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Old 01-11-2011, 09:34 PM   #21
 
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Would adding one of those random letter/number generators that you have to match and enter into a box (to prove you are a "live" human) while you are creating an account help? I would think that a lot of the "new" members were created by an automated bot of some sort judging by the number of them and I have seen such tactics used on other sites to prevent it from happening.

And/or have an admin send PM's that require a "human" response within a certain time period to keep an account active to weed out dead wood and spammers. If an account does go inactive could it remain for a designated period of time with the limited ability only of contacting the admin to re-activate it? That way if something happened to a legit member they could still keep their account without having to create a new one.


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Old 01-11-2011, 11:50 PM   #22
 
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I just added a decent spam bot stopper. So it should stop a ton of spam bots from signing up. Now with the ones that have already signed up, we will still have to take care of those as they post. So please keep an eye out for them.

Sorry about all this guys/gals.
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Old 01-12-2011, 12:58 PM   #23
 
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It's ok.. Just rather annoying when trying to sift through


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Old 01-12-2011, 04:55 PM   #24
 
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Should be good now. The mod is blocking alot of them that are trying to sign up. Its amazing the amount of spam bots trying to signup.
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Old 01-13-2011, 02:34 AM   #26
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thank god that was getting out of controll
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Old 01-13-2011, 03:20 AM   #27
 
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Yea, sorry about that. Its amazing how these things work. They had registered like 80+ spam bot users in one day on here. Crazy!
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NOW do you think it's time to clean up the member list?


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Seems that bot is doing a great job, I have yet to see another automated spam thread.
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Well it seems they attacked as again. Look at all who signed up. Need to do some more cleaning tonight
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they are signing up.. but i am not seeing the mass threads


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I don't think we will get anymore. I found a new captcha that could keep them from signing up.
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