Seriously?!?!
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No, I mean block any post that has Asian characters any where in it. The rules state this is an English only forum. I do get what you are saying about them always trying to find a loop hole though. We have to at least make it difficult though.
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youve been here 9 yrs... that kind of stuff is part of the daily routine...
spammers gonna spam...
yeah I'd have to say the spam filters here are fairly decent otherwise it'd be a total wreck....but apparently there's a new one running around.... then again a lot of times it's a human that registers the account then opens the bot up...
If it hasn't changed, all new members are restricted to the new members forum until they are verified and upgraded.
Sites are attacked constantly. It’s a never-ending battle to which the war will never be won. Banning Asian characters is nothing more than a small hurdle to which may end up costing the site more money than it would to moderate and fish out bots. If they can not spam in one particular language, they will choose another.
As members all we can do is report the offense. Responding to the spam, even in a negative way, displays that the spam is being noticed which could very well lead to more spam from the same offender. That is the objective behind spamming a site - it is to become noticed in anticipation that they find one gullible user out of the many who may fall for the scam or advertisement.
As members all we can do is report the offense. Responding to the spam, even in a negative way, displays that the spam is being noticed which could very well lead to more spam from the same offender. That is the objective behind spamming a site - it is to become noticed in anticipation that they find one gullible user out of the many who may fall for the scam or advertisement.
That could be a way to combat spamming but how much would that cost to implement into a site that does not already employ said practice?
Many forums use packaged software suites, so unless a feature such as hiding bots posts is part of the package, then such a feature maybe unrealistic.
And ECF (or any forum for that matter) is not always hit by bots. I recall a user who joined, sparked friendly conversation for a few days then spammed the forums.
If there is a will, there will always be a way.
It's a shame we have so many unhappy campers around here. Me, I'm on top of the world. I have a PhD in Chemistry on its way from the National University of Singapore and I expect it to be of great use when I begin to mix my own juice...
That's known as a "shadow ban".
i am sure they will accept your challengeSeriously, the whole front page is 100% Asian spam! Can't a filter be added to block all Asian characters from being posted? This is beyond ridiculous.
I am about ready to become a hacker myself to take down these.
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