AuroN2 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 "Phalanx formation! Do not let them through, they must not break the lines!" - Greek CommanderPff, 'sif, they are already through, pl0x deals with thems pl0x. This is supposed to be a cheerful community, dont let computers ruin it o.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I delete the spam topics whenever I see them - any ideas on how we could better prevent them in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumo Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) I guess manually deleting works for the moment, as long as they dont spam continuously. Otherwise: have you got forum moderators? Because with every version released, more people will swarm this place Edited September 13, 2010 by plumo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs23 Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) You could force a user to type in random characters to match the string upon registering an account. It's not perfect but it does it job keeping spam bot users out really well. Edited September 13, 2010 by rjs23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 It might be wise to allow former members the function of moderators or something (I'd be up for it). I see spam frequently and would delete it if I could. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldandil Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 There's not currently a captcha for registering?There should be one for registering and one for posting your first ever post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oln Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 There's not currently a captcha for registering?There should be one for registering and one for posting your first ever post.Or even reCAPTCHA, bots are getting prety smart these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 It might be wise to allow former members the function of moderators or something (I'd be up for it). I see spam frequently and would delete it if I could. lolDone (at least I think so, please tell me if you aren't able to delete spam, I think I may have given you Admin CP permissions as well if you want to ban/delete the user), have you seen my question to you in the Roll call thread btw speaking of similar issues... I'll take a look at what options exist to further complicate the signing-up process using the current version of the forum software. However, currently I don't think there's enough spam to spend too much time on it/for it to be worth making things much more complicated for regular users. We do want people to be able to register and participate in the forums as easily as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Check the IP of the people posting the malicious content. If they are in a band (which they have been in the past), you can do an IP ban from the administrative settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimball Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 I delete the spam topics whenever I see them - any ideas on how we could better prevent them in the first place?Updating forum software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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