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I say do this^ and I've noticed the spam accounts pop-up with firstnamelastname### A LOT. If you see a user w/ a name like johndoe222, fredrickgeorge22, sarahparsins111, etc. then alert us, please. =D
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*whistles innocently*
*gets stared at* WHAT?! Ok, I'll try to post slower ok? I'm not going extremely off topic though.>w> Well, just like other forums, when forums get bigger and bigger with more and more people joining, there will always be spammers in that big group.DX Do you guys do one of those "No spam" questions in the registration? Sometimes that works. |
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I was just joking around.xP But really, do those weird NoSpam! questions work against those lousy spammers? |
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There is currently a ReCAPTCHA, one of those image puzzles where you have to tell what the words say, presented at login.
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*bursts out laughing*
Oh, that is too funny. I could have solved that, too. But can bots really do something like the simple match questions? I don't suppose there's a way to ask, 'What's the name of this forum?' as a security question? Last edited by Azu; May 13, 2010 at 02:23:48 PM. Reason: Bad punctuation |
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As an aside, I actually had to research the forum topic to join another forum so I could talk with the administrator. It was a Naruto forum, and I had to find the name of one of the main characters. I can honestly say that it worked well to keep folks who didn't know anything about Naruto off the site but kept it so even the most basic of fans would know. A human spammer wouldn't find it worth the effort and would just look for a new forum. Of course, with Pokémon, many people know who Pikachu is. Heck, there are almost as many fans who would spell it wrong (I spelled it "Picachu" when I was eight.) as there are non-fans who know enough to get past that. Perhaps we could use something like "What were the first Pokémon games to be released? (Please only state the version name of one game.)" Answers "red", "blue", "green", and maybe "yellow" for the less knowledgeable would be accepted. Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; May 13, 2010 at 02:42:12 PM. |
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I recommend this; http://www.sporcle.com/games/pokemon.php
It's a game in which you must name all 151 original species of Pokémon. (the ones included in RGBY) While it may not help much, we can at least ask that they take the quiz, list how long it took them, and which Pokémon they missed (if applicable). Full completions and misses of up to 5 Pokémon will be accepted, all others will have to wait 28 days (4 weeks) to attempt again. |
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Uh, that is WAY to much.
Besides, I found something that I showed Cat that he will probably add. Basically when a new member registers it checks their username/e-mail/IP adress against a major list of known spammers and does away with them. |
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Don't worry about it, I've been checking over the new accounts as they register and Cat will hopefully be installing something to prevent most of them from even signing up. I just want people like you to let me know if someone sends you PM spam, because they don't like sending it to admins (can't imagine why) so we can't tell they are spammers.
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Well, you could check their forms and see if the Favourite Pokemon box is a non-Pokemon. For example, http://www.freemo isn't a Pokemon, but Riolu is. Additionally, see if any of the Friend Codes are entries with letters (tv movies fr).
Also, can't Admins see all the PMs ever sent? |
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After reading about the 'spam attack', I'm checking the Members List more often now, and I'm visiting the profiles of the suspicious members to make sure they're not spam bots. Currently, everything looks fine to me.
That's quite helpful for members to spot spammers. Last edited by Shadow; May 14, 2010 at 12:58:04 PM. |
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thanks for telling me yoshi but what are they doing other than spam(which is oblivious)and what do they spam like crazy?Dont call me ignorant its my 1st forum and how can I know they are spammers?
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