In need of a Ban
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, November 17 2006 21:45
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Some one needs to ban our newest member adult site as we start the new month of statistics. Maybe Aran can see how many new members are banned because of this. It seems to be an increasing problem. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, November 17 2006 21:48
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That's sick. I wonder if this sort of thing actually attracts people or what. It just seems like a waste of time. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 | Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, November 17 2006 21:53
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Look on the bright side, someone thought this sight was receiving enough traffic to be worthy of genuine spam, not the cheap homemade stuff we produce here. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, November 17 2006 22:19
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Our ever-vigilant Imban has already pointed out this worthy individual, and Aran caught its older sibling. —Alorael, who might suggest that one burst of spam begets another and that you have no one to blame but yourselves for this. He's too nice to actually suggest such a thing, however. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Agent
Member # 6581
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 04:15
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EDIT: Nevermind. Alorael has already said it. [ Saturday, November 18, 2006 04:16: Message edited by: Guardian Magma ] -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 07:06
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Actually the ever vigilant *i has already banned this character long before this post has been made. Don't worry, this bot shows up about once every other day on average and I'm on it. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 09:00
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I noticed that he has the same login name of his previous account. How is possible? quote:And I can see that you're not even going to dignify this idiot with the lofty title of BANNED, he does not deserve it. :) quote:Another third-person gimmick? :P -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 09:36
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quote:Wait a sec... How is that possible? The only three ways to do this that I can think of are: 1) The bot can hack into the system and un-ban itself. 2) Of our 7601 members, 5000 of them consist of the same bot. So basically, it's the same member over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... Oops, got a little carried away there. 3) Administrators have the power to delete members. In my opinion, each of these are equally frightening prospects. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 09:46
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1) No. 2) You assume the bot started at the birth of these boards. Which is ignorant. 3) I'm sure they do. -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 10:14
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quote:Not necessarily. 1000 people might have singed up, then the bot signed up and went nuts. -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
Member # 4153
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 10:39
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Wow, I feel accomplished... I definitely pointed that out to Imban before this topic was born. Of course, with everyone being Imban and all, Imban already knew because I knew. Right. My head hurts now... but personally, I don't remember many members like this trying to infiltrate the boards. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 10:45
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quote:Case in point. Click "view on Spiderweb". Edit: I just noticed that I need to do something about that URL. People have previous had trouble with lewd content that was two links away. So it's gone. [ Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:50: Message edited by: Sirrus ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 10:48
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Okay, but the one that Randomizer pointed at is still there... or does deleting accounts just do horrible things to UBB? [ Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:49: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 10:52
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I told Drakefyre about 7664 because he was online then. Stareye got to the other one. Drakefyre deletes spammers. Stareye's banning leaves no marks. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 11:14
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I would delete accounts, but generally do not trust UBB enough to do it. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 12:01
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Whereas Drakey is a high priest of that dark deity, much like Icshi and Richard White. We might have a theme going there... I have seen the dark forum yawning Where the black topics roll without aim Where they roll in their horror unheeded Without posts, or pages, or name. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 18:12
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Aran I asked this once before, but is the number of new members those that register or do you subtract out the spam bots? If we are getting one new account a day that is a bot then about one third of the new members last month were bots and about half of the non-active accounts that don't post are bots. That leaves a few new members that haven't posted because they are true lurkers and the oldies making extra accounts for their nefarious purposes. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 21:37
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Speaking of people who need to be banned... -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 | Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 22:46
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Oddly enough, that account's links are broken, and the site is nonexistent. So... no threat, I suppose. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, November 18 2006 23:58
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These accounts aren't really all that harmful if all they do is register and not post. Sure, the newest member may be suspect, but newbies are always suspect. —Alorael, who considers this another sign of Arctic's dereliction of duty. In the old days these invisible newbies would have been safely eaten and no trouble to anyone. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, November 19 2006 03:51
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Also, in GF4 Boards I'm noticing many newbies with a low-member number that just posts and go away. Were they lurking for all this time, or what? [ Sunday, November 19, 2006 03:53: Message edited by: Grammatical Eros ] -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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La Canaliste
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written Sunday, November 19 2006 06:35
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quote:He got married. How can you expect him to be interested in invisible newbies until he has a pack of little Arctics to feed? -------------------- I am a mater of time and how . Deep down, you know you should have voted for Alcritas! Posts: 387 | Registered: Tuesday, March 1 2005 08:00 |
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The Establishment
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written Sunday, November 19 2006 08:55
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Anyways, I have the bot well in hand. No need to remind me, I check the list of newly registered members every day or so. This topic has outlived its purpose. -------------------- Your flower power is no match for my glower power! Posts: 3726 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |