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khalsa

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New Badge: Spam Killer
« on: April 13, 2010, 03:59:16 am »
Some of you may have noticed already that a handful of your fellow forum-goers have a new badge:


This is given to those users who make good use of the "Report to Moderator" button, as well as those who make a timely attempt to report issues in IRC to the mods/devs.

We appreciate all the help users give is in combating spam, and will be doing a lot more in the future to abate the amount of spam bots that get through. Currently it seems like we are facing another deluge of spambots (this past week has seen about 2000 spambot registrations alone) and your help in fighting this nuisance is essential.


Thanks!
« Last Edit: April 13, 2010, 04:05:04 am by khalsa »
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2010, 04:05:58 am »
Awesome.  I know who to smite now without the annoying trouble of actually having to read their names first. :D
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 06:34:05 am »
Sounds great to me!
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 08:11:12 am »
I just deleted over half the members of this forum, all of whom where spambots.

I'm sure there are some left, if you spot them - Let us know!

Also, I installed a mod where you need at least 10 posts to put a link in your sig. If you see anyone with a signature that says *link removed* , it's likely a spambot - please flag it!

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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 10:49:18 am »
There's a report to moderator button?
« Last Edit: April 13, 2010, 10:52:00 am by Thorn »
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2010, 12:08:31 pm »
bottom right of your post, in the default theme.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2010, 12:27:14 pm »
Quote from: David on April 13, 2010, 12:08:31 pm
bottom right of your post, in the default theme.

You have too many badges.

Give me one.

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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2010, 12:32:12 pm »
Quote from: David on April 13, 2010, 12:08:31 pm
in the default theme.

No wonder I forgot about that button; I use the theme that used to be the default theme.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2010, 12:48:55 pm »
Oh so certain functions of the forum are disabled for people who have a different colour preference. You'd think the trem theme would be pretty standard wouldn't you?


Nice.
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UniqPhoeniX

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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2010, 01:26:21 pm »
Ooh, shiny!
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2010, 01:51:02 pm »
How about an "oldfag" badge for people who have been hanging around for too long?
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2010, 02:09:35 pm »
I'd like a "report user" button for spambots, but there's too damn many. The entire first three pages of the members list is full of spambots, excluding tier and Jordy(numbershere).
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2010, 02:31:27 pm »
Quote from: Thorn on April 13, 2010, 12:48:55 pm
Oh so certain functions of the forum are disabled for people who have a different colour preference. You'd think the trem theme would be pretty standard wouldn't you?


Nice.

This is precisely why that theme is not default.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2010, 02:35:36 pm »
Quote from: khalsa on April 13, 2010, 08:11:12 am
I just deleted over half the members of this forum, all of whom where spambots.
Hmm... I think Khalsa forgot to give someone the Spam Killer badge.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2010, 04:12:20 pm »
Quote from: janev on April 13, 2010, 01:51:02 pm
How about an "oldfag" badge for people who have been hanging around for too long?

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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2010, 07:30:32 pm »
Unfortunately even with the forum default theme, I cannot report a user's profile to a moderator. The first thing that I thought to do when I saw this thread was was to look through some usernames. Buisnessloan101 for example seemed suspicious and now has *link removed* in his signature (some of the other buisness* names also seem suspicious, but have nothing incriminating in their sigs).
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2010, 08:04:55 pm »
I see it right under the username in posts, and AFAIK I'm using the default theme
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2010, 08:24:55 pm »
Quote from: A Spork on April 13, 2010, 08:04:55 pm
I see it right under the username in posts, and AFAIK I'm using the default theme
I switched to the default earlier so I could see the report post button, but there is no report profile button anywhere.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2010, 09:11:08 pm »
Where's the member list anyway? Closest I can get is Who's Online (wtf there are a lot of guests!). And yes, report profile would be nice.
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David

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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2010, 09:23:47 pm »
http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?action=mlist
It's in the top menu on the default theme.  (And when I say default I mean SMF default, not board default).

And AFAIK smf doesn't support reporting profiles.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2010, 09:35:19 pm »
LMFAO 3.5 pages/~175 accounts registered in 1 day. We need some more captchas. Or something.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2010, 09:39:08 pm »
AFAIK they have humans doing captchas now.  So technically the captchas are working...

IMO an automated thing to nuke all accounts older than a week that never logged in a second time would help.

Or just ban China/India/wherever. :p
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2010, 02:41:32 am »
Quote from: UniqPhoeniX on April 13, 2010, 09:35:19 pm
LMFAO 3.5 pages/~175 accounts registered in 1 day. We need some more captchas. Or something.

If you sort the user list by registered date and look at the websites, they're all spammers.... I mean, usernames like "accts1234abcd" or "vinylss1234bcd"
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2010, 03:11:33 am »
Quote from: David on April 13, 2010, 09:39:08 pm
Or just ban China/India/wherever. :p
Yes, Timbo could certainly do it.
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #24 on: April 14, 2010, 05:21:29 am »
Idea: Force you to "solve for x" as a CAPTCHA.

I could only imagine how much longer it would take them to register if they had to solve "13=sqrt((x/(x^2)) P (11))" each time. :)
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #25 on: April 14, 2010, 05:34:21 am »
Quote from: KillerWhale on April 14, 2010, 05:21:29 am
Idea: Force you to "solve for x" as a CAPTCHA.

I could only imagine how much longer it would take them to register if they had to solve "13=sqrt((x/(x^2)) P (11))" each time. :)
Throw in quadratics that have to be solved to solve more quadratics :]
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #26 on: April 14, 2010, 01:57:08 pm »
Quote from: ocmt1977 on April 14, 2010, 05:42:44 am
I'm new, but shoot - sign me up as a spam hunter!  :police:
Ooh the irony!
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #27 on: April 14, 2010, 03:41:38 pm »
hey it works!

someone got rid of my spam

congrats
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #28 on: April 14, 2010, 07:15:42 pm »
I want a badge for my killer spam!
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Re: New Badge: Spam Killer
« Reply #29 on: April 14, 2010, 10:21:59 pm »
Quote from: IabzO.o on April 14, 2010, 07:15:42 pm
I want a badge for my killer spam!

+1  :D
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