Trishbot wrote:I wonder if our users would mind if we added Captcha... In fact, I'd like to hear feedback on that idea.
Doctor Robo wrote:Trishbot wrote:I wonder if our users would mind if we added Captcha... In fact, I'd like to hear feedback on that idea.
We already do use Captcha. I believe it was instituted shortly after we launched the site a couple of years ago.
That reminds me that the two-year anniversary of MCcomix.com was just last week. Yay for us!
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that these spammers are actual people, and not bots. Any suggestions on how to fend them off would be greatly appreciated.
- Doc
kakyo001 wrote:Doctor Robo wrote:Trishbot wrote:I wonder if our users would mind if we added Captcha... In fact, I'd like to hear feedback on that idea.
We already do use Captcha. I believe it was instituted shortly after we launched the site a couple of years ago.
That reminds me that the two-year anniversary of MCcomix.com was just last week. Yay for us!
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that these spammers are actual people, and not bots. Any suggestions on how to fend them off would be greatly appreciated.
- Doc
fending of actual people is more or less impossible (if they're determined, they'll be back sooner or later)
more mods in different time zones can help... it is possible that they lose interest if their posts get deleted after a few minutes and not hours... but there's no guarantee that they disappear
(and congratulation to the anniversary )
Northern Chill wrote:More mods may not kill em off...one mod woke up and killed 38 spam posts one morning recently..all in the overnight hours.
Doctor Robo wrote:I have tinkered with the settings and discovered what may serve as a viable solution.
From this point forward no new registrants can post to the forums without a moderator approving their initial post first. If the post is spam, the mod will see that and disallow the post. If the post is legit, then the mod will approve it and everything that person posts afterward will automatically be approved (as usual).
We'll try that out for a while and see if it works.
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