Spambots (or potential spambots)!
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- Maxaxle
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Spambots (or potential spambots)!
Just found these today: ericmoses20, zzsecreto, waynerooney, GHuiL and Jack8rvin.
Ban as needed.
Ban as needed.
"Failing to plan is planning to fail."
Bug me if you want to play a game.
Bug me if you want to play a game.
- penguinflyer5234
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- Maxaxle
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Alright, great.penguinflyer5234 wrote:It seems that they just register, post, and leave without coming back.
AND I HAVE A BETTER IDEA!
Everyone report potential spambots to me. I will be mean to them.
And if you are accidentally have been meaned by me, please also tell me
Done being mean to Maxle's spambot reports.
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- Maxaxle
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Thanks!...er, wait...octagon wrote:nancyd589
rachely476
tracyk859
kellyj994
erika.kovacsne.76
bursitis00
harrietdod34
These have rather spambot-ish names. Also, has already proven to be a spambot.
Use a noun. In this case, a username.octagon wrote:Also, has already proven to be a spambot.
"Failing to plan is planning to fail."
Bug me if you want to play a game.
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These likely are spambots:
do58nalds
don99fowler
freestyper87
artbaker/art9baker (double registration and profile links say so)
peterbrowns
Edu78car
aldaonal2
joeler3
ley99nard
tina51samson
hop77kins
kelly994
tracyk859
rachely476
nancyd589
nancyd589
harrietdod34
bursitis00
Sorry if I falsely accused any non-spambots. I derived it from typical name pattern and website link. I might have missed many spambots, though.
Despite the enigmatic name, confused606791163 has kind of proven to be no spambot.
By the way: How about an additional checkbox "Are you a bot?"?
It might keep spambots out, because it's more typical to have a checkbox "Are you human/alive/a non-bot/..." and therefore, many bots are conditioned to automatically check such boxes, which in this case triggers the trap.
do58nalds
don99fowler
freestyper87
artbaker/art9baker (double registration and profile links say so)
peterbrowns
Edu78car
aldaonal2
joeler3
ley99nard
tina51samson
hop77kins
kelly994
tracyk859
rachely476
nancyd589
nancyd589
harrietdod34
bursitis00
Sorry if I falsely accused any non-spambots. I derived it from typical name pattern and website link. I might have missed many spambots, though.
Despite the enigmatic name, confused606791163 has kind of proven to be no spambot.
By the way: How about an additional checkbox "Are you a bot?"?
It might keep spambots out, because it's more typical to have a checkbox "Are you human/alive/a non-bot/..." and therefore, many bots are conditioned to automatically check such boxes, which in this case triggers the trap.
- woodmouse
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That'd be great, because something like 80% are (spam)bots.octagon wrote:By the way: How about an additional checkbox "Are you a bot?"?
It might keep spambots out, because it's more typical to have a checkbox "Are you human/alive/a non-bot/..." and therefore, many bots are conditioned to automatically check such boxes, which in this case triggers the trap.
Once upon a time, when unicorns roamed the earth...
- Maxaxle
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It should be phrased so that it includes the word "human", such as "Are you a bot and not a human?".woodmouse wrote:That'd be great, because something like 80% are (spam)bots.octagon wrote:By the way: How about an additional checkbox "Are you a bot?"?
It might keep spambots out, because it's more typical to have a checkbox "Are you human/alive/a non-bot/..." and therefore, many bots are conditioned to automatically check such boxes, which in this case triggers the trap.
EDIT: Someone please do a bot-check on Blob. I don't want to risk my computer by going to a strange site.
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- woodmouse
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http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/forum/pro ... file&u=404
^spambot, like you all already saw.
^spambot, like you all already saw.
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- Maxaxle
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woodmouse wrote:http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/forum/pro ... file&u=404
^spambot, like you all already saw.
+unofficial commendation
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