Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 I'm on the east coast of america, and early morning here the bots are still pretty crazy. But point taken.When only the Aussies and near that timezone, are online, they seem to strike during that a lot of the time. Not sure if that's a coincidence or not.
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 They're Back. Prepare the BanHammer! Have we seen Molvibaba before?
Observer Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 So, I did a little bit of research on spambots for the heck of it. Anybody who's interesting would probably find this to be informative. Now I'm going to see if anybody has ever fallen for this kind of idiocy... 2
Voidus Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 When only the Aussies and near that timezone, are online, they seem to strike during that a lot of the time. Not sure if that's a coincidence or not. No one take any notice of the fact that I'm also Australian. 2
Voidus Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Why do they keep posting in the subforums I subscribe to!? I keep getting 20 messages about it. Grrrr.
Gabriele she/her Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Why do they keep posting in the subforums I subscribe to!? I keep getting 20 messages about it. Grrrr. Because they stalk you. 3
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 20 messages? I got like 100 last night...
Tien'sPetLurg she/her Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 I'm wondering if they've figured out a way into our email. I never used to get notifications in my inbox about the spam topics, but I did today. Strange. I went ahead and changed things in my settings just in case. I wish you all didn't have to clean it up all of the time, but thanks for doing it. We have one status spammer. As far as I can tell they have no other posts. *eyebrow raise* The username consists of a series of lowercase "t" s and has a 0 post count. 2
Observer Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 Well, there's now a sea of spambots again, trying to drown hurt and heal. Little do they know, H&H is a very simple, basic game, with few parts involved. It's not very dense at all, and IT CANNOT BE SUNK! DO YOU HEAR ME SPAMBOTS! OUR THREADS CAN FLOAT! 5
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I've stopped following topics for that reason. The day the spam bots hit Sanderson Elimination will be a gloomy day indeed... 2
Kobold King he/him Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I've stopped following topics for that reason. The day the spam bots hit Sanderson Elimination will be a gloomy day indeed... Pictured: the forum.
Observer Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 I'm sure I'm wrong somewhere in this, but how difficult would it be to scramble the names of the registration fields? Name the Username one Email and such. Maybe add a field image-labeled as "IF YOU TYPE ANYTHING IN HERE YOU WILL BE REJECTED" and then name and label it as username. Never run a site, so I'm sure it's way harder than I make it sound, but from what I know of this kind of bot, that should at the very worst slow them down. 2
Voidus Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Ok, now they're posting about Adelaide, which is the city I live in. This is definitely getting creepy.
Left he/him Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 And they've learned that this place worships brandon that's new isn't it? Braize, this is getting creepy.
Voidus Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 The spambots have gained sentience, the apocalypse is nigh! Nigh!!!!!!!!
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Ok, now they're posting about Adelaide, which is the city I live in. This is definitely getting creepy.Not just Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart too.
Voidus Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Again, no one make any connection between the creepy guy who wants to spike everyone living in Australia and the spambots continually posting about Australia
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Ack, no! They've started talking about Melbourne (the city I call home!)! They've taken Australia in earnest!
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 Ack, no! They've started talking about Melbourne (the city I call home!)! They've taken Australia in earnest!The spam bots are getting REALLY creepy. :/
Delightful Posted August 24, 2014 Author Posted August 24, 2014 Lightsworn Panda, Voidus, you guys are also Aussies? I had no idea. Actually the bots targeting the state capitals reminds me of a kids book about a possum who's turned invisible and has to eat a different Aussie food from each city to become visible again..... Not that I'm popping on here to ramble or anything .
Voidus Posted August 24, 2014 Posted August 24, 2014 Did I say that? I meant... er... Austria, yes I'm from Austria. There is definitely not a Hemalurgic lab hidden in my house in Adelaide.
Lightsworn Panda he/him Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Lightsworn Panda, Voidus, you guys are also Aussies? I had no idea. Actually the bots targeting the state capitals reminds me of a kids book about a possum who's turned invisible and has to eat a different Aussie food from each city to become visible again..... Not that I'm popping on here to ramble or anything . Yup. you can check it out on the nationalities thread. Aren't you in Melbourne too, Delightful? I'm pretty sure Claincy is. ... Is that Possum Magic you're talking about!? Brings back childhood memories...
Atilium she/her Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Maybe we could try some 17th-shard related question that new users have to answer when registering? Like, This forum is dedicated to who? or, Brandon Sanderson wrote which book: The Final Empire or The Blade Itself? Or something more specific, like, "What is Jasnah's last name?" and "What is the name of the magic system in the Mistborn books?" and then we have a question per book/series so that the new user can just answer the ones for the books they've read? ...does that make any sense? Edited August 27, 2014 by Atilium 1
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 Maybe we could try some 17th-shard related question that new users have to answer when registering? Like, This block is dedicated to who? or, Brandon Sanderson wrote which book: The Final Empire or The Blade Itself? Or something more specific, like, "What is Jasnah's last name?" and "What is the name of the magic system in the Mistborn books?" and then we have a question per book/series so that the new user can just answer the ones for the books they've read? ...does that make any sense? I really like this idea!There should be a select box where you select the ones you've read and then the question comes up but you can pick another question on the book too. 1
Observer Posted August 26, 2014 Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) As long as those boxes are named Email and send an autodeny if you have a @ anywhere in them EDIT: I just.....was online when while the bots were. One moment no spam, the next it was coming in. This is....new. Edited August 26, 2014 by Observer
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