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  • MarioNintendo
    Expect delays.
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Mar 2008
    • 4177
    #1

    Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding



    There has to be a way to stop these from being created... At some point, there won't be any username left :/
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    • _Zenith_
      Accuracy Player
      • Mar 2011
      • 4629
      #2
      Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

      Last I knew PrawnSkunk had blocked a domain that most of the bots were coming from but they did start reappearing in recent times and I'm sure he can make the same solution as before.

      It does suck to see when all of the "Latest Profiles" are bots though.





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        • Red Blaster
          Bridge Burner
          • Jun 2011
          • 2040
          #3
          Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

          I always wondered why they use the avatars they use
          Originally posted by hi19hi19
          edgelord Linkin Park adolescent angst music
          Originally posted by choof
          hey great contribution to the thread cucklord the exit's up in the top right of your screen, it's called "log out"
          Originally posted by Funnygurl555
          what's a milky christmas :O

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            • SKG_Scintill
              Spun a twirly fruitcake,
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Feb 2009
              • 3876
              #4
              Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

              but I want uggs





              Originally posted by bluguerilla
              So Sexy Robotnik (SKG_Scintill) {.0001/10} [--]
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              . ZOMG I HAD TO QUIT OUT TERRIBLE
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                • bmah
                  shots FIRED
                  Profile Moderator
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  Global Moderator
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 8448
                  #5
                  Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

                  Firstly, big thanks to Red Blaster for pretty much reporting every bot he sees. I subsequently ban those. A month ago I attempted to do mass bot banning by finding root IPs. I have since stopped doing that because 1) it is extremely time-consuming, 2) it takes time to pick out legit users within the crowd of bots and exclude them from being banned, 3) the bots seem to have many varying IPs, so even banning a range of IPs only goes so far. In the past, I used to be able to find many bot accounts linked to one or a few similar IP addresses. Now I'm finding one IP being completely different from another, each IP containing many other bots as well. Frankly, banning is a bandaid solution. We need to have registration include further measures to stop bots from registering. Bots can completely make up nonsensical email addresses to register.

                  And yes, it turns out that the creepy guy in the black and yellow pictures is actually Noel Fielding...

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                    • MarioNintendo
                      Expect delays.
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      FFR Music Producer
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 4177
                      #6
                      Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

                      Really? Google images told me it was Noel Fielding, so that's the only clue I had. Out of curiosity, who is it?

                      I stopped reporting them recently because I didn't know if it was worth it, but I will start doing it again, then. I was wondering if we could use systems were accounts are moderator approved before they get deleted 7 days after creation, or something like that which I've seen a lot on other forums. Indeed, it would be yet another thing to code into the forums, but I'm just suggesting in the (very unlikely) case that no one had suggested this before.

                      Also, there's reCAPTCHA from google, which is a free and pretty successful avenue.
                      Last edited by MarioNintendo; 03-22-2016, 04:26 PM.

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                        • Red Blaster
                          Bridge Burner
                          • Jun 2011
                          • 2040
                          #7
                          Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

                          Originally posted by bmah
                          Firstly, big thanks to Red Blaster for pretty much reporting every bot he sees. I subsequently ban those.
                          No problem!

                          Originally posted by MarioNintendo
                          I was wondering if we could use systems were accounts are moderator approved before they get deleted 7 days after creation, or something like that which I've seen a lot on other forums. Indeed, it would be yet another thing to code into the forums, but I'm just suggesting in the (very unlikely) case that no one had suggested this before.

                          Also, there's reCAPTCHA from google, which is a free and pretty successful avenue.
                          I don't know how hard or easy this would be to implement, but it sounds like a pretty sound method.
                          Originally posted by hi19hi19
                          edgelord Linkin Park adolescent angst music
                          Originally posted by choof
                          hey great contribution to the thread cucklord the exit's up in the top right of your screen, it's called "log out"
                          Originally posted by Funnygurl555
                          what's a milky christmas :O

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                            • bmah
                              shots FIRED
                              Profile Moderator
                              FFR Simfile Author
                              Global Moderator
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 8448
                              #8
                              Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

                              Originally posted by MarioNintendo
                              Really? Google images told me it was Noel Fielding, so that's the only clue I had. Out of curiosity, who is it?
                              Some British actor/comedian guy. I don't really know much.

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                                • Ghakimx
                                  Cutie&Handshaking Sounds
                                  • Mar 2009
                                  • 1594
                                  #9
                                  Re: Forum bots Smash Bros and Noel Fielding

                                  Or maybe a mystery question like "how old is bmah" or "is bmah chinese" to see if they can get the answer. :P

                                  I AM ASHAMED OF MY STUPIDITY AND MUST COMMIT SEPPUKU. FORGIVE ME, FFR.


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