BeerFan Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Just posting in case it gives a mod a heads up. Craploads of spam coming in right now. Feel free to delete this once it is dealt with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 And where is the REPORT button?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 It's right at the top of the posts, next to the "Posted X minutes ago" part. Directly right of your member name. I've reported several; hoping a mod comes online soon to stop it. TruckWEB 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yeah, got it thanks!!! BeerFan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devbox Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 wtf my account got hacked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yeah right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 wtf my account got hacked! LOL. Considering your first post was spam, i find that slightly unlikely. Good try though! The Evil Overlord and Gone 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devbox Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 LOL. Considering your first post was spam, i find that slightly unlikely. Good try though! how was my first post spam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devbox Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 if you really think this is spam then you have issues https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1252372-tightvnc-doesnt-work-on-lan-but-works-on-wifi/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Now there's Korean spam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 You're right... my bad. Didn't look far back enough in your post history. Might want to change your PW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Veteran Posted August 23, 2015 Veteran Share Posted August 23, 2015 When the Korean bots hit another forum I moderate, we locked everything down to "new members by invite only" after struggling to fight it for months. Requiring mod approval to join may be necessary to keep things not crazy. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Red King Subscriber² Posted August 23, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted August 23, 2015 When the Korean bots hit another forum I moderate, we locked everything down to "new members by invite only" after struggling to fight it for months. Requiring mod approval to join may be necessary to keep things not crazy. :\ What about banning Korean jibberish for new members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Agreed. I saw the same on a forum i used to moderate on. Slightly surprised this kind of attack doesn't happen more often here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisifer Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 What about banning Korean jibberish for new members? I'm sure there must be an option to filter out topics with certain keywords, someone just needs to find out what 'enlargement pills' is in Korean exotoxic 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoken Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Koreans are spamming now, because they might not be around tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It's right at the top of the posts, next to the "Posted X minutes ago" part. Directly right of your member name. I've reported several; hoping a mod comes online soon to stop it. I do not see this. Any ideas why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I do not see this. Any ideas why? Probably because we're all used to it being next to the 'like' button from the old forum (personal opinion, I like it where it is now, cannot accidentally click report when trying to like, and vice versa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Probably because we're all used to it being next to the 'like' button from the old forum (personal opinion, I like it where it is now, cannot accidentally click report when trying to like, and vice versa) I see it now. It's hard to read against the light theme, and I was actually looking around title for some reason... I need to go to bed... The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 On a slightly related note, You'd think these spamming scumbags would figure out that when mass spam is posted, users usually make a mental note to never go to that site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 23, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 23, 2015 When the Korean bots hit another forum I moderate, we locked everything down to "new members by invite only" after struggling to fight it for months. Requiring mod approval to join may be necessary to keep things not crazy. :\ With around 50 signups a day that's a big ask for the mod team.. even if it is just approving first posts. Approving first posts can also be worked around by spammers. How would we know which is a Korean spammer just by approving the member account? The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Just block Korean characters, and your spam problem will be solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 23, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 23, 2015 Just block Korean characters, and your spam problem will be solved. We did that using a Google API but it also interfered with normal posts, so we had to disable it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We did that using a Google API but it also interfered with normal posts, so we had to disable it. I'm curious, how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 23, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 23, 2015 Google has a language check API and @Redmak created a plugin to check posts against it. But it also blocked posts with unicode in the title [ ] maybe, I don't know for sure (not a coder) kachan64, Victor Rambo, LimeMaster and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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