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General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: annoyingcalc on September 30, 2012, 12:49:16 pm

Title: Lack of spambots
Post by: annoyingcalc on September 30, 2012, 12:49:16 pm
I haved noticed a lack of spam bots lately.
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: Sorunome on September 30, 2012, 12:51:57 pm
Now that you point it out, it's totally true
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: ruler501 on September 30, 2012, 02:19:42 pm
Theres none of the really interesting ones. I wonder if they just stopped bothering or if the spambot protection is working
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: shmibs on September 30, 2012, 04:03:15 pm
it's the latter. i usually delete a spam account or two that's caught by the filter trying to sign up every time i log on.
anywhere that doesn't filter ends up being flooded, no matter how obscure it may be.
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 30, 2012, 04:26:37 pm
Quote from: annoyingcalc on September 30, 2012, 12:49:16 pm
I haved noticed a lack of spam bots lately.

You want more? ???

Kidding aside, I hope the spam protection isn't blocking real users from registering, though. I know some have to fill a CAPTCHA to access the site.
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: Juju on September 30, 2012, 04:37:28 pm
lose the game easily in 42 simple steps (http://goo.gl/QMET)

JK. Yeah, that's kinda weird. A year ago we had to slain like 3-4 spambots a day and now there's none of them.
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 30, 2012, 04:45:33 pm
That is nothing compared to Christmas 2005 on OCRemix forums, though.  (about 5000 bot posts in 2 days)
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: shmibs on September 30, 2012, 04:52:54 pm
speaking of spam floods, old forums that are inhabited by nothing else can be pretty funny sometimes. here one that was particularly great:
check out this (http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/insignificantstudios/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=277) post and then take a look here (http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/insignificantstudios/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1580) :P
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 30, 2012, 05:10:10 pm
In a few years we might actually need new anti spam measures :P

And I think bots detects dead or inactive forums, because I noticed the less active a forum is, the more bots it gets. Probably taking advantage of the fact that moderators are gone, so nobody will delete them.
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: Juju on September 30, 2012, 07:10:24 pm
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/constructive.png)
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: ruler501 on September 30, 2012, 07:30:08 pm
We need that system. I wonder if someone will make a mod to the post rating system to enable something like that
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: Sorunome on September 30, 2012, 09:02:51 pm
On my website i have for agains spam-bots some input fields like with the name email and in the style it is display:none;, so if you enter there something the server will block you out and since then i didn't had a spam-post anymore (the spam-bots got through googles recaptcha....)
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: annoyingcalc on September 30, 2012, 11:38:45 pm
Quote from: DJ_O on September 30, 2012, 04:26:37 pm
Quote from: annoyingcalc on September 30, 2012, 12:49:16 pm
I haved noticed a lack of spam bots lately.
You want more? ???.

Yes I do

Spoiler For Disregard please:
[quote authoer =SPAMBOT2448]
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[/quote]
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: Deep Toaster on September 30, 2012, 11:48:13 pm
Quote from: Sorunome on September 30, 2012, 09:02:51 pm
On my website i have for agains spam-bots some input fields like with the name email and in the style it is display:none;, so if you enter there something the server will block you out and since then i didn't had a spam-post anymore (the spam-bots got through googles recaptcha....)
My anti-spam system generates a random question regarding the position of keys on a TI-83 plus ("Key between [6] and [(-)]" for example) along with a link to an image of the calculator.

It's worked well so far ;D
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: Sorunome on September 30, 2012, 11:49:56 pm
Quote from: Deep Thought on September 30, 2012, 11:48:13 pm
Quote from: Sorunome on September 30, 2012, 09:02:51 pm
On my website i have for agains spam-bots some input fields like with the name email and in the style it is display:none;, so if you enter there something the server will block you out and since then i didn't had a spam-post anymore (the spam-bots got through googles recaptcha....)
My anti-spam system generates a random question regarding the position of keys on a TI-83 plus ("Key between [6] and [(-)]" for example) along with a link to an image of the calculator.

It's worked well so far ;D
The user still has to enter stuff so that the server knows it's not a spam-bot. :P
i'd be curious how well hidden input-fields alone would work, as mine are combined with a captcha
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: TIfanx1999 on October 08, 2012, 04:57:21 pm
The other thing to keep in mind is that the ones that do get through are obliterated fairly quickly. If I see a username I am unfamiliar with I always check that person's profile and look at their posts to see if anything is out of order. Regular members are also quick to mention spam bots, so this helps us with dealing with them quickly. We have a good mod team that stays on top of these things. :D
Title: Re: Lack of spambots
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 08, 2012, 05:34:47 pm
I definitively noticed fewer bots spamming Cemetech and Omnimaga lately, but on Ticalc.org the site traffic seems to be up compared to 2011 and on Omnimaga, despite the lower activity in general, the traffic still seems quite high. I wonder if those are lurkers/people downloading stuff/searching help (maybe people ask less help since most stuff was already answered) or if they're mostly bots?