dh forum continuingly getting the chinese virus
- Thread starter kidwoo
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Okay how about this: limit number of THREADS a person can start to 1 or 2 a day for one week.
that at least keeps the shittery to one thread in one forum
#I'mhelping
The last time I saw it happen, the new threads were all named random characters like "agdgsh". Shortly after they changed to the Chinese or whatever characters and content. Did they make new threads or edit the existing ones? Maybe that's how they get around filters?
Yep, exactly this.
how about a question new users need to answer correctly before posting? "when was the tianianmen massacre?" maybe that doesn‘t get through the censors?
Have to say, that’s pretty clever. Or demand a jpeg of Winnie the Pooh?
@binary visions : ready to limit new threads/day by new users yet?
5 would do it
Aren't you glad we're all working from home now?
5 would do it
Aren't you glad we're all working from home now?
How about 1 thread?
What the hell does anyone need to start 5 threads for?
Here come the bots!
Bot...
Restricting new users to only a small number of new threads a day, to deter spammers who post dozens of threads a day?
Oh, wait, of course I thought of that already, and of course there's no quick solution for it.
Here, if everyone really wants to be helpful with what knobs I can turn, you can look at this:
Or you can create an entire demo environment and test it out:
xenforo.com
I've got a few add-ons that I'm looking at, but I can no longer rapidly deploy add-ons (they have to be piped through the server management team) so it won't be happening immediately.
Oh, wait, of course I thought of that already, and of course there's no quick solution for it.
Here, if everyone really wants to be helpful with what knobs I can turn, you can look at this:
Or you can create an entire demo environment and test it out:
Create a XenForo demo
xenforo.com
I've got a few add-ons that I'm looking at, but I can no longer rapidly deploy add-ons (they have to be piped through the server management team) so it won't be happening immediately.
In these unprecedented times, I propose that you have the forum ping you with every new post, and you will manually accept each and every one, 24/7.
i am sure this solution is acceptable to you.
i am sure this solution is acceptable to you.
Try it meow
Here comes the Bot!
Here come the bots!
Here they kum...
So, what time do the caterpillars turn into butterflies?
new spammer in the general forum and they hit early today
another night, another dose of full blown aids
Spam attack at The Shop right now!!!
... and it's starting again at The Shop subforum!
It has been and is across forums. 63 postings by a few bots as of this morning.
It's usually starting at 10.30-10.45 PM UTC-3. First they create threads with a sum (8765+234) as the title and some random numbers as the body. Then, at 11 PM UTC-3 they pour in the Chinese garbage. This is starting to look like it's a scripted (i.e. not manual) attack, leveraging some of the weaknesses/macros of the XenForo platform.
Human beings are amazing.
we have learned to deal with Covid (sort of), and we have learned to just ignore the Chinese spambots.
we have learned to deal with Covid (sort of), and we have learned to just ignore the Chinese spambots.
They are out in force tonight
ya know........you really could put a new user limit on threads by new users
My next post will be in all caps
My next post will be in all caps
Click on user name
Click ignore
Refresh
Click ignore
Refresh
You will find that the university spam users no longer exist. I generally manage to do major spam processing between 6:00 and 7:00 AM EST. Spammer accounts get wiped in the process.
I spoke to the manager a lot last spring when this started happening. He refused to put a limit on the number of threads a new user could start the first day they create an account.
The manager deserves wrath. And it's whiskey season.