Not covid, everyone has that.
I'm talking about the REAL chinese virus.
Limit new account postings dammit!
I'm talking about the REAL chinese virus.
Limit new account postings dammit!
they were attracted to your ginger jokes like a moth to a light.Not covid, everyone has that.
I'm talking about the REAL chinese virus.
Limit new account postings dammit!
吸了,公主!
Either that or limit new accounts to 5 new threads a day. That would be yUdgeyeah I can't do shit. Blame @binary visions
I just span the bammers, but then they reinvent and attack again. Maybe we can block all chinese characters or something? i dunno. Not a lot of madnarin conversationalists on this forum.
+repMy quick testing is showing that my new RegEx is successfully capturing these kinds of posts into the Approval queue. Not sure if this will fix everything but it should help.
I can, but I really don't like that from a user perspective, because it makes it impossible for someone to sign up and ask for help, and makes them post a bunch of garbage first.I'm on some v bulletin sites that don't let you start threads until you have 5 non initiating posts. Figured that might be something in the host template.
I havent seen a new user around these parts for years and these bots are super annoying.I can, but I really don't like that from a user perspective, because it makes it impossible for someone to sign up and ask for help, and makes them post a bunch of garbage first.
This is not exactly rocket science and such solutions helped with spammers infestation at other forums. I don't see how suggesting solutions is a bad thing.May I suggest that we allow those who designed and built this site to operate and maintain it? Second guessing seems less than helpful.
That does surprise me a little, but I figured new members wanting to actually contribute to the community would understand.I understand the annoyances.
Currently, I am choosing to address the bot problem directly rather than impacting new users. @Kevin since you don't get to see the stats, you probably don't know that we have dozens of new users with 1-5 posts and a recent registration date and most of them were looking for information or help. I am not currently not planning on being a barrier to someone who wants to sign up here to ask a question.
Also, I think that maybe we should keep this in perspective. While this latest swarm of Chinese bots has been annoying, generally speaking the spammers get caught in the filters as they are supposed to, I tweak the filters to match when some slip through, and we go on with our day. This was more of a challenge because, well, I don't know Chinese so it's harder for me to pluck out common words and phrases to filter on, and the spammers weren't using any other techniques like images or links.
Yep, I get it. You guys are within your rights to be annoyed. I'm just giving context and my rationale.Just trying to help and maybe voice the opinion of the community
bootlicker!May I suggest that we allow those who designed and built this site to operate and maintain it? Second guessing seems less than helpful.
I understand the annoyances.
Currently, I am choosing to address the bot problem directly rather than impacting new users. @Kevin since you don't get to see the stats, you probably don't know that we have dozens of new users with 1-5 posts and a recent registration date and most of them were looking for information or help. I am not currently not planning on being a barrier to someone who wants to sign up here to ask a question.
Also, I think that maybe we should keep this in perspective. While this latest swarm of Chinese bots has been annoying, generally speaking the spammers get caught in the filters as they are supposed to, I tweak the filters to match when some slip through, and we go on with our day. This was more of a challenge because, well, I don't know Chinese so it's harder for me to pluck out common words and phrases to filter on, and the spammers weren't using any other techniques like images or links.
The monkeys must do what now?????WE MUST HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD
I had already done that, but for some reason it wasn't correctly pattern-matching.try filtering
大学
it is the Chinese/Japanese for university. Doubtful that anything legitimate will be caught, and most all of these seem to be hawking degrees.
try replacing that character sequence with boobsI had already done that, but for some reason it wasn't correctly pattern-matching.
I usually pick one random profile on the site per day to do that with anyway but the problem with these is that they only last about 12 hours.Is it OK if we PM them dick pics?
wait, we're supposed to DRAW our dicks and then send a pic of that? dammit, i've been doing it all wrong.I usually pick one random profile on the site per day to do that with anyway but the problem with these is that they only last about 12 hours.
Gotta be quick on the draw. And by draw I mean pull your wiener out.
Your weekly dick pics are all the tip I can handle.I saw the initial two post warning last night and the cooties never hit.
So whatever you did worked. Where's the tip jar?