Dtg Please Use Captchas For Creating Accounts To Block Spambots

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  1. torfmeister

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  2. Reef

    Reef Well-Known Member

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    ! Indeed.
     
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    Reef Well-Known Member

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    At least no ones replied to any of them moaning about them, if anyone feels the urge to go into any of the 160+ posts then just click the report button don't empower the spammer by replying, negatively or otherwise.
     
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  4. triznya.andras

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    I feel like some of these spambots are more about the principle - like self-hacking - than actual spamming.
    I've seen those threads in the morning, they were particularly un-targeted. Chinese-like characters on these forums don't catch mutch attention I think.
    雖然,誰知道呢。
     
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    At least I’m well qualified now, with 150 degrees from universities all over the world, including 79 PhDs :)
     
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    Reef Well-Known Member

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    And here we go again..
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    And yes reported..
     
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    Same poop again with spam fake diplomas.
    Oddly only affecting the TSC general discussions board tonight.

    Spoke too soon and the TSW board full of the same posts but with different user IDs.
     
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    It's the same thing on TSW TSC & Fishing forums. Perhaps they should prevent it by implementing a system that exclude bots
     
  9. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

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    Discourse has a limit on activity, I don't think any real person wants or even needs to start however many threads so rapidly.
    So even if you get spam, it's just one thread. Or a few overnight.
     
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    Or use IP blocking, though that cab be circumvented, but most crooks are lazy or dim.
     
  11. USRailFan

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    Or just hire moderators? :P
     
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    It would be an irony if it wasn’t affecting the phishing forum!
     
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    DTG JD Director of Community and Marketing Staff Member

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    Removed all these, and re-flagged with the DTL team. We tried something new, which evidently hasn't worked.

    Just as an FYI - adding things like captchas, post delays, new player moderation - they would take a little time to implement, so we're trying to find a more immediate solution.
     
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    It was affected by the bot too so did catan
     
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    And here we go again. Hopefully there can be a temporary fast fix for this whilst they work on something more permanent. makes it a pain navigating the forums
     
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    Click on the username and then click Ignore, all its posts will be hidden from you then.
     
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    Done that, but it messes around with the page listings. Like only showed the Pinned forums on the first page for me. second page was empty and third page finally had some normal threads.
     
  18. Reef

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    Doesn't do that for me. Just shows the forum as if the spam posts were never there.
     

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