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 Nov 24 2006, 10:02 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5  |
whats the deal with all the people registering just to spam up the boards? i dont want naked pix or free videos.
i was thinking of ways to combat it. 1. they always seem to post in off topic. is there a way to do it so new threads in off topic have to be approved? not all posts but just new topics because it seems like they start new threads... it would suck for everyone else but if we could do it for just new posts in just off topic i think it wouldnt be too bad 2. make it so you have to have a postcount of 10 or something before youre allowed to post a new topic. people who are looking for places to spam will be discouraged if they have to come up with ten random crap posts before they can make a new topic of spam. just my two -------------------- Forget regret
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Nov 24 2006, 10:20 PM
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 Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (kcroxyoursox @ Nov 24 2006, 10:02 PM)  whats the deal with all the people registering just to spam up the boards? i dont want naked pix or free videos. i was thinking of ways to combat it. 1. they always seem to post in off topic. is there a way to do it so new threads in off topic have to be approved? not all posts but just new topics because it seems like they start new threads... it would suck for everyone else but if we could do it for just new posts in just off topic i think it wouldnt be too bad 2. make it so you have to have a postcount of 10 or something before youre allowed to post a new topic. people who are looking for places to spam will be discouraged if they have to come up with ten random crap posts before they can make a new topic of spam. just my two the second idea I like. -------------------- |
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Nov 24 2006, 10:40 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
I concur with the second idea. I think these are just bots anyway, so that alone should get rid of them. The first we could implement if the second doesn't fix the problem.
Alternately, if there's a hack/mod to prevent bot registration (the "type the code seen in the box below" sort of thing), that might work too. -------------------- |
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Nov 25 2006, 11:08 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
The second idea is wonderful. The first one would be awful. I dont want to have to wait for a mod to get on to approve the new topic.
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Nov 25 2006, 03:55 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
Yeah, IPB should come with a captcha that you can enable to prevent automated registrations.
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Nov 25 2006, 06:36 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
2nd idea is awesome
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Nov 26 2006, 01:04 PM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
I think Lance should have a back-up admin to help take care of situations like this when he's busy. I nominate Christine.
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Nov 26 2006, 01:10 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Nov 26 2006, 01:04 PM) I think Lance should have a back-up admin to help take care of situations like this when he's busy. I nominate Christine. no. |
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Nov 26 2006, 05:59 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
 Well, mods can move threads, so I think that's sufficient. Lance doesn't really need a second admin. -------------------- |
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Nov 26 2006, 06:27 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Nov 26 2006, 01:04 PM) I think Lance should have a back-up admin to help take care of situations like this when he's busy. I nominate Christine. if we decide this is the course of action to take, i second the nomination -------------------- Forget regret
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Nov 26 2006, 06:49 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
we dont need another admin. Moving threads (as Christine said) is sufficient.
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Nov 26 2006, 07:22 PM
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Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Nov 26 2006, 06:49 PM) we dont need another admin. Moving threads (as Christine said) is sufficient. seconded. -------------------- |
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Nov 26 2006, 08:29 PM
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 ROCKPACALYPSE NOW Group: Members Posts: 1,519 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 13 |
We need like five admins so that everything is admin'd by five different people, and then we can deal with five different opinions on issues and threads !!!!
It'll make it FUN, guys. -------------------- QUOTE (Lance) now we have some dude from argentina wondering how to fuck dogmeat |
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Nov 26 2006, 09:16 PM
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Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (Rocky @ Nov 26 2006, 08:29 PM) We need like five admins so that everything is admin'd by five different people, and then we can deal with five different opinions on issues and threads !!!! It'll make it FUN, guys. You mean we could have another ADMIN war like the old RaR days?!?! NO WAI AWESOME -------------------- |
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Nov 27 2006, 01:55 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
seriously doubt Lance wants another admin. He bought the site, and probably doesn't want to share ownership or admin priviledges. i know i wouldn't
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Nov 27 2006, 07:24 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
should have time this week to install a captcha
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Nov 27 2006, 08:58 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
super sweet deal
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Nov 27 2006, 09:38 AM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
1. I hate captcha
2. There's a much easier way to deal with spam. You have a div, name it something like "email2". Inside of the div you place a textbox, call it "email2" or something like that. In your CSS you set the properties of that div to hidden, making it invisible to people viewing the site (maybe add a note so that people using text based browsers know what it's there for) If that textbox gets filled in by something, it is more than likely a robot trying to spam. If not, then it's a normal user. Spam robots are dumb, take advantage of that, instead of having people type more... -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Nov 27 2006, 11:13 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
is there a ready-made ipb mod for that?
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Nov 27 2006, 11:37 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (Overlord @ Nov 27 2006, 11:13 AM) is there a ready-made ipb mod for that? Don't know, but I doubt it. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Nov 27 2006, 04:54 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
until i have a chance to do one of those i turned on admin validation of all new users
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Nov 27 2006, 05:36 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
That'll work, just make sure you delete the billion spammers that are already signed up.
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Nov 27 2006, 06:02 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 27 2006, 05:36 PM) That'll work, just make sure you delete the billion spammers that are already signed up. why? it inflates the member count 
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Nov 27 2006, 07:56 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Well at LEAST put them on the ban list so that they can't spam again.
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Dec 4 2006, 07:33 AM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
punch them through the innernetz
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Dec 4 2006, 04:04 PM
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Why so serious? Group: Global Moderators Posts: 5,286 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Fate, TX Member No.: 4 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Dec 4 2006, 07:33 AM) punch them through the innernetz BUT WHICH TUBE OF THE INTERNETZ?!? -------------------- |
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Dec 4 2006, 07:30 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
Whatever you do, don't throw a wii controller at your monitor in order to hit them!
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Dec 4 2006, 11:31 PM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Psykopath @ Dec 4 2006, 04:04 PM) BUT WHICH TUBE OF THE INTERNETZ?!? we need the ultimate innernetz tube haxxor, mario! 
-------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Dec 5 2006, 01:12 AM
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 Decepticon Commander Group: Members Posts: 269 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 44 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Dec 4 2006, 11:31 PM) we need the ultimate innernetz tube haxxor, mario! more like Wario 
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Dec 26 2006, 10:21 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 26-February 06 From: here? Member No.: 88 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Dec 4 2006, 11:31 PM) we need the ultimate innernetz tube haxxor, mario! i have to eat alot of shrooms to play with him --------------------  |
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