Gurken Khan Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 9 minutes ago, alre said: what do you mean exactly? I haven't read the linked article, but I know that captchas offer different kinds of solving for accessibility reasons. So I'm guessing that bots have no problem with audio captchas. (Or follow the link.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 I like this one. "Select the image that is least repeated." the least common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 19 hours ago, Gurken Khan said: I haven't read the linked article, but I know that captchas offer different kinds of solving for accessibility reasons. So I'm guessing that bots have no problem with audio captchas. (Or follow the link.) Exactly. Solving the audio is much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Currently we don't pay anymore for the antispambot which is like an extra 100$ per year IIRC. As for fancy captchas, I'm not sure we can add them to the forum that easily, it's kinda of a packaged solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alre Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 5 hours ago, Genava55 said: Exactly. Solving the audio is much easier. If that's the case, I would try, if possible, to just disallow audio captchas. I don't imagine many visually impaired people to be interested in a game like 0AD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfHassen Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 (edited) Has anyone noticed the new bots? The really strange acting ones. Edited February 24 by ShadowOfHassen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 16 minutes ago, ShadowOfHassen said: Has anyone noticed the new bots? The really strange acting ones. Yes, they just write an incoherent line in the title and body of text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfHassen Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 19 minutes ago, Lion.Kanzen said: Yes, they just write an incoherent line in the title and body of text. The first one threw both of us off, I think, but when the other ones showed up I knew it was spam. It's almost sad. The old ones were trying to get free adds, these are messing with us for no reason. Hopefully when we get the Gitea we can movie all issue reporting there, and then lock down the forum a bit more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 14 minutes ago, ShadowOfHassen said: these are messing with us for no reason There is a reason. No one puts a bot to work without reason, however trivial it might be. Anyway, I reported them when I saw them and didn't bother with speculations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfHassen Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Gurken Khan said: There is a reason. No one puts a bot to work without reason, however trivial it might be. Anyway, I reported them when I saw them and didn't bother with speculations. OK. They're messing with us for no possible reason except for intentionally harming us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 24 minutes ago, ShadowOfHassen said: intentionally harming us I don't know if this site is specifically targeted and personally I don't feel harmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfHassen Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 2 minutes ago, Gurken Khan said: I don't know if this site is specifically targeted and personally I don't feel harmed. Not us specifically, but like you said, they don't do it without reason. If they aren't trying to promote something, why are they spamming the forums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 @ShadowOfHassen Could be finger exercises, a prank... Just don't let it get to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 On 08/10/2023 at 10:27 AM, Genava55 said: Maybe we should limit even more the right of new accounts, such as prohibiting the creation of threads, removing hyperlinks in their posts (displaying only the raw url), limiting their posts to a few threads (a general thread for bug reporting, a thread for welcoming new members, an off-topic thread...), etc. 24 hours after their first post, we could lift a few limitations and give the possibility to post anywhere. 24 hours after their 5th post, we could authorize the creation of threads. etc. There is also the possibility to create a trap thread. Those fake accounts are generally robots who don't understand the context. We could have a thread that freeze any account for a few hours if it posts something there. Is my idea bad or impossible to implement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 2 hours ago, Genava55 said: Is my idea bad or impossible to implement? Nah it would be good, but I don't know if it can nor how to do it with the current forum software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted October 17 Report Share Posted October 17 These bots are getting worse and worse. EDIT: Removed the image, no use to give them more visibility than they need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AInur Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 As an user who joined just yesterday, I would like to offer my humble opinions: 1. The registration process is already quite complicated and difficult to automate with a bot. The email confirmation step requires a new email address each time, which would be challenging. The verification questions are also non trivial for current AI technologies. Although GPT-4o may be able to solve the problem, the effort and cost is simply not worth it. 2. With the above, and the observation that the spam posts appear infrequently (on the timescale of RPA) and irregularly, I am inclined to believe that a human is doing the spam manually. They create new email addresses each time then register with their new email. 3. The effective way to crack down the spam is for the website admin to observe the source IP of the spammer(s) and take actions accordingly. 4. We need to understand why the spammer is doing this, their motivation and goal. Some communication is necessary in order to negotiate a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted November 12 Report Share Posted November 12 (edited) On 18/10/2024 at 9:38 AM, AInur said: The email confirmation step requires a new email address each time, which would be challenging. Absolutely not. You are very wrong. On 18/10/2024 at 9:38 AM, AInur said: The effective way to crack down the spam is for the website admin to observe the source IP of the spammer(s) and take actions accordingly. Never heard of VPN, proxy server, Tor browser etc. ? Edited November 12 by Genava55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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