Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Oct 31, 2020 19:22:07 GMT
There has been way too much spam around here. I know you guys don't visit the forums as often as I do, but it seems like every day there's some new spam in some language I can't identify that I have to delete. I've been trying to figure out a way to lock the forums down to make them a little less easy create accounts, but I haven't been able to figure out a means of making it harder for spammers. Anybody have any ideas?
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Spam
Nov 3, 2020 16:39:48 GMT
Post by jamdan on Nov 3, 2020 16:39:48 GMT
I pop in from time to time to check on the status of the game - whether or not it has left beta and moved forward. Aside from that, I do check in on what's new and if I see something suspect, I report it. This board is for community sharing, not commercials. I, too, am at a loss as to how to halt the spammers ("I am not a robot" perhaps?) and it just might have to rely on those of us who like to keep up on things. :-)
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Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Nov 9, 2020 23:54:01 GMT
Thanks for flagging the spam, Jamdan. Makes it easier for me to manage and delete because I can do it all from the alert console.
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rrocky
Fresh from the Glass Mines
Posts: 1
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Post by rrocky on Nov 11, 2020 0:08:46 GMT
Hi - A common way to filter out spam is to require an approval step in registration. It would consolidate spam requests in one place and you would not have to hunt around for them. Downside is that you would have to review all requests. Total number of members is unlikely to double (as an example) so volume would probably not be prohibitively high. You might consider having the applicants fill out the member profile as part of registration. I sort of expected that. Those steps might reasonably be expected to discourage a spammer from filling out the application (because of too much "trouble" to the process) and at the same time even encourage a real member. Either way it's the price of living in a SPAM universe. Other suggestion would be to move to Hawaii. They love it and eat lots of it over there. BTW, nice image of the SPAM can and here's a favorite sundog from Facebook. Attachments:
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Spam
Feb 7, 2023 1:48:27 GMT
Post by DVT7125 on Feb 7, 2023 1:48:27 GMT
There has been way too much spam around here. I know you guys don't visit the forums as often as I do, but it seems like every day there's some new spam in some language I can't identify that I have to delete. I've been trying to figure out a way to lock the forums down to make them a little less easy create accounts, but I haven't been able to figure out a means of making it harder for spammers. Anybody have any ideas? Interesting, I have never seen any spam while on the fourms. Is this still a problem?
DVT
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Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Feb 7, 2023 3:52:18 GMT
Not as bad as it was before. But Jamdan and I tend to blast that stuff pretty quickly.
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Spam
Feb 7, 2023 15:06:36 GMT
Post by jamdan on Feb 7, 2023 15:06:36 GMT
All over it like flies on . . . well, you get the idea! 😉
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Francois424
Beta Tester
Posts: 91
Home Planet: Snowball
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: AtariST
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1986
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Post by Francois424 on Feb 7, 2023 19:53:23 GMT
Funny how much we still get. We're like what? 15 active users on a forum which by all account is pretty much dead (at least, atm). I wonder how the AI revolution will impact spam bots.... Ummmm.
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Kailef
BETA MANAGER
Vanguard of the leading edge
Posts: 427
Played SUNDOG on what OS?: Apple
What year did you first play SUNDOG?: 1985 (I think)
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Post by Kailef on Feb 8, 2023 5:16:53 GMT
The forum isn't dead. It's just... mostly dead.
There's a big difference between mostly dead, and all dead.
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Post by jamdan on Feb 8, 2023 15:04:16 GMT
I think "hibernation" would be more accurate. 😁
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