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Spambot Crisis, updated.

#1   Golden Legacy 

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    Posted 28 October 2008 - 10:09 AM

    I just went on a mass slaughter of spambots, and I've now imposed a restriction where all new accounts must enter a queue to be administrator approved.

    Hopefully this will contain the crisis. Remember to keep reporting all topics. Thank you for the great work the mods have done, and thank you all for your cooperation and patience.

    #2   Nosferatu 

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      Posted 28 October 2008 - 10:18 AM

      We <3 you GL.

      But seriously, yeah the bots were getting annoying.

      #3   David 

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        Posted 28 October 2008 - 10:25 AM

        Excellent, GL. <_<

        I take it that my advice was helpful, then?

        #4   Ironsight 

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          Posted 28 October 2008 - 11:50 AM

          You must have missed some.

          #5   Golden Legacy 

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            Posted 29 October 2008 - 07:13 PM

            If there are, report them. I've actually confirmed that I can allow (and refuse) registering of spam bots through Administrator capabilities, so I'd say it's working.

            #6   Someone Else 

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              Posted 29 October 2008 - 07:39 PM

              Haven't seen any spambots in a while.

              In other news, my mod powurz finger is twitching from lack of work...

              #7   Golden Legacy 

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                Posted 30 October 2008 - 10:16 AM

                Just for you, I'm half considering letting a spam bot pass through for the hell of it.

                (jk. though, there are a HELL of a lot that the system is now blocking, literally in the hundreds).

                #8   Ironsight 

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                  Posted 30 October 2008 - 01:53 PM

                  Hope you enjoyed you fun, being a mod is going to as boring as it was before the epidemic.

                  #9   Someone Else 

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                    Posted 30 October 2008 - 03:57 PM

                    View PostGolden Legacy, on Oct 30 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

                    (jk. though, there are a HELL of a lot that the system is now blocking, literally in the hundreds).

                    In the hundreds? Triple digits? Wow. Sounds like you guys implemented the system not a minute too soon.

                    #10   Ironsight 

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                      Posted 17 November 2008 - 05:46 PM

                      So what is this? I thought they wouldn't be able to get in anymore.

                      #11   Saturos S. 

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                        Posted 18 November 2008 - 11:30 AM

                        Apparently the new spambot was already a member.

                        #12   Ironsight 

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                          Posted 18 November 2008 - 12:38 PM

                          Oh great, so now we have Spambot Sleeper Cells?

                          #13   Drizzy Drake 

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                            Posted 18 November 2008 - 10:23 PM

                            They are infecting us..

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