Alwin Alcott Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 in spite of comforting messages and locking threads that mention the spam problem, it's clearly not solved 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Absolutely ridiculous. Imagine all these new residents coming to the forums for help and greeted with that EVERY DAY 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 if we was using xenforo I could set it up for them that this person would have almost no chances of hitting the forum, but I have zero clue on this setup they use, we moved our site we started in 2002 from phpnuke to xenforo 2 years ago and I can tell you the tools out there as addons for it are amazing, it's wild being an admin and seeing the advances of stopforumspam and a few other plugins evolve and expand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) Strikes me the GD section is only attacked each time. How is that even possible ? And why can't he be stopped when it is so obvious he'll return with a name variety WHICH CAN BE BLOCKED ON FOREHAND : JUST DISALLOW ANY ACCOUNT CREATION WITH EQUAL ENDING ON THIS NAME ( at least for a while ) . Why is that so hard ? Or does LL want the GD gone ? ETA : I gave up reporting it .. futile attempt. Edited May 12, 2020 by TDD123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteriddle Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 i have to assume the dude's botting, because he sends the same message to what feels like every single furry group at the exact same time to the second. last night his messages opened 3 of my group chats at once, it's pretty annoying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theresa Tennyson Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, TDD123 said: Strikes me the GD section is only attacked each time. How is that even possible ? And why can't he be stopped when it is so obvious he'll return with a name variety WHICH CAN BE BLOCKED ON FOREHAND : JUST DISALLOW ANY ACCOUNT CREATION WITH EQUAL ENDING ON THIS NAME ( at least for a while ) . Why is that so hard ? Or does LL want the GD gone ? ETA : I gave up reporting it .. futile attempt. So, it's your theory that they will stop if they can't create an account name ending with the name they're using? This is asymmetric warfare - it's much easier for the poster to slightly change their procedure than it is for the moderators to block any possible exploit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Theresa Tennyson said: This is asymmetric warfare - it's much easier for the poster to slightly change their procedure than it is for the moderators to block any possible exploit. This is a lone wolf **** wreaking havoc with very little imagination. I'd at least give it a try. IF username = "*oitre " THEN deny account creation ELSE ok Edited May 12, 2020 by TDD123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maitimo Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Theresa Tennyson said: So, it's your theory that they will stop if they can't create an account name ending with the name they're using? This is asymmetric warfare - it's much easier for the poster to slightly change their procedure than it is for the moderators to block any possible exploit. If the whole account creation process and posting is done by bot, it probably WILL stop, and the person who set it up might not even notice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfie Reanimator Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Theresa Tennyson said: This is asymmetric warfare - it's much easier for the poster to slightly change their procedure than it is for the moderators to block any possible exploit. You can very easily set up spam filters... It's not hard especially when the content is extremely specific and guaranteed to not change without losing the point of the spam. Edited May 12, 2020 by Wulfie Reanimator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McGregor Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 This one's finally gone ... Prepare for next *_P_oitre since moving from ju* to mu* to vu* ... maybe pre-emptively block all these names upto zz* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc DeSantis Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 At least close this waste of resources forum to 'outside' readers i.e. those not actually logged in. It is already done for certain sections - so do it for all. Not a solution but at least stops it being visible to any web crawler/spider out there. And does not hurt all the usual denizens. Would have added to 'peeves'/feedback but - what is the point 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Kobichenko Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 4 hours ago, sirhc DeSantis said: At least close this waste of resources forum to 'outside' readers i.e. those not actually logged in. It is already done for certain sections - so do it for all. Not a solution but at least stops it being visible to any web crawler/spider out there. And does not hurt all the usual denizens. That would be a pretty crummy thing to do. i only have an iPad these days & can only borrow my son’s computer occasionally as in maybe once a week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 4 hours ago, sirhc DeSantis said: At least close this waste of resources forum to 'outside' readers i.e. those not actually logged in. It is already done for certain sections - so do it for all. Not a solution but at least stops it being visible to any web crawler/spider out there. And does not hurt all the usual denizens. Would have added to 'peeves'/feedback but - what is the point You gave yourself the answer... there is no point in doing what you suggest and it prevents new residents from reading the forum before signing up thus denying them their right to an informed decision. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc DeSantis Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Pixie Kobichenko said: That would be a pretty crummy thing to do. i only have an iPad these days & can only borrow my son’s computer occasionally as in maybe once a week. Your point is taken. But you are - logged in to answer. As you have been, with respect, rather more often than I am But if the resources are not here to monitor then what would you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc DeSantis Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Selene Gregoire said: You gave yourself the answer... there is no point in doing what you suggest and it prevents new residents from reading the forum before signing up thus denying them their right to an informed decision. But they are not 'new residents' - they are reading this before signing up? I understand your point though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Kobichenko Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 minute ago, sirhc DeSantis said: Your point is taken. But you are - logged in to answer. As you have been, with respect, rather more often than I am But if the resources are not here to monitor then what would you suggest? I thought you meant currently logged in to the actual SL viewer would determine If one were to be allowed to post to the forum at the same time... I think now I might have misunderstood? If I didn’t then I am really confused 😐 Buuuut since you asked my opinion (no one ever does that *squee*) after watching & reporting the doxxing go on this weekend (I must have missed today’s spam) I whole heartedly believe there needs to be 24/7 monitoring & responding to significant forum reports and it wouldn’t hurt for there to be inworld response to inworld ARs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 minute ago, sirhc DeSantis said: But they are not 'new residents' - they are reading this before signing up? I understand your point though. So you're saying there are absolutely zero new residents in SL. Yeah, no. Most people don't just sign up for a forum they have never even read a single post on. Most people at least look around a bit before making the final decision to sign up or not. The ones that sign up impulsively without bothering to look around are the ones that don't stick around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Kobichenko Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, sirhc DeSantis said: But they are not 'new residents' - they are reading this before signing up? I understand your point though. I do not believe people new to SL explore the forums first before signing up to SL. Undoubtedly there is a possible few that do, but certainly not a significant amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibGwen Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Pixie Kobichenko said: I do not believe people new to SL explore the forums first before signing up to SL. Undoubtedly there is a possible few that do, but certainly not a significant amount. Welll... I didn't "explore" the forums, but a lot of my search engine inquiries about SL before I joined returned Knowledge Base and SL forum links. And after I *had* joined SL they were critical to getting out of Orientation Island or wherever I was. (This was when the SL viewer had "Basic" mode, which wouldn't allow some people to teleport, so I needed to know what the problem was and what to do about it.) Edited May 13, 2020 by LibGwen 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, LibGwen said: a lot of my search engine inquiries about SL before I joined returned Knowledge Base and SL forum links OMG, you poor lamb! And yet you joined up anyway??? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindal Kidd Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 I didn't do it with SL, but a lively forum of active users has been a deciding factor with me for purchasing several products or software packages. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmi Zehetbauer Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 When I had my mboard -- every so often would get a bunch of bots registering and posting crap. Finally had to go to an approval method. I know it's probably not possible here --- but maybe a 7 day grace period for new residents to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 It used to be real bad.. like all week long and real bad on the weekends.. I think now they have to wait before they can even make threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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