burried among all the actual posts, so it's hard to keep try of them yeah i think theyre bots they tend to bump up really old thread... ive noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Mouth Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 yeah i think theyre bots they tend to bump up really old thread... ive noticed Ive noticed that their real names are often listed as numbers. So i think thats pretty solid proof theyre bots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegadeRoss Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 The bots usually get handled with pretty quickly so i wouldnt worry, i always delete their posts/threads and ban their IP. All i can say is if you spot a bot, send me or another mod/admin a message and we'll get to it asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 sometimes i see alot of bots that dont get any attention at all. i really could get rid of them myself tbh if i really wanted to. since i have katie's log in junk. so i guess i can help out with that kinda lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRoll Baby Posted June 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 they love wow gold it seems, whatever that is. but i'll definitely inform one of you mods if i see one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewymocha06 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 From experience (Avril Bandaids had a huge problem with Bot in the past few months), the best way to deal with them is captcha codes in registration process. You can also provide a question during registration such as, "Are You a Bot (To Complete this step type "No")". Simple steps but they make a HUGE difference. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paint the sky grey Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 argh it went so good the past couple of months and now we just got new spammers lately. at least i noticed 2 new ones in the past couple of hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 yeah i just got rid of some spammers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchthesky Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 i thought we did something to try and stop them from joining? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 the admins now have to approve new members but sometimes it's hard to tell between the two so some may slip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchthesky Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 maybe they should be a little more picky haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 the admins now have to approve new membersbut sometimes it's hard to tell between the two so some may slip From my own experience of approving members on a forum, bots always used gmail email addresses to register with if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 yeah idk anything about that because im not an admin, im not a mod either... i just go on katie's name because she isnt on much anymore haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I'll shout it then so the mods/admins know about it... BOTS USE GMAIL EMAIL ADDRESSES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 just had to delete and ban another spammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anavi Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 spammer again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catie Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 ugh ill go get it where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain.obvious Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 [EVERYONE USES] GMAIL EMAIL ADDRESSES Fixed lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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