DO NOT BUMP SPAM

[p1ngpong]

As many regular visitors of the site know we are forever waging a war against spam bots here. We are generally quick to exterminate them and their threads thanks to quick reporting by our members and vigilance by the moderating team and I would like to thank everyone who takes the time to bring spambots to our attention.

However tonight something happened that genuinely made me both angry and disappointed at the same time and also made me question the common sense of some of our most prolific and well known members.

A porn spambot made a thread on the forum with graphic images and links in its opening post. People proceeded to post in this thread not once or twice, but nine times.

So this thread was bumped to the top of the latest discussion tab and given more views nine times with idiotic posts ranging from the usual "reported" to people just thinking they are funny.

Let me make it clear:

DO NOT BUMP OBVIOUS SPAM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS PORNOGRAPHIC!

Just report it!

Thanks.

I am going to take a few hours out to calm down before I take any action if any on the people who bumped that last thread, my immediate reaction being to suspend you all for your stupidity.

 

[Hurtz007]

I looked the site up (partly out of curiosity, partly out of the interest to weird out my brother)... It's down now... Don't know whether to be grateful or disappointed

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I looked the site up (partly out of curiosity, partly out of the interest to weird out my brother)... It's down now... Don't know whether to be grateful or disappointed

Grateful. Very grateful

 

[Hayleia]

@Piluvr @Alex4U

 

[Alex4U]

stop mentioning me >:^(

 

[Hayleia]

stop mentioning me >:^(

Stop bumping spam?

 

[Alex4U]

Stop bumping spam?

maybe

 

[Piluvr]

@Piluvr @Alex4U

why tho

 

[BARNWEY]

Maybe we should add a manual captcha before being allowed to sign up? Just something to prove that we are human...

 

[Deleted User]

snip

 

[BARNWEY]

That's a great idea! Just about every other site does it, I wonder why GBAtemp doesn't when it's so obvious.

Oh, wait.

I'm thinking something a little different, that one is obviously flawed. Maybe something like requiring that you solve a simple math problem (such as 25*2). Something so simple that a human could easily do it, but something a bot would have trouble doing...

 

[Deleted User]

Something so simple that a human could easily do it, but something a bot would have trouble doing...

We would struggle even more if they added math problems during signup.

 

[YayMii]

I'm thinking something a little different, that one is obviously flawed. Maybe something like requiring that you solve a simple math problem (such as 25*2). Something so simple that a human could easily do it, but something a bot would have trouble doing...

How it obviously flawed? It monitors your mouse for human-like movement (as well as checking for old Google cookies) when you click it, and if it fails to detect any, it prompts you with an image puzzle. Considering that the average user only sees a checkbox, it's probably the least intrusive thing you can implement to prevent bots, and it's been proven to work.

 

[Boogieboo6]

How it obviously flawed? It monitors your mouse for human-like movement (as well as checking for old Google cookies) when you click it, and if it fails to detect any, it prompts you with an image puzzle. Considering that the average user only sees a checkbox, it's probably the least intrusive thing you can implement to prevent bots, and it's been proven to work.

It's obviously flawed because spam bots are becoming more and more common here? Thanks for the information on how it works though. I wonder why I never seem like a human, and always need to do an image puzzle.

 

[Minox]

It's obviously flawed because spam bots are becoming more and more common here? Thanks for the information on how it works though. I wonder why I never seem like a human, and always need to do an image puzzle.

What may appear to be spambots that get through that filter are often actually human. It's not uncommon for spammers to pay people in poor countries to spam.

 

[BARNWEY]

How it obviously flawed? It monitors your mouse for human-like movement (as well as checking for old Google cookies) when you click it, and if it fails to detect any, it prompts you with an image puzzle. Considering that the average user only sees a checkbox, it's probably the least intrusive thing you can implement to prevent bots, and it's been proven to work.

https://www.shieldsquare.com/sorry-google-captcha-recaptcha-doesnt-stop-bots/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-those-pesky-captchas/?utm_term=.724a8d22e943

 

[Meteor7]

@hitodesu

 

[hitodesu]

@hitodesu

Gotta learn the hard way I guess.

 

[Meteor7]

@ImCarlosGG
Double Kill. +30 points.

 

[smileyhead]

@ImCarlosGG
Double Kill. +3 warning points.

fixed. :^)

 

[ImCarlosGG]

@ImCarlosGG
Double Kill. +30 points.

Oops, I never noticed this. Thanks!