A quick comment on spam

[Jim]

4 minutes ago, Doug72 said:

The UK lottery when you log onto your online account, uses a photo divided up into a 6 x 4 grid and you have click the  squares containing parts of a car, road signs or other random image.

Doug

We do have that as well (not active, we can activate it). But the spammers are most likely no bots, but humans.

[Renny The Spaceman]

We always could take natural selection into our own hands! 

Edited September 15, 2018 by Renny The Spaceman

[suffocation]

I was quite happy to answer the questions before accessing the forum. Luckily, I have yet to reach the level of apathy where typing anything other than LOL and OMG is a strain on my fingers and brain cells.

You guys running the board are doing a tremendous job and if this can help cut down on the spam, users should be happy to comply.

Edited September 15, 2018 by suffocation

[Digger of Bricks]

3 hours ago, Jim said:

It's time we make our own Eurobricks website 

From scratch? 

[Aventador2004]

4 hours ago, Jim said:

It's time we make our own Eurobricks website 

Something I have been thinking about a lot lately. We would have full control over every aspect.

So you mean, a different site, where you could set all these buffers to spam.

Could you have a way to check Emails? Looking for spam.

Edit, someone else had the same question.

Edited September 15, 2018 by Aventador2004

[Jim]

6 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said:

From scratch? 

Technically yes, but with all the content (forum posts) from Eurobricks.

4 minutes ago, Aventador2004 said:

So you mean, a different site, where you could set all these buffers to spam.

Could you have a way to check Emails? Looking for spam.

A different technical solution, so yeah a different site. But this is not an easy task, so maybe it's better to forget I said it  

When you create software for a living, it's frustrating to be confined to the functionality offered by a third party vendor.

[Palathadric]

On 9/10/2018 at 5:04 AM, Pdaitabird said:

It's time we fight back: we should flood Korean dating websites with pictures of MOCs!

I approve of this plan.

[Jim]

LoL 

[samurai-turtle]

3 hours ago, Hod Carrier said:

@Jim 

 The story of King Cnut and the tide comes to mind. 

Some of that just sounds dirty to me. Besides, I never heard of this story, is their a link (somewhere) to tell us what is about. 

P.S. Is their a way to delete the @ someone  thing (/tag) because I haven't figured it out yet. 

[Aventador2004]

1 minute ago, samurai-turtle said:

P.S. Is their a way to delete the @ someone  thing (/tag) because I haven't figured it out yet. 

Highlight and Cut works for me.

[Khscarymovie4]

I was asked a question this morning when I got on, I was a little surprised at first but quickly realized what was happening. I fully support this method and hope it gets rid of spam. 

[Jim]

Just now, Khscarymovie4 said:

I was asked a question this morning when I got on, I was a little surprised at first but quickly realized what was happening. I fully support this method and hope it gets rid of spam. 

 

[Hod Carrier]

1 hour ago, samurai-turtle said:

Some of that just sounds dirty to me. Besides, I never heard of this story, is their a link (somewhere) to tell us what is about. 

How it sounds cannot be helped, although I did wonder if the reference might have been too territory-specific.

If it helps start your research, 1000 years ago Cnut the Great was King of England, Denmark and Norway.

Edited September 15, 2018 by Hod Carrier
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[BaneShake]

Just saw the new question to help with this. Super glad to do anything to help block scammers; tired of seeing weird health supplements when I get on at odd hours of the night.

[Jim]

9 minutes ago, BaneShake said:

Just saw the new question to help with this. Super glad to do anything to help block scammers; tired of seeing weird health supplements when I get on at odd hours of the night.

Nice to get positive feedback from you guys. Thanks for supporting it.

[Phoxtane]

I just filled out the new question. More than happy to do so if it means less spam! How effective is this new measure in the Spam Wars?

[Jim]

3 minutes ago, Phoxtane said:

I just filled out the new question. More than happy to do so if it means less spam! How effective is this new measure in the Spam Wars?

Basically 99% effective, since we manually approve accounts. So, unless spammers start to get real smart, we will find out soon enough. 

This is a member's answer to one of the question "agfsagsafgsa". It's pretty safe to say that this is a spammer ;-)

[Holodoc]

5 minutes ago, Jim said:

This is a member's answer to one of the question "agfsagsafgsa". It's pretty safe to say that this is a spammer ;-)

And I bet my head he is a left-hander!

[WhiteFang]

The Admins had done a great job to implement this trial. It's better to see those spam fest during mid-day bashing those spammers. I will rather spend my time indulging into EB quality. 

[BrickJagger]

8 hours ago, Jim said:

It's time we make our own Eurobricks website 

Something I have been thinking about a lot lately. We would have full control over every aspect.

What do you mean by that? Moving the whole site to a new server possibly? I'm not really familiar with how that works.

[Legochaek]

Great to see the new spam checkers; those Korean things were really annoying. 

[Saberwing40k]

11 hours ago, Jim said:

 

I wouldn't call Spam attacks a delicate matter like surgery btw. It's more like tower defense  

Not quite what I meant, I meant it's a blunt instrument, and might have blowback or other side effects. With a web forum, unlike tower defense, you have some things you want to let in. The delicate thing I was referring to was the balance between making it difficult for spammers, while not impeding new users, and not putting a massive load on moderators. But, what we have now is something, even if it is not optimal.

[Jim]

8 minutes ago, Saberwing40k said:

Not quite what I meant, I meant it's a blunt instrument, and might have blowback or other side effects. With a web forum, unlike tower defense, you have some things you want to let in. The delicate thing I was referring to was the balance between making it difficult for spammers, while not impeding new users, and not putting a massive load on moderators. But, what we have now is something, even if it is not optimal.

Cool. I understand what you mean. I don’t like it either, but if this is what it takes. At least we don’t have spam anymore  

[Peppermint_M]

7 hours ago, samurai-turtle said:

Some of that just sounds dirty to me. Besides, I never heard of this story, is their a link (somewhere) to tell us what is about. 

P.S. Is their a way to delete the @ someone  thing (/tag) because I haven't figured it out yet. 

Peppermint Educates!

King Cnut and the Waves not to be confused by Katrina and the Waves 

[samurai-turtle]

43 minutes ago, Peppermint_M said:

Peppermint Educates!

King Cnut and the Waves not to be confused by Katrina and the Waves 

Thanks for the information. Katrina and the Waves sounds like a hurricane theme music group.