WTH I am really getting pissed at all the human spam dumbasses

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by woocha, Sep 8, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Where the hell do these people get lists of all the forums on the Internet? I mean seriously, I have been learning and working very hard on my latest project and people keep going to my site to register and then just add a link to their home page. They never contribute to the forum, they never post or even reply to one stinking thing. I know its human because my forum it behind a human question and captcha....
    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    I do not think that they are spam bots !!
     
    woocha, Sep 8, 2007 IP
  2. Robert Allen

    Robert Allen Peon

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    #2
    They want to 'advertise' their sites on your site, but they don't know the correct way to do this.

    Rob
     
    Robert Allen, Sep 8, 2007 IP
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    sawz Prominent Member

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    #3
    and how does that answer the OP's question? it doesn't.

    spammers find these forums by searching for

    "Powered by PhPBB or
    Powered by SMF

    its the copyright at the bottom or the version info that gives up the location of forums on the internet.

    do a google search, powered by phpbb
    you get around 62 million results.

    its the same with vB or smf etc.

    it'll be difficult to stop them, maybe placing restrictions for new members so they cannot post live links etc..
     
    sawz, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  4. Robert Allen

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    It is so hard to stop them, i didn't have any ideas to stop them, but i told the thread starter why they are doing it.

    Rob
     
    Robert Allen, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  5. sachin410

    sachin410 Illustrious Member

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    #5
    I just removed the home page option from "edit profile" page.

    I am using vbulletin, but I think it must be possible with other forum scripts too.

    Also I have a 7 day and 20 post minimum requirement for signatures on my forum, to keep away spammers. :).
     
    sachin410, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  6. woocha

    woocha Peon

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    I really dig these ideas...Thank you.

    I am going to look into getting rid of the copy write and adding a minimum post before a home page can be added....
     
    woocha, Sep 9, 2007 IP
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    sawz Prominent Member

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    removing the copyright is probably against the terms for using the forum software. removing the "Powered by" is not a problem.
     
    sawz, Sep 9, 2007 IP
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    MatthewN Well-Known Member

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    I wonder if there is a way to automatically moderate every new users first couple of posts. Basically prevent the users posts from appearing until their first has been approved.
     
    MatthewN, Sep 9, 2007 IP
  9. woocha

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    Damn...I'm going to shoot over to PHPBB and check out if I can pay some dough or something to remover the link at the bottom...maybe I can make it so just that text doesn't get spidered....maybe I should have used NextBBS instead of PHPBB
     
    woocha, Sep 9, 2007 IP