Spam

[GSK_AFC]

Loads of spam threads today!

[TheArsenalPost]

There are a few more up now. What's up with this epic rise in spam?

[Zenith]

Yeah especially those tossers who are spamming in Russian, expecting us to actually understand what they are saying.

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[CynicalGooner]

Maybe the site was added to a new index recently and unleashed the spam, so to speak. I'm seeing a couple bots I hadn't seen before

[Massa]

yeah there is a shitload of bots

[TheArsenalPost]

Yeah especially those tossers who are spamming in Russian, expecting us to actually understand what they are saying.

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The worst kind of spam: Foreign.

[Kyle?]

Bloody hell, the floodgates really have opened.

"And in the red corner, weighing in at 0 pounds, from somewhere shite like Kazakhstan, it's Joe the scummy spambot"

"And in the blue corner, with a collective weight of a whole galaxy (in a good way), from various locations around the globe, it's this site's fearless admins/moderators"

Are you ready to rumble? (Or buy a fake rolex?)

[GSK_AFC]

That Rolex account has made 32 posts in 31 minutes. Bloody hell.

[TheArsenalPost]

That Rolex account has made 32 posts in 31 minutes. Bloody hell.

Sounds like me.

[Zenith]

These things probably have auto-proxy shizzle... as soon as the IP gets banned, a new will be made automatically.

[Kyle?]

These things probably have auto-proxy shizzle... as soon as the IP gets banned, a new will be made automatically.

Most browsers now have an auto proxy extension you can add, so it makes it easier for spammers.

[Maxduke]

Call me an idiot but why do they do this? Do they gain anything from it?

[AZGooner]

I don't know if you can do it here or not, but other forums that I'm on have a 30day wait period for new members before they can post new threads. Maybe if we did that here it would annoy them enough to stop trying ?

[Zenith]

Maybe there should be limited access for all new members?

For example; they are allowed to read topics but can't post in them untill they made a legit introduction

As soon as they introduced themselves properly/made a few replies in the same thread, grant them full access?

[TheArsenalPost]

Other forums have a system where you first 3 posts MUST be approved by mods before they even appear. If one isn't approved then you start again from scratch.