I don't think they have a
Enneahumhum.. Location: Germany Joined: Apr 09 2010 |
I don't think they have a unknown deeper meaning. Imo there should be a restriction for new users to make at least 1 post before they can open a thread, would fix the issues I guess. |
I bet there's a way to block
thedstringNate Brooks Location: Utah Joined: Jan 05 2011 |
I bet there's a way to block IP addresses, but there are ways around that too
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Re: I bet there's a way to block
karathrowJoined: Oct 26 2010 |
thedstring said
Believe me if IP bans were an effective method to remove trolls, Salem would have been gone a long time ago. |
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worldeditor11Joined: Jul 28 2012 |
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I can ban IPs, but there's
auriplaneJoined: Sep 06 2008 |
I can ban IPs, but there's millions of people out there with malware on their computers; most of these people are computer illiterate, so they don't realize that their machines are being used as zombies to send spam. The pool of infected computers is nearly unlimited, so the pool of available IPs is, too.
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Re: Spammers
auriplaneJoined: Sep 06 2008 |
thedstring said
Search engine optimization, mostly. Besides that, though, spams don't really cost them any money, because they're using stolen resources to send them. So, an exceedingly small return (one in a million) could still make them money. Worse, even if no one bites, they can sell their SEO services to others by convincing them their sort of "advertising" is sure to turn a profit. It's sociopathic behavior, really, and even blocking it doesn't discourage it (you just get thousands of blocked messages). I've outlined a few ways we could put a dent in the spam problem if Ash were willing to work on his site, but he's ignored my messages about spam for months now, so I think he's content to let us mods delete dozens of spams each day. I'm rather frustrated by it. I wrote a script which scans for new messages and allows me to one-click delete any new topics, but I don't really want to keep doing this myself forever. It's not my website, but I'd feel bad if it got overrun by spam :-( If Ash doesn't do anything, maybe I'll write a more complicated bot to do it for me.
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Okay, I wrote a bot which
auriplaneJoined: Sep 06 2008 |
Okay, I wrote a bot which will try to make decisions about spam for a while. Unfortunately, I can't allow it to actually delete spam unless I know it's going to make the right decisions, so for right now, it has to sit and watch. In the meantime, it'll ask me to delete messages it thinks are spam. This is pretty similar to what I had set up before, except now it's rating spams in likelihood. (I doubt the spammers are reading this message, but just in case, I'm not going to describe the algorithm here. Suffice to say it will make my life easier if it works properly.)
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The easiest qualification I
musenjiJoined: Feb 02 2010 |
Yeahhh, deleting this message cause I failed to read the previous one in full.
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And then I realized that the chord progression from Chrono Cross's Another World is the same progression as the chorus from Peace of Mind by Boston, and life was never quite the same. |
Sorry, I just recently woke
musenjiJoined: Feb 02 2010 |
Sorry, I just recently woke up and have been watching TV for the last day or so, and my mind is a little...suboptimal. I must have read the first bit of the post and just kind of scanned the rest.
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And then I realized that the chord progression from Chrono Cross's Another World is the same progression as the chorus from Peace of Mind by Boston, and life was never quite the same. |
Re: I bet there's a way to block
Giogiogio4For all the dreamers: Our planet's dream is not over yet... Joined: Jun 10 2010 |
karathrow said
lol
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So, your spam hunting
thedstringNate Brooks Location: Utah Joined: Jan 05 2011 |
So, your spam hunting bot....could I test it? Write a topic that sounds like spam? Or does your bot delete my profile as well?
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Nice try :-)
Spams since I added
auriplaneJoined: Sep 06 2008 |
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What if the bot starts
karathrowJoined: Oct 26 2010 |
What if the bot starts developing emotions and questioning its existence? Does it dream of electric sheep? |
Re: What if the bot starts
worldeditor11Joined: Jul 28 2012 |
Good question. |
I think the bot would need to
surrealEric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
I think the bot would need to at least be able to poop before we should start worrying. |
When we actually do,what we
worldeditor11Joined: Jul 28 2012 |
When we actually do,what we just need to do is to call this guy, |
Re: I think the bot would need to
karathrowJoined: Oct 26 2010 |
surreal said
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I was honored *sniff* just to
cheesemeisterJoined: Jan 15 2013 |
I was honored *sniff* just to be nominated *sniff*. Thank you, thank you all! *tears of joy* |
Re: Okay, I wrote a bot which
CrazymoogleCrazymoogle Location: SoCal Joined: Mar 30 2012 |
auriplane said
Good flipping grief Auri, you never cease to surprise me. (I guess I really shouldn't be "surprised", per se, but I couldn't think of a more appropriate word.) You tab awesome, you speak/read/write/breathe Japanese, you program bots to hunt down spam. Sheesh. I feel so unaccomplished, hah! |
thedstring
Nate Brooks
Location: Utah
Joined: Jan 05 2011
I noticed that wave of spam from filegator earlier today. It's all been removed, but how often does that kind of thing happen here?
Also...what are they trying to accomplish by flooding a site like this? Who in their right mind would click on something so clearly spammed like that?
Their advertisement was trying to say how awesome and trustworthy they are, how can someone even consider them when they spam like that?