Restitutor Posted February 2, 2023 · Administrator Share Posted February 2, 2023 Hi Everyone, As I'm sure you've noticed, we've been hit with a litany of spam bots over the last 12-ish hours. This is obviously super annoying, and I've been working on the backend to enhance the spam prevention. It seemed to work for about 4 or 5 hours last night so I went to bed, then woke up to more. I've added further enhancements since waking up, but we may be in a little bit of a wack-a-mole as I continue testing things out. Fortunately I'm awake again, so will catch things and clean it up quickly as needed. I apologize profusely for this annoyance; I suppose it means our site is now doing well enough that we're popping up in the spammer rosters. So, yay success! Lol 🙂 😅 -Res 18 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted February 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2023 We greatly appreciate your efforts in this @Restitutor and as annoying as the bots are to us, I am sure they are even more so to the one having to deal with them. Thank you for continuing to provide a wonderful discussion platform! 👍 6 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 Thumbs up for the quick action. I was wondering, wouldn't it be a good idea to allow registration only after answering some questions/solving a captcha? Not sure if this is feasible. 3 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted February 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2023 Really appreciate your efforts @Restitutor! It's not all that annoying. I'm pleased I learned the names of loads of airlines. I feel like I have grown intellectually. 😁 3 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 In such cases - I'm sorry - my violent fantasies run away with me. I think, if I were a hacker, I would hack into the computer of these idiots, press a button and their computer would start smoking and break... 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 6 4 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted February 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2023 Thanks, @Restitutor! Not all fruits of success are sweet, I guess! One thing I noticed: when I put a spammer on “ignore,” while I couldn’t see their comments, I could still see their topics in the main list. Maybe there’s a setting to change this? Then we could just “ignore” them while we’re waiting for you to tidy up. Might also be a good idea to have a couple subordinate admins with the power to shut down spammers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 A couple of moderators would be a good idea, @Restitutor (nope, I do not nominate myself) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 6 hours ago, Restitutor said: Hi Everyone, As I'm sure you've noticed, we've been hit with a litany of spam bots over the last 12-ish hours. This is obviously super annoying, and I've been working on the backend to enhance the spam prevention. It seemed to work for about 4 or 5 hours last night so I went to bed, then woke up to more. I've added further enhancements since waking up, but we may be in a little bit of a wack-a-mole as I continue testing things out. Fortunately I'm awake again, so will catch things and clean it up quickly as needed. I apologize profusely for this annoyance; I suppose it means our site is now doing well enough that we're popping up in the spammer rosters. So, yay success! Lol 🙂 😅 -Res Thanks for sweeping out the trash ☺️! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValiantKnight Posted February 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 2, 2023 I hear there’s a certain other coin forum that is in need of airline information 😈 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted February 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2023 3 hours ago, ValiantKnight said: I hear there’s a certain other coin forum that is in need of airline information 😈 Oh, that's naughty ! 😀 Q 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restitutor Posted February 3, 2023 · Administrator Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 18 hours ago, ValiantKnight said: I hear there’s a certain other coin forum that is in need of airline information 😈 Lol. I wouldn’t wish this headache on my worst enemy! Fortunately I think The Great Spammer War is over… 🤣 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restitutor Posted February 3, 2023 · Administrator Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 20 hours ago, Severus Alexander said: Thanks, @Restitutor! Not all fruits of success are sweet, I guess! One thing I noticed: when I put a spammer on “ignore,” while I couldn’t see their comments, I could still see their topics in the main list. Maybe there’s a setting to change this? Then we could just “ignore” them while we’re waiting for you to tidy up. Might also be a good idea to have a couple subordinate admins with the power to shut down spammers. Thanks for the heads up Sev! I’ll look into this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted February 5, 2023 · Member Share Posted February 5, 2023 I bought airline tickets as they suggested, was I mislead? 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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