Sudden surge of spam

Korban3 · Post by **Korban3** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 12:49 am

Funny thing is, Jeff once implemented a super simple anti-spam feature that didn't impact anyone's forum experience much at all and that actually cut our spam to relatively nothing. But everyone bitched about some perceived issue and the addition was repealed in under a week, IIRC.

Jeff has since forsaken his faithless worshipers. But even to this day, the faithful few retain hope that their lord and savior will someday return to this plane and restore our once glorious existence.

Glabbit · Post by **Glabbit** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:04 am

Korban3 wrote:Funny thing is, Jeff once implemented a super simple anti-spam feature that didn't impact anyone's forum experience much at all and that actually cut our spam to relatively nothing. But everyone bitched about some perceived issue and the addition was repealed in under a week, IIRC.

Jeff has since forsaken his faithless worshipers. But even to this day, the faithful few retain hope that their lord and savior will someday return to this plane and restore our once glorious existence.

Really? What on earth could they have bitched about? Surely you're not talking about that "Checking your browser" thing that made everyone wait X seconds before any one page was loaded?

Phoenixwarrior141 · Post by **Phoenixwarrior141** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:17 am

And wiped the post made if it was checked, not like SPF users were white-listed.

Korban3 · Post by **Korban3** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:08 pm

Yes
I am talking about exactly that. And a lot of users bitched about it "erasing their posts". A lot.
So Jeff took it off.

Endoperez · Post by **Endoperez** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:14 pm

Korban3 wrote:Yes
I am talking about exactly that. And a lot of users bitched about it "erasing their posts". A lot.
So Jeff took it off.

I agree with what Phoenixwarrior said above - it affected user experience negatively, the complaints weren't without reason. It was a solution, but the cons were significant.

Endoperez · Post by **Endoperez** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:16 pm

Oh, and Stuartdymn
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=105526

is another one to block, right after Ernestoreld:
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=105567

Phoenixwarrior141 · Post by **Phoenixwarrior141** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:13 pm

He's been doing this for a week, I tried to tell ya.

Grayswandir · Post by **Grayswandir** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:05 pm

Banned.

Glabbit · Post by **Glabbit** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:26 am

Ahhh, much better.

Thanks.

Dammasta · Post by **Dammasta** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:41 pm

Ban WalterHody.

Phoenixwarrior141 · Post by **Phoenixwarrior141** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:08 pm

Dammasta wrote:Ban WalterHody.

See above.

Korban3 · Post by **Korban3** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:41 pm

CharlesKn

Grayswandir · Post by **Grayswandir** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 1:42 pm

Got 'em.

Grayswandir · Post by **Grayswandir** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:36 am

I keep seeing messages that are reported that aren't actually spam. They're kinda dumb questions (and sometimes useless comments), but they're still not spam.

Glabbit · Post by **Glabbit** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:34 pm

That is no good. Does it say who reported them?

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