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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Onix » Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:47 am

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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby DungeonExplorer » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:06 am

Try to use akismet or something like that to identify spam. Works really well on my blog.
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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Onix » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:21 am

Akismet isn't available for this forum software. They've tried to build in that kind of functionality but it isn't really robust at this point.

We could make "kitchen" "wigs" and "Gold" swear word exclusions and have them automatically replaced with "RPG" "dice" and "pencils". The results would be pretty funny.
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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby DungeonExplorer » Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:35 pm

http://www.michel-kraemer.com/5-anti-sp ... for-phpbb3

But I have obviously not tried this hack myself.
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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Evil Scientist » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:51 am

Please, let's do something already,
I think the amount of spam is more frightening for newcomers than a few extra steps at registration (e.g. posting in a designated topic).

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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Onix » Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:11 am

We could use a few more people with moderator power to fight off the spam.

I'll see if I can reach out to some of the mods via alternate channels to take care of the spam.
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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Chainsaw Aardvark » Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:51 am

Sorry, I've been a little busy as of late, but now I'm stuck under several feet of snow, so I killed about thirty kitchens. We need at least a basic captcha system - all of these were one off posts and not a single name I could just ban to stop it all.
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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Rob Lang » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:10 pm

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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Rob Lang » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:48 pm

Just sorting out the spam trap now. Things might go a bit odd.
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Re: An idea to minimise spam annoyance

Postby Onix » Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:06 pm

Ooooh, the special powers!
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