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Re: Forum gossip thread by formosan

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

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Oliver Clotheshoffe

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Anonymous

I had a pencil but then I threw it at Benzo in a different thread.



Is it okay to use a pen for the test?

Anonymous

Sorry about the test, just a test spam..



There's been a lot lately.

Anonymous

Quote from: FashionistaSorry about the test, just a test spam..



There's been a lot lately.


If bots are successfully guessing/discerning the captcha codes I would upgrade the captcha difficulty or use a different sort of captcha.



On a forum I once ran I used a text-color formatted question: "What color is this text?" with a textbox to type in the color (making sure to disregard caps so "green" worked as well as "Green") and bots were basically a non-issue.



Instead of sometimes hundreds of spammers trying to create accounts every day I instantly got none.



That was a forum based on the SMF platform, not phpBB, but there may be similar options in the admin panel?



Hope this helps.

Anonymous

Quote from: "aka Vitty" post_id=463753 time=1657666173
Quote from: FashionistaSorry about the test, just a test spam..



There's been a lot lately.


If bots are successfully guessing/discerning the captcha codes I would upgrade the captcha difficulty or use a different sort of captcha.



On a forum I once ran I used a text-color formatted question: "What color is this text?" with a textbox to type in the color (making sure to disregard caps so "green" worked as well as "Green") and bots were basically a non-issue.



Instead of sometimes hundreds of spammers trying to create accounts every day I instantly got none.



That was a forum based on the SMF platform, not phpBB, but there may be similar options in the admin panel?



Hope this helps.

Yep, make it more difficult.

cw_

My guess from the OP is that the problem isn't coming from bots registering accounts, but by those using guest posting.

Anonymous

Quote from: cw_ post_id=463758 time=1657670327 user_id=3226
My guess from the OP is that the problem isn't coming from bots registering accounts, but by those using guest posting.

It's bots using guest posting..



I changed the op, from the link to whatever it was they were promoting.

Anonymous

Quote from: "aka Vitty" post_id=463753 time=1657666173
Quote from: FashionistaSorry about the test, just a test spam..



There's been a lot lately.


If bots are successfully guessing/discerning the captcha codes I would upgrade the captcha difficulty or use a different sort of captcha.



On a forum I once ran I used a text-color formatted question: "What color is this text?" with a textbox to type in the color (making sure to disregard caps so "green" worked as well as "Green") and bots were basically a non-issue.



Instead of sometimes hundreds of spammers trying to create accounts every day I instantly got none.



That was a forum based on the SMF platform, not phpBB, but there may be similar options in the admin panel?



Hope this helps.

vitty, did you find that the bots came in waves when you were an admin?



We've usually had guest posting in one form or another in the ten years we've been around..



We can go months without a single spambot post.

cw_

Quote from: Fashionista post_id=463762 time=1657671067 user_id=3254
Quote from: cw_ post_id=463758 time=1657670327 user_id=3226
My guess from the OP is that the problem isn't coming from bots registering accounts, but by those using guest posting.

It's bots using guest posting..



I changed the op, from the link to whatever it was they were promoting.


Yeah, I noticed.  Why not delete rather than edit?

Anonymous

Quote from: cw_ post_id=463765 time=1657671690 user_id=3226
Quote from: Fashionista post_id=463762 time=1657671067 user_id=3254


It's bots using guest posting..



I changed the op, from the link to whatever it was they were promoting.


Yeah, I noticed.  Why not delete rather than edit?

There were already two replies to it..



And I wanted to say, I'm aware of the spam..



I made my point, any further spam gets deleted.

cw_

I see. I had asked because if that's what you prefer I'd do that instead.  I've been deleting, cuz once edited there's nothing left.  ; )  But I wouldn't delete a thread with responses either.  Also, I thought you might just be taking time to look at the IP.

Anonymous

Quote from: cw_ post_id=463769 time=1657673605 user_id=3226
I see. I had asked because if that's what you prefer I'd do that instead.  I've been deleting, cuz once edited there's nothing left.  ; )  But I wouldn't delete a thread with responses either.  Also, I thought you might just be taking time to look at the IP.

I just delete them.....this was an exception..



I don't look at the IP's........I usually don't waste anytime deleting their spam.

cw_


Anonymous

The Politics section gets the most of them.

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