Dentcat Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Quite frankly, it is. I just wanted to create this topic to see how far it gets pushed down when it's just me and 50 spambots on here. Can't we do as they said in the KJ and nuke any account that says.... ....vashykran? AdamHovorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHovorka Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 If y'all are interested, I could try to put together a system for running some kind of a spam detection regex golf competition. TheBytemaster and Dentcat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dentcat Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) I haven't got a clue. Sounds fancy. So you make the spambots play golf? Yay. In all seriousness, AdamHovorka is the modern day Gavjenks. Points to you, sir. Edited May 11, 2015 by Dentcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBytemaster Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 If y'all are interested, I could try to put together a system for running some kind of a spam detection regex golf competition. Do eeeet. I'll probably lose, but I'll give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Administrators sct Posted May 12, 2015 Forum Administrators Share Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) The real problem is the accounts are actual people registering accounts manually then spamming the forums. edit: Made some changes to the registration process that will hopefully help. Edited May 12, 2015 by sct TheBytemaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBytemaster Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 The real problem is the accounts are actual people registering accounts manually then spamming the forums. edit: Made some changes to the registration process that will hopefully. That's a nice touch. You might have to rotate the question every week or two if they manage to get the answer, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHovorka Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 If worse comes to worst, there's always Discourse, by Jeff Atwood and friends (the Stack Exchange people). (Full disclosure: I have no idea what your hosting situation is like, and if it's anything like mine this may be impossible because I've been trying to install it on and off for a couple months now, with no success. Ruby+Docker just doesn't seem to like me. However, UX-wise, Discourse is very pretty.) Here's their perspective on spam prevention: https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-about-the-spam-problem/2724/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBytemaster Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) Well that didn't last very long. EDIT: Wait, did anyone else see that spam or was that just my cache acting funky? Edited May 14, 2015 by TheBytemaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dentcat Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 They're back. And all the legit posts are buried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dentcat Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 Six pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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