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Started by Anonymous, July 12, 2022, 05:26:28 PM

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Anonymous

The Politics section gets the most of them.

cw_


Anonymous

Quote from: cw_ post_id=463779 time=1657676556 user_id=3226
Just the ones you see cuz they sit there.

Ya

Anonymous

Quote from: Herman post_id=463775 time=1657676013 user_id=1689
The Politics section gets the most of them.

It's the closest one to the top that has guest posting.

Anonymous

Quote from: Fashionistavitty, did you find that the bots came in waves when you were an admin?


I didn't have Guest posting but new Users had to be approved by the Admin (me) and that's where I saw the registration attempts.



It's been a while so details are a bit fuzzy but as I recall the bots were a fairly consistent headache.

Some days there were more than others but I don't remember there being any sort of general pattern to the number of registrations per day.



Contemporary bots might follow a completely different pattern or patterns of activity though.

I'm sure their code has evolved over time.

Anonymous

For the record I don't mind anything I poast to a spam thread going bye-bye along with the spam.



It was just a bit of snark anyway; no great loss.

Anonymous

Quote from: "aka Vitty" post_id=463788 time=1657679774
Quote from: Fashionistavitty, did you find that the bots came in waves when you were an admin?


I didn't have Guest posting but new Users had to be approved by the Admin (me) and that's where I saw the registration attempts.



It's been a while so details are a bit fuzzy but as I recall the bots were a fairly consistent headache.

Some days there were more than others but I don't remember there being any sort of general pattern to the number of registrations per day.



Contemporary bots might follow a completely different pattern or patterns of activity though.

I'm sure their code has evolved over time.

We used to have a big problem with bot registrations, but it doesn't happen very often anymore.

Anonymous

Quote from: "aka Vitty" post_id=463789 time=1657679922
For the record I don't mind anything I poast to a spam thread going bye-bye along with the spam.



It was just a bit of snark anyway; no great loss.

That's good to know, thank you vitty.

 ac_smile

cw_

To delete a Vitty post is to anger the gods.  
">  Do it at your peril.

Anonymous

Quote from: cw_To delete a Vitty post is to anger the gods. Do it at your peril.


Angering the gods now and then is why we're here.

The multiverse knows a bunch of semi-sentient shaved apes aren't good for anything else.

Anonymous

Quote from: cw_ post_id=463794 time=1657682368 user_id=3226
To delete a Vitty post is to anger the gods.  
">  Do it at your peril.

I'd really rather not do that either, but vitty understands about bots and gave his blessing.

Anonymous

I have been guilty of posting in spambot threads too.

Oliver Clotheshoffe

Quote from: "aka Vitty" post_id=463789 time=1657679922
For the record I don't mind anything I poast to a spam thread going bye-bye along with the spam.



It was just a bit of snark anyway; no great loss.




Same here.
Life is too short to be in a hurry

Anonymous

Quote from: cw_ post_id=463779 time=1657676556 user_id=3226
Just the ones you see cuz they sit there.

Where is Biggie Smiles anyway? Fash should give you mod privs in Politics to help keep the bots out.

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