Can admins here require all new users be authorized individually by an admin? Can you add some "human" questions to verify a pulse?
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In the first year or so of CUF it got to where we were getting overwhelmed with spam accounts, often several a day. Then I installed an add-in that requires a new user to go through an e-mail verification process and the spam accounts went down by 95% or so. I am confident that all of the spam accounts now are real humans. At some point there is nothing you can do but zap them when they show up.Originally posted by Viking View PostCan admins here require all new users be authorized individually by an admin? Can you add some "human" questions to verify a pulse?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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I still have spam from one of them on my visitor wall. falawful cruelly mocked me about it."Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
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ok, so this is a Ute-type attack or attack from Tulsa...maybe even from El Joto himself?Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostIn the first year or so of CUF it got to where we were getting overwhelmed with spam accounts, often several a day. Then I installed an add-in that requires a new user to go through an e-mail verification process and the spam accounts went down by 95% or so. I am confident that all of the spam accounts now are real humans. At some point there is nothing you can do but zap them when they show up.
IP tracking, baby. Then hand over the IPs to the FBI's cybercrime unit to see if there's any minors in the images shown and all of a sudden, "funny" joke turns into a felony. Surely, with all these lawyers here, someone has worked with that unit before (sorry, couldn't help that one).
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Come on ,not missing this opportunity please.Originally posted by wuapinmon View PostI still have spam from one of them on my visitor wall. falawful cruelly mocked me about it.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
Dig your own grave, and save!
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
"I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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We having much opportunities for you at www.falawfulopportunities.com. Come by today save many monies.Originally posted by falafel View PostCome on ,not missing this opportunity please."Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
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I'm lost. What attack?Originally posted by Viking View Postok, so this is a Ute-type attack or attack from Tulsa...maybe even from El Joto himself?
IP tracking, baby. Then hand over the IPs to the FBI's cybercrime unit to see if there's any minors in the images shown and all of a sudden, "funny" joke turns into a felony. Surely, with all these lawyers here, someone has worked with that unit before (sorry, couldn't help that one)."Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
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A couple of spammers posted links to porn over the past 24 hrs.Originally posted by wuapinmon View PostI'm lost. What attack?"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Really bad stuff. So bad I started deleting threads without even looking.Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View PostAnd not good porn, let the record show. We have standards.Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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That's what I hear. I didn't see any of them.Originally posted by nikuman View PostThere was more than one? After the first thread by somebody I didn't know I figured I'd better not click on another."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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