Spam Bots on the Forum

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[Kamekai offline]

you can't disallow them from making a thread outside of the Newbie Section until they PM you? yeah, I know alot of programming.

soooo... whatever, just an idea.

[zex marquise offline]

There's a spambot over in General Discussion from Nokia trying to sell their new phones. As if product placement in Transformers wasn't enough for them.
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/vi ... php?t=5145

[Kamekai offline]

PM'd Teebie about 'em. Everything will be okay. It's over now. Go back inside.

[zex marquise offline]

Okay. (Go to the happy place. Go to the happy place. Whoa, I don't remember her.)

[Malkmusian offline]

Oh, crap! SPAMBOTS EVERYWHERE!!!!

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3005

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3011

You should block the word now, MewB. It's becoming too violent.

[Tekirai offline]

Admins, we've gotta spambot.

Ol' Jack's made himself a thread too. -_-

[Mewberries151]

Oh, crap! SPAMBOTS EVERYWHERE!!!!

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3005

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3011

You should block the word now, MewB. It's becoming too violent.

...Um, which word do you mean? ^^; I don't see anything wrong with either of those names.

Incidentally, I'm not entirely sure that second one is a spambot. *sweatdrops*


Anyway, in regards to the questions about blocking spambots before they can post, other then the programming that Wartonchan is helping us with, the only other option would be to set new member admissions to Admin instead of via e-mail activation. That way, only an Admin would be able to activate an account and allow someone to post (I believe that's how it works anyway ^^; )

However, given the sheer number of members that are actually people and not spambots, this would probably cause more problems then it would help solve, not to mention clog up the number of new applicants and possibly discourage people from joining. O.o;

[Kamekai offline]

I think he ment the word "Spambot"

[Malkmusian offline]

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3020

Retarded spambots, thinking that they can make people sin here. WELL, THEY AIN'T!!!

[Reesane offline]

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... 9b6d0dc96b

*Sigh*

[JesusFreak offline]

I caught one! I caught one! can I have a cookie?


http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3034

[Overcaffeinated Sloth offline]

No, coz you posted in the thread.

[JesusFreak offline]

Ok, gotta remember that.

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3037

[Overcaffeinated Sloth offline]

Good! You're learning!

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/vi ... php?t=5169
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3041

[Malkmusian offline]

More spambots...oh, crap.

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3045

[zex marquise offline]

Preventer Wind says: "Consider ourselves fortunate because we made it out alive after an encounter with a Spambot."

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3041

[JesusFreak offline]

*shudder* did you see theTOPIC he made?!

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3081

[Malkmusian offline]

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3088

*sigh* Will you stop spamming, spambots? I DON'T LIKE SPAM!!!

Spam, spam, spammity spam. Spaaaaaaammmm!!!!

[Kamekai offline]

too late. I already PM'd MewB about that one hours ago.

And the other one that, like, just joined.

[Mewberries151]

too late. I already PM'd MewB about that one hours ago.

And the other one that, like, just joined.

Kamekai...I appreciate your enthusiasm but you really don't need to PM the Admins and Mods about spambots unless it's an absolute emergency (ie. the spambot has made a thread with gratuitous pictures in it or something, etc. ).

Posting a link to the spambot's profile and/or thread is enough. The Admins and Mods check this thread regularly anyway, so there's not a whole lot of need to PM us unless it is a particularly nasty or violent spambot. ^^

Thanks muchly everyone!

[Kamekai offline]

Aww... Okay. 'Course, I think every spambot is an emergency!


But because you guys love me so much: One spambot, comin' up! Fresh from the Grill!
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3068

Keep the change.
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3069

Man, I'm on a roll!
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3073

An educational spambot!? Oh, the irony!
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3079

This is getting ridiculous...
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3084

*pulls out gun*
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3086

-clickclick-
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3087

*points gun at head* I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3088

-BANG!-
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3089

...
http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... ile&u=3090

[JesusFreak offline]

http://codexana.net/lyokofreak/forum/pr ... 995983177e


Found one. The only one that I could find. because I found it.

[Kamekai offline]

these things are becoming more and more frequent. Why not these 3 questions?

just a yes or no question

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY!

Are you human?

Are you a spambot?

Do you like Code Lyoko?

That way, way less chance of spambots getting through.

[zex marquise offline]

That's how they roll over at Tech Links. They ask if you're human.