Bots

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:03 pm

Is there anyway to stop them from generating new posts in here tryign to sell shit?

Do one of those things (like Ticketmaster) where you have to type in a randomly generated code to complete the registration process to join here?

Yakko · Post by **Yakko** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:31 am

We should kill all their families. I am SOOO tired tired of seeing the freaking RX/Viagra ads. If I see another im going on a Rampage through my neighborhood!

outwarrior · Post by **outwarrior** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:14 pm

i second this...

bassman462 · Post by **bassman462** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:15 pm

jsgksu wrote:Is there anyway to stop them from generating new posts in here tryign to sell shit?

Do one of those things (like Ticketmaster) where you have to type in a randomly generated code to complete the registration process to join here?

most of the bots are on guest accounts though.

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:38 pm

bassman462 wrote:
jsgksu wrote:Is there anyway to stop them from generating new posts in here tryign to sell shit?

Do one of those things (like Ticketmaster) where you have to type in a randomly generated code to complete the registration process to join here?
most of the bots are on guest accounts though.

Guests can only post in the News & Discussion thread, Ive seen ads in a lot of other forums aside from that one.

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:58 pm

Maybe make it so Guests either cant post at all, or make it so they cant post urls

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:00 pm

jsgksu wrote:Do one of those things (like Ticketmaster) where you have to type in a randomly generated code to complete the registration process to join here?

that's been in place for like 3 years

to me it's not that big of a deal, so i have to delete a few threads a week. whatever. just hit the report button so i can catch them quicker and move on to the next thread

iha · Post by **iha** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:41 am

lots of bots join and don't post

a lot of them will have the website they're promoting in their profile though

and for some reason, a lot of them don't even have a website in their profile.

an easy way to tell if it's a bot is to look them up in the administration panel and see what language they chose.. bots always choose "Albanian" because it's first on the list.

i guess it doesn't hurt much for them to register and not post, it would just annoy me if it was my site.

i sent brock a PM w/ a mod that is supposed to make it harder for bots to register but never got a response (as usual

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Gold · Post by **Gold** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:29 am

I just think it's really weird how there's always someone who responds in their threads, trying to say something funny (but it never is), and so topping the threads.

hofdaddy · Post by **hofdaddy** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:09 am

do you think that someone will actually click on the links? I don't think so. I also think B Rock loves to delete things off the boards. It makes his pants tight

iha · Post by **iha** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:43 pm

doesn't seem like brock is really interested in stopping the bots.. but if so.. i found something that actually works

if you install this mod
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/catdb.php?mo ... id=2095075

and then make these changes
http://www.underhill.de/downloads/phpbb ... rtips2.txt

it adds a box to the registration where it asks "Are you Human? (Yes or No)" and you have to actually type "yes" for it to let you register.

i've had it installed for about 6 months and haven't had any bots register (where as before that i was getting like 2 or 3 a day)

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:40 am

Theyre starting to get a little more annoying...

iha · Post by **iha** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:36 pm

yeah, brock should install those mods. they completely stopped them from registering on the forums i tested them with.

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:59 pm

4 of the same posts, in Daves Guitar Discussion, in like 5 minutes?

edit, make it 5
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... highlight=
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... highlight=
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... highlight=
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... highlight=
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... highlight=

Getting annoyed yet?

checkii · Post by **checkii** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:18 pm

doesnt bother me. i just wish others wouldnt post in them so that it doesnt come up as a new thread.

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