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Lin Kuei Ominae
post Jan 22 2009, 11:30 PM
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In the recent time there were almost every day a new bot posting crap in the forum.
Is it possible to make the registration more difficult for bots to pass? e.g. the simple but effective "write the letters from the gif" question.

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post Jan 23 2009, 02:17 AM
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when python gets around to updating the forum software it will now use Recaapatcha which stops most bots. I sent it the day we came back online why isn't updated yet?


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post Jan 23 2009, 03:56 AM
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When did these bots show up? These bots happened to ruin the forum community of a private server I played on for World of Warcraft, causing everyone to leave... I don't want that happening here :(

And to note, some of these bots post pornography links and sometimes pictures, so they must be stopped before they do cause trouble :(


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post Jan 23 2009, 08:11 AM
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I was reading the most recent bot post.
I couldn't help LOL at the stuff it advertises - a patch for Icewind Dale! I've got that game.

Probably the admins are busy, they'll be back soon to update.


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post Jan 23 2009, 03:06 PM
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I'll keep trashing them, as long as they post where I have the mod powers. they ARE very annoying though

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post Jan 23 2009, 04:12 PM
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Yeah, I've banned quite a few since the forums came back online already...


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post Jan 23 2009, 04:29 PM
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The ones I've seen have only appeared in the Mod announcements forum and no-where else on TiberiumWeb.


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post Jan 24 2009, 12:17 AM
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Well, the registration procedure already uses an image code, i guess that one's been cracked then. I think i'll leave installing a better one to Python wink1.gif


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post Jan 24 2009, 09:34 PM
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Something must be done about this.. at the time I'm posting this there are four different bot-topics in Mod Announcements. Seems they post everything of their spam there.


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post Jan 25 2009, 02:17 AM
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Sheah, something needs to be done. smile.gif

These bots are really annoying.
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post Jan 25 2009, 07:08 AM
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*waves at Python*
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post Jan 26 2009, 06:09 AM
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hah, my PM box gets like five "reported post" PMs a day. Please don't feel compelled to report every one of these bots you see, and save us poor moderators having a PM box full of like 1000 of these wacko.gif
As long as it's isolated in the 'Mod Announcements' forum, I'll just keep an eye out. Thanks!


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post Jan 26 2009, 10:07 AM
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I'm not receiving these reports for some reason..


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post Jan 26 2009, 02:36 PM
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I haven't noticed even one of them... Ah, I'm kinda blind sometimes tongue.gif


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post Jan 26 2009, 06:53 PM
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I dont receive reports either, perhaps the reports disappear when the connected post has been removed?


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post Jan 26 2009, 08:34 PM
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maybe forum software thinks its too trivial for admins?


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post Jan 27 2009, 02:24 AM
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they leave the grueling tasks for us grunts tongue.gif


(i'm posting this with my playstation 3 btw xD)


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post Jan 27 2009, 08:44 AM
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Whoa, nice.
I think I'll stop reporting, then.
Maybe we should have one person patrol each section for bots! A new position on staff!


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post Jan 28 2009, 01:14 AM
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QUOTE (jadems @ Jan 27 2009, 09:44 PM) *
Whoa, nice.
I think I'll stop reporting, then.
Maybe we should have one person patrol each section for bots! A new position on staff!

"Bot Crusher"?


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post Jan 28 2009, 02:25 PM
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Hmm Bot crusher, sounds good to me!


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post Jan 29 2009, 04:14 PM
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now these damn bots already start to spam in 2 years old topics. furious.gif ranting.gif


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post Jan 29 2009, 04:37 PM
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Yeah.. I already reported that to the moderators a few hours ago. Most of the bots still seem to post only in the Mod Announcements forum though.

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Hmm Bot crusher, sounds good to me!


Sounds good, but I don't think that is necessary ATM.. I see only 1-2 bot posts in a day and most of the time the admins/moderators delete them about as soon as they appear.


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post Jan 31 2009, 11:32 PM
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I have updated the forum software to the latest version. The bot problem should now be history. For now anyways.

If you spot any further bot postings or any that have been missed please feel free to PM me so I can sort it out. Thank you.

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