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welp, we seem to have a spambot.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:20 am
by Prak
Actual discussion in In the Trenches should be well buried by morning at the rate "linyun" or whatever's going. I've reported two, but any more and it'd probably just be annoying.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:04 am
by Akula
Two more. I reported them.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:29 am
by Zherog
I'd actually prefer you report them all, Prak. Thank you both for reporting them. The bot has been banned and the threads removed.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:05 pm
by Prak
ok, I'll keep in mind. Don't know how things work on your end, so whatever's easiest for you, zherog.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:59 pm
by Zherog
All the mods receive an e-mail for each reported post. (So yes, if 10 people all report 10 posts I'm going to end with 100 e-mails.) When I deal with a spambot, I do go and search for posts by the son of a bitch just to make sure, but I find it easier to work from the e-mails.
Thanks for catching them.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:01 pm
by Zherog
Also.... I'd like to ask folks not to reply to spambots, especially if the bot posts in an existing thread, since it makes more work.
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:54 am
by Maj
Holy spambots, Batman! Today there were at least 71 guests online when I checked in.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:59 am
by Prak
New
one.
also... Wolverhampton sounds totally made up (though is apparently a real place).
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:10 am
by Avoraciopoctules
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:09 pm
by RobbyPants
I think we have
another one, who posted once
here.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:35 am
by Psychic Robot
question
who the fuck advertises on TGD
we seriously have like a dozen regular posters
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:12 pm
by Zherog
They don't care how many users we have. They care that we're a stable, long-standing site. That helps them get a higher rating in Google's index.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:49 pm
by Maj
Spambot alert
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:24 am
by Chamomile
lnj19800 left a response on the social system thread which is advertising for some DVD rip...Thing. Devious little spammer had me thinking that the thread was active again.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:12 am
by fbmf
Got him/her/it.
Game On,
fbmf
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:28 pm
by Zherog
Generally speaking, I will get to this pieces of shit faster if you report the post, rather than posting here. (I can't speak for fbmf's preference, but I suspect it's the same.)
edit: also, I merged the two similar spambot threads together.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:51 pm
by RobbyPants
Zherog wrote:Generally speaking, I will get to this pieces of shit faster if you report the post, rather than posting here. (I can't speak for fbmf's preference, but I suspect it's the same.)
edit: also, I merged the two similar spambot threads together.
I could be wrong, but I think I did both. I wasn't sure which was more helpful.
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:04 am
by fbmf
Zherog wrote:Generally speaking, I will get to this pieces of shit faster if you report the post, rather than posting here. (I can't speak for fbmf's preference, but I suspect it's the same.)
edit: also, I merged the two similar spambot threads together.
I concur with my colleague.
/TGFBS
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:34 am
by Chamomile
Duly noted.
