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11-29-2006, 05:57 PM
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With people scamming with examples like this... For Sale: Sidekick 3 for $150 usd.
We should try putting a scam topic in the Graveyard and edit them like this one shown at Fraudwatchers, telling the people viewing them that they are lies. All they want to do is to steal our money. Why they are doing this, I have no idea. http://fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4609 | |
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11-29-2006, 09:55 PM
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Whenever I spot those sorts of topics in OG (and when I had powers in the other boards) I close them and move them to the graveyard. Editing them really doesn't serve a whole lot of purpose; most people don't poke around in that portion of the boards, and if they do and somehow arrive at the conclusion that the offers in a locked topic in the garbage portion of the forums are legitimate they deserve to be parted from their money. Maybe another staff member would feel differently but it doesn't seem worth the trouble to me. | |
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11-29-2006, 11:04 PM
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Is it possible to add a Captcha table for registration in vBulletin?
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11-29-2006, 11:08 PM
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11-30-2006, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by MadRoll  most people don't poke around in that portion of the boards | You'd be surprised.
When I am on here The Graveyard has the most views over any forum. Whether it's because they want free porn, or just a laugh in the old FB, they would probably also look through some of the recently locked threads.
I know I do 
EDIT: I meant I look through old locked threads, not I look at porn
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11-30-2006, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Excel-2007 Is it possible to add a Captcha table for registration in vBulletin? | If you mean "type this code", then yes, we already have that in the registration. We even have some proprietary fonts in there so it's less likely that bots will register. What I think is going on is that people are manually registering the accounts, then they are setting bots into activated accounts.
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11-30-2006, 03:04 PM
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Even so MadRoll, I did notice there were 30 viewers in the Graveyard last night. | |
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12-02-2006, 07:06 AM
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I noticed that the boards mostly affected by these are vBulletin...
and yeah, lol criminals | |
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12-02-2006, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Akira I noticed that the boards mostly affected by these are vBulletin...
and yeah, lol criminals | Quite possibly because most sites that have large userbases like we do need a robust backend for a forum. Sites with lots of visitors attract spammers because they know someone will fall for their scams.
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12-06-2006, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Phuzion Quite possibly because most sites that have large userbases like we do need a robust backend for a forum. Sites with lots of visitors attract spammers because they know someone will fall for their scams. | Agreed. From what I've seen this site is better than most as the mods are usually able to shut them down quickly which is why I'm alot more active here than most other Bemani forums.
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12-06-2006, 05:37 PM
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At least any of those "crazy selling crap" going on are being sent to the graveyard with a zero tolerance ban to the spambots. Just check the ban log!
Edit: Speaking of my first post, instead of putting "Banned" beneath the username, put that punk as "SCAMMER" or "SPAMMER". How does that sound?
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12-06-2006, 06:15 PM
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Uh, that would be a good idea. A separate Scammer Log (in addition to the ban log); would that be possible?
The only problem is: What if an idiot stumbles along and it doesn't know what "scammer" means?
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12-07-2006, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TheFlyingSquirrel Uh, that would be a good idea. A separate Scammer Log (in addition to the ban log); would that be possible?
The only problem is: What if an idiot comes and it doesn't know what "scammer" means? | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammer
I think this should be the answer. I just use Wikipedia for most answers, anyway. Any more questions?  | |
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12-07-2006, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dark Coz | My dear friend Dark Coz, do you REALLY expect me not to know what a scammer is? And do you expect any person who doesn't know what a scammer is to look in this thread for the answer? ...wow...
On another note, please take a look at this: Quote: |
Originally Posted by Plaguefox over at ITGfreak Get in touch with DJ PHR34K from the DDRCanada boards; he implemented a quick and dirty second check that bots stumble over. I've implemented it at the Roxor boards and we're not seeing any more bot registrations.
Of course, there's a dozen ways to deal with the situation, but the alteration he put together is very simple and took me all of five minutes to integrate with relatively limited experience with board modding. So it might be just what you're looking for. | Perhaps this could help clear the forums of bots. Any moderators/admins have any comments?
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