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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH NO MODERATORS
leaving it to the (subhuman) spam viruses (may they (you?)all die painfully and slowly.. very)!
Too bad...
- Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
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Scott
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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may I suggest one of those scrambled image things as part of the registration process to make sure robots aren't signing up as members...its seems like a massive number of the new members are robots and or personal advertisements...(largely they are the culprits so it seems to me) or start issuing warnings via email, to new members who appear to simply be advertising.
again if you need help with spamkilling I'm more than happy to. I've emailed an pm'd...scott, but I guess you're rather busy so perhaps this will be more reliable, sorry. if I'm not up to par for the job, just let me know, I wont be offended. I just see a problem and want to fix it, rather than just notify and complain.
I've practically lived here since I joined, so I'd catch a lot of spam before many even have the chance to be bothered by it.
- Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
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It's called a CAPTCHA. The forum has that feature, but I do not bother to enable it because the spam bots have cracked it. All of the mods that I have tried using a image CAPTCHA have been cracked by many of the spam bots.wanabe wrote:may I suggest one of those scrambled image things as part of the registration process to make sure robots aren't signing up as members..
I have now hand-edited some of the PHP files on the forums and created a unique security question that should stop almost all the spam bots.
If any of you notice any more spam that appears to have been posted by a bot, please PM me the URL of the thread.
I will also be working harder on personally reviewing all posts made on the forums, and hand deleting any spam or other posts that break the philosophy forum rules. I ask all of you to help me by PMing me the URL of any posts you see that break the rules.
Thanks,
Scott
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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- Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
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Re: SPAM
Thanks wanabe!wanabe wrote:View newest post Wedding Fireworks
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If possible, I would prefer if you PMed me with the information of any posts that violate the forum rules. That way, we won't disrupt the forums even more, and if there is a disagreement between members, the members won't be each publicly accusing each other of violating the rules.
Thanks again,
Scott
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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