I'm feeling the Spambots

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Re: I'm feeling the Spambots

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Put a complex calculus question before allowing anyone to join from now on. That way, there will never be any spambots, and a lot less new members' names to remember.
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Re: I'm feeling the Spambots

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Er... Just deleting the spambots accounts doesn't really help... sure they made 31 posts each, but there were three separate accounts. On top of that, there were a few more that made single posts in the Game Time section, some of which were edging on inappropriate...
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Inappropriate? Like what? I must have missed a lot while I was asleep..
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Lets just say it's something your great aunt Marge would dissaprove of.
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It might work, on the chance that a real person did the account registration to circumvent the security...but yeah, I wasn't paying enough attention and didn't think about IP addresses until right after I deleted the accounts. They'll be IP banned if they show up again, though that doesn't always work either.
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Re: I'm feeling the Spambots

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Gardialvoir wrote:Lets just say it's something your great aunt Marge would dissaprove of.
I don't have a great aunt Marge.. well I kinda have a sort of aunt who's nickname is marge (even though my uncle isn't married to him/her so she's not really an aunt)

AND NOW I'M REALLY CURIOUS!
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Re: I'm feeling the Spambots

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I didn't see said inappropriate posts myself, but I'm guessing it's material that broke the forum rating.

Er, here comes wave three? oO
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We have another Spambot on the loose.
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Aug! They've returned!

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Re: I'm feeling the Spambots

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Josiah, you better remember the IP address this time!
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Wave three, coming from behind!

(Or: I'm having way too much fun with this.)
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Re: I'm feeling the Spambots

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They appear to be gone... for now...
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