A way to stop spambots: Thread Making requirements.

[HalfSquirrel]

I think the General Support and Introduce Yourself sections should count as your posts for this suggestion, but otherwise I agree This would help a lot with getting rid of spambots.

But also, I don't think any noobs are going to make virus advertisement threads because they see other people doing it

 

[iVox]

I like learning about travel deals though

 

[Erisyuka]

I think the General Support and Introduce Yourself sections should count as your posts for this suggestion, but otherwise I agree This would help a lot with getting rid of spambots.

But also, I don't think any noobs are going to make virus advertisement threads because they see other people doing it

Sorry, I ment those would be the places you could make threads before reaching X posts. Ya you're right about Introduce Yourself counting though.

But General Support is where most of the Spam Bots strike.

 

[aussieentice]

Yes!

 

[HalfSquirrel]

Sorry, I ment those would be the places you could make threads before reaching X posts. Ya you're right about Introduce Yourself counting though.

But General Support is where most of the Spam Bots strike.

I think it's just that they hit different places at different times. I don't think any section gets more than others really. And OK, I guess that makes more sense now

 

[Erisyuka]

I think it's just that they hit different places at different times. I don't think any section gets more than others really. And OK, I guess that makes more sense now

Others can chime in on this, but I feel like I've been mainly seeing them in the general support section. Could just be my imagination though.

 

[ChabTheDJ]

But but, where else will I get sweet deals on Nike shoes and find the links to my favorite TV shows?

 

[Lucidictive]

Don't think so, a simple captcha would be good for making treads to reduce spam-bots, or maybe a "click if you're a human" button.

Most auto-spam-bots will bypass captchas by reading through a database of captchas, and if they implemented a button, it wouldn't be hard to program a bot that ticked the button.

 

[Erisyuka]

Most auto-spam-bots will bypass captchas by reading through a database of captchas, and if they implemented a button, it wouldn't be hard to program a bot that ticked the button.

Infact, If I were to program a spambot, I would have it search all pages visited for captcha, as to never be stopped by them. Which is probably how it is setup.

So they are probably already able to get around most, if not all captcha we put in their way

 

[kaiomann]

Another way to prevent spam-accounts: Just a simple but different question each time a new account is made. Something like "What's 2+2".

 

[HalfSquirrel]

Another way to prevent spam-accounts: Just a simple but different question each time a new account is made. Something like "What's 2+2".

Someone will still be able to make bots to get past that, but that is definitely another system that is usable.

 

[Erisyuka]

Another way to prevent spam-accounts: Just a simple but different question each time a new account is made. Something like "What's 2+2".

I feel like there is already a way around that. at the very least we need newer, more complex captcha.

The thing is, the idea I have suggested doesn't involve adding anything crazy, just a new forum rank with limited privileges. which should be really easy.