Spambot Prevention Suggestions

[z_beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

One thing I've noticed is that most of the spam has upwards of a dozen hyperlinks in it (most somewhere around 20). They also all seem to appear as new threads.

Would it be possible to put an additional level of security/captcha/mod approval type thing on any new threads that get started with more than 10 hyperlinks? I rarely see any threads started by actual forum users that have that many hyperlinks.

It's a bit of a stopgap, but should at least slow the current influx of spam threads we've been getting recently. Mod approval might be the best way. If someone REALLY wants to get a thread started with lots of hyperlinks, and needs it fast they can always send Brandon Martus or another mod a PM/email. Otherwise they remove the hyperlinks or wait.

This is a good idea, but in reality, a spammer often starts a thread and edits in the hyperlinks a few minutes later. That would be a little harder to deal with.