Suggestion for Spammers

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  1. Grell Sutcliff

    Grell Sutcliff Red is the color of fiery passion and I am flaming

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    Hey there,

    Recently we've been getting a lot of spammers posting links to weird websites in the wrong sections (though I'm not sure if some of those sites even have a proper section lol)

    Anyway, I thought maybe a good way to try and slow them down is to have a requirement where new users will have to make a certain amount of posts before they are allowed to post links.

    What are your thoughts on this?
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    Grell Sutcliff, Aug 19, 2012
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  2. ChiWolf☆™

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    Then they will spam 'non link' links, such as: ww w. thisisasite .o rg
    ChiWolf☆™, Aug 19, 2012
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  3. Grell Sutcliff

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    But the people who were stupid enough to click the links, or the people who were a bit curious won't be able to click it, they would have to copy and paste.

    Alos, these spammers can get quite lazy, so...
    Grell Sutcliff, Aug 19, 2012
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  4. Blargle

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    Good idea. Who knows what viruses could be in those sites.
    Blargle, Aug 19, 2012
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  5. FiberOwnage

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    I agree. if a spammer posts links, they could have viruses in them.
    FiberOwnage, Aug 19, 2012
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  6. HuntheUniverse

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    Don't we have a forum suggestion thread? I believe someone mentioned this there multiple times.
    HuntheUniverse, Aug 19, 2012
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  7. Grell Sutcliff

    Grell Sutcliff Red is the color of fiery passion and I am flaming

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    Grell Sutcliff, Aug 19, 2012
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    HuntheUniverse, Aug 19, 2012
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  9. Zok

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    My eyes are burning. We just got worse than bad links.
    Zok, Aug 20, 2012
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  10. BIG MIKE

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    I'm not dumb enough to click on those links. >.>
    BIG MIKE, Aug 20, 2012
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    I have once or twice. But it was before the bot began spamming a lot. Like on it's first thread or so. And the topic made sense.
    Super KartRacer, Aug 20, 2012
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    I've asked Adam about a spam blocker which blocks anyone on the www.stopforumspam.com database. A LOT of our spammers are on there.
    Klobb, Aug 20, 2012
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  13. Sir Darth Vader

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    Well what did Adam say?
    Sir Darth Vader, Aug 20, 2012
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    Adam is yet to reply :trollface:
    Klobb, Aug 20, 2012
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  15. Aivant

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    Well, They could just spam without the links for however many post and then start with whatever links
    Aivant, Aug 20, 2012
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  16. Adam

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    I'm here now! Thanks for the suggestion Klobb but that website gets updated with hundreds of of IP every day. There's no way we could keep up. I'll look into other ways of slowing spam down.
    --- merged ---
    OK, it looks like there's a big automated spam attack on Xenforo websites at the moment. You can read about it here http://xenforo.com/community/threads/my-forums-getting-lots-of-spam.35195/

    I've put in a measure to stop the spam but I'm not sure if it'll work. Let me know if more keeps coming in.
    Adam, Aug 20, 2012
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  17. BIG MIKE

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    I don't click on any link unless it was like Vader, you, me, or other members.
    BIG MIKE, Aug 20, 2012
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    I don't click on the links, if I see it and it's complete nonsense I know to report it and just leave the thread.
    Sir Darth Vader, Aug 21, 2012
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    Hmmmmmm... I don't know if the so many posts then they can post links idea is a good idea, because couldn't they just post X amount then spam?
    Caf77, Aug 22, 2012
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  20. Grell Sutcliff

    Grell Sutcliff Red is the color of fiery passion and I am flaming

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    No, because they are Spam Bot, meaning everything is automated, so when they try to post, it would come up saying that links are not allowed yet so they can not post with the link
    Grell Sutcliff, Aug 22, 2012
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