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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:20 am

Title: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:20 am
You simply have a single thread that new forum members must post in to request the permission to post.
Put the thread in its own subforum and let that be the only place newbies can post.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:22 am
Then the members that post there can be added once a day or week manually OR you can make a new usergroup that has the ability to post anywhere and members get promoted to it after they make one post.   You set the promotions to happen every 2 days so if some spammer gets into that thread you can just delete his account before he gets promoted.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:24 am
I guess the question and answers method during registration has failed because of human assisted bots?
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:26 am
If there is a reputation based promotion available and you can give members the ability to give themselves reputation then that might help.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:28 am
For example have new account unable to post anywhere but they can give themselves one reputation point(or is it Karma on smf forums?) every 24 hours.  Set the promotion to happen when a user gets to 5 rep points and then he can post.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:30 am
There are alternative captchas where you have to select the right answer among images and such and they seem to be pretty effective.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:31 am
Are pms activated on this forum?
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:33 am
Have new members send a pm requesting permission to post and hire a guy to active them when they do.

Pay him with crystal meth so he'll work round the clock.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:35 am
I actually just assumed this 50 post thing was because of spambots.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:36 am
That Juno is a helluva dealer.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:37 am
Getting Vbulletin forum software would help a lot. 
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:39 am
Give me a shot at figuring this spambot shit out.  I've been fighting them in forums for 7+ years and won most of those battles.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:40 am
I've got some spare time and I'm already on Meth so you don't have to pay me.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:42 am
Why the fuck is the captcha on for posts?  By now you must have figured out that it doesn't slow the bots down... just the humans.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:43 am
Especially humans that are all on drugs.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:44 am
Seriously make me a mod and let me figure this shit out.  This is the craziest solution I have ever seen.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:46 am
I still have 10 more
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: zobinstrumentum1 on February 14, 2013, 04:46 am
amen ,this is a bummer
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:47 am
I don't think i can make it
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:49 am
Instead of the post captcha just put a time limit between posts. 
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:50 am
Why 50?   What is wrong with 5 and a 6 hour time limit between posts?
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:54 am
Let me try to take care of this spambot problem... soon because once I get to 50 posts I will no longer care.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:55 am
swing low
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:56 am
sweet chariot
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:57 am
brutality oh yes
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:58 am
Hmmmmmmmm fuck
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 04:59 am
This 50 post shit is almost as ludicrous as a forum where you can buy any drug you want.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: barthonney on February 14, 2013, 05:00 am
almost but not quite
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: Mac11Fresh on February 14, 2013, 05:02 am
Horray! you made it!
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: Smashmouth on February 14, 2013, 05:20 am
Youre a boss! Get em!
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: Mac11Fresh on February 14, 2013, 05:22 am
Half way to my 50 now...
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: NorcoCo on February 14, 2013, 05:26 am
it costs bots $0.001 to solve a captcha. so its pretty much worthless.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: CenCalConnect on February 23, 2013, 12:58 am
you could just not use 50 posts... 10 would be ok.
Title: Re: Spambot Alternative Strategies
Post by: codiedog on February 23, 2013, 01:12 am
bot spam