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| Atlantis |
Posted: 08/27/2006 22:01 PM Post subject: Annoying Topics |
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Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 954 5042.87 Spud Bux
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| I've noticed lately that people have used specifically the "How-To" section to post advertisements for things like dating, drugs, and porn. I find tis a disgrace to the forums. I don't know how, but their should be a small qeustion page to see if they are sincere about spudgunning when they register. |
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| MrCrowley |
Posted: 08/27/2006 22:56 PM Post subject: |
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 Blizzard of Ozz

Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 5947 2649.74 Spud Bux
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are you talking about thta post where someone gave a link to a video of a girl giving a BJ?
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| Benny |
Posted: 08/28/2006 2:49 AM Post subject: |
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Brigadier General

Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 845 144.97 Spud Bux
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| Same, when people sign up it should automaticaly bring them to the rules page and disable all links or watever for a certain time. |
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| MrCrowley |
Posted: 08/28/2006 14:38 PM Post subject: |
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 Blizzard of Ozz

Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 5947 2649.74 Spud Bux
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| i think its a member here who just made another account or someone from spudtech that has a grudge against PC GUY or a mod |
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| boilingleadbath |
Posted: 08/28/2006 14:47 PM Post subject: |
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Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 1647 5491.22 Spud Bux
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| Guys, that type of behavior is typicaly done by automatic spam bots. |
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| saladtossser |
Posted: 08/28/2006 16:03 PM Post subject: |
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Joined: 26 Mar 2005 Posts: 1237 98.19 Spud Bux
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| its pretty common spam u know, just ignore it, we got mods on every day, sometimes hourly, to solve these things |
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| drac |
Posted: 08/28/2006 16:49 PM Post subject: |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 890 5160.49 Spud Bux
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If it does happen, rest assured that the mods will be on it in no time.
If there's a problem, PM me, or IM me with a link to the topic whether i'm away or not and I'll be sure to get it fixed. Same goes for other mods. |
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| djt |
Posted: 08/28/2006 19:21 PM Post subject: |
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Major

Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 387 863.26 Spud Bux
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| i thought that the part of the regestration process where you type in the code thats weird looking was to keep spam bots from being able to regester. |
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| PCGUY |
Posted: 08/28/2006 23:20 PM Post subject: |
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 1192 4369.07 Spud Bux
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lol yeah guys, it's spam.
However they are not bots. They are piss poor people paid in various foregin countries a quarter an hour to register for forums like mine and post stuff like that. A few of them have even posted "somewhat spud-related" posts, then turn around a post a list in off-topic about why it's good to be a man, and the periods are links to spam sites.
I don't turn on the random registration code becuase it tends to prevent AOL members from registering because AOL proxies like to cache that image even when their not supposed to. I do however have very spudfiles-specific hidden fields in the register page, so a bot can't fill it out and register automatically... they will get an error.
There isn't much I can do about it aside from delete them as soon as their found, and ban them in a few different ways. It should supress soon enough. |
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| djt |
Posted: 08/29/2006 17:06 PM Post subject: |
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Major

Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 387 863.26 Spud Bux
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| haha yeah well the foregin country thing checks out considering the spelling and grammar of posts like that. |
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