Spam

[Brandon Martus]

I've updated some registration settings restricting a little more of what new users can do, updated to reCAPTCHA 2.0, and expanded the moderator coverage (including adding a few more moderators to take care of any spam quicker). Hopefully this will help prevent some of the increased spam that has been happening recently.

[Sperkowsky]

You rock Brandon. Thanks a ton. But.... Now how will I get free streams of all the Football games?

[niklas674]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

You rock Brandon. Thanks a ton. But.... Now how will I get free streams of all the Football games?

Or read a review for quantum code?

[Bkeeneykid]

Originally Posted by niklas674

Or read a review for quantum code?

Or how to buy new cheap iPhones?

[ctt956]

Originally Posted by Bkeeneykid

Or how to buy new cheap iPhones?

And 300 GB iPads and quad-core 13" MacBook Pros?

But seriously, where will I find entertainingly bad grammar? What about a quick way to spread reputation around?

Thank you for the updates! Hopefully it works!

[Lili_1868]

Thank you!

[euhlmann]

Looks like it didn't quite work...

[ollien]

Originally Posted by euhlmann

Looks like it didn't quite work...

Huh? I haven't seen any spam over the past couple days, but then again, I've been swamped. Did I miss something?

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by ollien

Huh? I haven't seen any spam over the past couple days, but then again, I've been swamped. Did I miss something?

2 spam posts. I reported both and they were promptly removed.

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by euhlmann

Looks like it didn't quite work...

My time machine is in the shop. So, any spam accounts registered before last night are still a threat.

[bkahl]

Originally Posted by euhlmann

Looks like it didn't quite work...

The big new addition is the addition of moderators. Hopefully these new moderators will stay active on CD and will assume their responsibilities well by combating spam. I know some of the additions personally and trust they can do the job.

Remember, each time a thread is reported for spam, every moderator for that forum will receive an email. It will be handled as quickly as possible. It's a bit much to ask of these people to delete a thread as soon as they receive the email.

It's also not really realistic to ask for spam to just go away. The current forum software is outdated, but it also likely would not be worth the undertaking to upgrade. CD has too many custom features and such a simple UI that everyone is used to for it to be worth the upgrade.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Brandon Martus

My time machine is in the shop. So, any spam accounts registered before last night are still a threat.

Yes, I hate that when mine breaks down, but the guy at my shop, I think his name is Emmett, is pretty good.

When the SPAM is removed, is the account also flagged / deleted?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Foster

Yes, I hate that when mine breaks down, but the guy at my shop, I think his name is Emmett, is pretty good.

When the SPAM is removed, is the account also flagged / deleted?

Yup, spam accounts are disabled by the moderator at the same time the threads are deleted (unless the moderator forgets to do this). So each new spam thread is a new account usually.

[WinterPoet]

Originally Posted by ctt956

And 300 GB iPads and quad-core 13" MacBook Pros?

But seriously, where will I find entertainingly bad grammar? What about a quick way to spread reputation around?

What am I going to do if I don't have to puzzle over nonsensical titles? I think I'll live without some of the other stuff, but I'm gonna miss "man walks two dog" or whatever they were.

Thanks for the work though!

[ollien]

Originally Posted by WinterPoet

What am I going to do if I don't have to puzzle over nonsensical titles? I think I'll live without some of the other stuff, but I'm gonna miss "man walks two dog" or whatever they were.

Thanks for the work though!

Honestly, if I saw this video, I wouldn't be too opposed to leaving it up.