DeadlyAvenger
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« on: August 15, 2012, 11:21:12 AM » |
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We have been having a resurgence in 'spam' accounts. The problem with these is that they are human-made accounts so it's not that easy to tell if they are an actual genuine forum registration or a spam account.
I always immediately remove any links that are in any spam accounts so they get nothing from it / there's no harm done but do you want me to delete all their posts etc. or shall I leave them there as a lot of you seem to be enjoying them?
Personally, I'd be inclined to delete them - but you'd all need to stop replying to them because I'll delete the rest of the posts etc.
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 11:22:21 AM » |
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Aslong as they dont link to any malicious stuff I think you can keep them since they actually spawn some discussion on this board lol. I think theyre cute. Anyone up for some Battlefield 3 missions?
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« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 11:42:11 AM » |
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Haha cute spam bots. That have caused more discussion than anything else. I they can't do harm why not keep them. As long as we remember to clean them out and feed them. It's like a forum pet
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 11:49:19 AM » |
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I say delete them.
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 12:04:46 PM » |
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They have spawned some interesting discussions tbh. Assuming we don't get assuaged with wa ymore then I say keep them.
How sure are you they are human created accounts deaders? Heavy ghost in the shell overtones but serious question. Did they go through the captcha? What is the captcha these days anyway?
Makes me quite sad if they're made by actual humans paid to sit on a computer and spam.
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 12:16:20 PM » |
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One of the requirements on registering at the moment is the ability to name one of the Team Fortress 2 classes, which would take either a very advanced bot (or a very prescient programmer) to get through. Additionally, their habit of posting on topic (albeit in a strange manner) in established topics points to human.
Not sure how they found us or how many we'll get, but as it stands they're the most harmless bots we've had.
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« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 12:18:05 PM » |
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These pages aren't indexed by search engines, so you'd expect a bot to scan for that in the html and the catapcha questions can only be broken by a seriously smart ai or a targeted bot (if you set out to specifically break this sites catapchas you can, but thats not worthwhile). Its just awful people who get paid to manually spam by stupid people who don't understand SEO and that forums are generally not ranked by major search engines.
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« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 01:00:37 PM » |
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I guess we can take a look on how it goes on and if it get out-of-handish then we can ban/delete  |
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« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2012, 01:02:40 PM » |
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I think they've started some stimulating discussions and have already taken an active part in the community.
I'd say keep them.
I'd also guess that they are people who are paid peanuts to manually spam. But who knows, they might genuinely like gaming or want a bit of a chat. Our brief conversations about silly pets and God of War 3 might be the only shining light in their everyday lives of drudgery and exploitation.
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« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2012, 01:51:50 PM » |
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 Getting viagra canada flashbacks  Anyway, maybe set up some sort of nofollow, so if when they start link spamming they don't get their precious referrals? Not sure how they found us or how many we'll get, but as it stands they're the most harmless bots we've had.
This site is the first result for "uk tf2" in Google. These pages aren't indexed by search engines, so you'd expect a bot to scan for that in the html and the catapcha questions can only be broken by a seriously smart ai or a targeted bot (if you set out to specifically break this sites catapchas you can, but thats not worthwhile). Its just awful people who get paid to manually spam by stupid people who don't understand SEO and that forums are generally not ranked by major search engines.
Huh? The forum is indexed by search engines, for example the needs to be seen thread: https://www.google.com/search?q=http:%2F%2Fwww.wdgclan.co.uk%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D5337.0&oq=http:%2F%2Fwww.wdgclan.co.uk%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D5337.0robots.txt |
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« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2012, 07:31:19 PM » |
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If they're trying to sell us shit then yeah
If they're asking if we have silly pets then I have no quarrels
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« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2012, 08:14:24 PM » |
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If they're trying to sell us shit then yeah
If they're asking if we have silly pets then I have no quarrels
What if... they're asking if we have silly pets so they could sell silly pets to those who are silly pet less? |
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« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2012, 08:49:23 PM » |
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Pls ban the cruelcow bot it keeps advertising bad comics.
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« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2012, 05:03:49 PM » |
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lulz. He got you good Cruel
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« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2012, 01:56:04 PM » |
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Is it possible to limit signatures to a 'trusted' group of users? I.e. no sig on signup and then just every so often add those new users to the group who are real?
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