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Website => Site Feedback => Topic started by: Jock on December 16, 2008, 11:02:55 AM
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Looking at the forum today and I am truly enraged. Who is administrating this site?
Whoever you are can you please delete all of the non legitimate members and spam from the site!
Come on guys - It's really not that hard!
May I ask why are you letting this go on? Why are you not on top of it?
Why does the site keep getting 'spammed'?
The last thing we want to see on here is kiddy porn >:(
The thought alone disgusts me - let alone having to see the vulgar posts made by non legitimate spammers!
Unfortunately you guys are the only ones with the access to fix this - I urgently request that you put a stop to it.
For the well being of the site and it's members - be responsible and do something about this immediately.
Administrating a Forum and making sure that it is a secure and spam free environment is easy.
Like Nike says 'Just Do It'.
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FAKE ACCOUNTS / SPAM BOTS
duelone
thewhat2
comeseethis
Gatabaisy
alltothetop
Fubbinleboold
WEXFRUPEFRINI
neentuarafiex
asterynatly
UsahLashEmary
Apospinna
AtteleBigntog
Dubinal
Whomappechava
bertouk
heyu
Craig O (there are 4 users with this name)
You can start by deleting the 17 above.
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BUGA me! What happened to day? nude 13 year old. Please, this ain't cool! That bastard needs to go to jail with a couple smacks in the mouth on his way there! >:(
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Sorry fellow members, but I ain't coming back till this is gone! I'll wait till I get an e-mail form one of the mediators, my e-mail is in my profile.
Bye for now!
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Looking at the forum today and I am truly enraged. Who is administrating this site?
I am!
Whoever you are can you please delete all of the non legitimate members and spam from the site!
Come on guys - It's really not that hard!
Are you serious?? I spend over an hour each day maintaining this site. Not to mention forking out my own money to run/host it.
May I ask why are you letting this go on? Why are you not on top of it?
Would you believe that I'm not purposely letting it happen?
I have changed the registration system so that I have to approve all new registrations.
Why does the site keep getting 'spammed'?
Because we are now listed on every search engine there is. Becasue we get over 70000 hits from real people and bots evrey day.
The last thing we want to see on here is kiddy porn >:(
The thought alone disgusts me - let alone having to see the vulgar posts made by non legitimate spammers!
Me to.
Unfortunately you guys are the only ones with the access to fix this -
Not for long.
I urgently request that you put a stop to it.
Request noted.
For the well being of the site and it's members - be responsible and do something about this immediately.
Yeah sure. It will only take 2 minutes.. ::)
Administrating a Forum and making sure that it is a secure and spam free environment is easy.
haha I'm going to post that on the bullcrap comment of the week site.
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Guys
I understand your being upset at all the spamming, but be aware that keeping a site Spam free can be a very arduous task.
Spammers spend all day every day looking for weakness in all sorts of systems, and when they find one the exploit it to the max.
I feel Shane does a great Job, and his efforts normally go unnoticed, it's only when things go wrong that people even think a little bit about whats involved in maintaining a site like this.
Shane, I'm on most days, and if I can be of assistance then let me know, I'm more than willing to help.
Warren
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Shane,
I know exactly what is involved in running and maintaining a forum.
That is why I can't see how you are not on top of this one?
Do you know why this particular forum that you setup and administer is
vulnerable to spam attacks?
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When I noticed the spam this morning I contacted Shane J to have it deleted. I have also contacted the Australian Federal Police and ACMA to report this.
Some changes are needed to our structure and to who has access to what. With only Shane having admin access it makes it hard to act quickly if something like this happens again. I think all the moderators should have admin access to posts on the forum but not system changes.
Shane is implementing a new registration process, no long off.
I understand people being peed off, this type of stuff is not on.
I agree with Warren, Shane has done a great job with the site. There will always be people looking to exploit any weakness to post their crap. As this is a free site with no paid employees volunteers can do only so much. Both Shane and I have lots of time and money invested in this site, so any ideas you have will be taken on board.
Cheers
Craig Hamilton
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i'm all in favour of making it harder to post ,y'know those fuzzy numbers and stupid questions.
It's a shame but those maggots are very determined people, so i would put up with an extra step before i can post.
Can we have a stage when people are cleared, once there details are confirmed?
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I am a member of9 diffrent forums in 3 countries and it dosent matter how diligent u are this happens from time to time.
Shane your doing a great job for avolunteer keep it up.
Jock I share the pain brother be patient mate.
just my 2c worth
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Hey just a thought.
how about implementing a code that needs to be entered to make a post.
youve all seen them usually they are in upper and lowercase or a bit squigly with a line through the text so a web robot cant work them out.
that way there is no long registration process, and we get rid of the spam?
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TK
That system works well for registrations, but if I had to decipher and enter a code each time I posted, I wouldn't post.
Things can be done (like you said) things like having the Mods approve new members first "X" number of posts. No posts with links in them till "X" number etc.
The idea is to have it hard for the Bots, but not to inconvenient for the actual users.
Warren
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I have seen one, yes one spam (which I reported) in this and the old forum (one in total)
I take my hat of to admin and mods for keeping this a spam free site.
I'm a mod at a webmaster forum, we remove over 50 a day, we use key word matching but honestly it is more trouble than it's worth as it often picks up innocent posts. the fuzzy number thing can be got around with bots.
Cheers
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Hey Shane, You're doin a fantastic job, don't worry about the "knockers", YOU can only do so much!!! We love the site!!! Spend more time here than anywhere else!!
Cheers Brian & Carole ;D
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Thanks all you guys that appreciate the input that I and others put in.
I have just allowed our current mods access to all areas of the forum. I think I may have missed some but I'll get around to adding you shortly.
I have also set the forum so that all registrations need to be approved by me. Eventually I will have the moderators setup so that they can also approve the registrations.
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Shane I've been meaning to send you a note of congratulations for a while as this is a fantastic site, haven't come across any spam myself.....please keep up the good work and may your Christmas sock be full of HAM not spam....
....hang on spam is ham......oh never mind......
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Shane
You have my vote of confidence, it took me a while to decide to transfer from the old site which i was a bit pissed you guys decided to shut down, but I was wrong - you and the team of moderators are doing a great job.
I am pleased I missed the post but as far as I am concerned that just shows how quick your team act. I have seen some harmless spam but it is gone when I log in next, as a member of the site I cant ask more than that.
keep up the good work.
Cheers
Dave
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i have only been on the forum for two to three weeks and i have no complaints.
full respect to admin and senior members.
i had to run around for the misses today and by the sounds of it im glad i did....
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Thanks guys. Much appreciated.
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I think I may have missed some but I'll get around to adding you shortly.
And who would that be that you "think you may have missed"??? I wouldn't be one of them would I?
Jock
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You, John, and I think 2 others.
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duelone How do you know this is fake?
thewhat2
comeseethis This is a valid poster
Gatabaisy
alltothetop
Fubbinleboold
WEXFRUPEFRINI
neentuarafiex
asterynatly
UsahLashEmary
Apospinna
AtteleBigntog
Dubinal
Whomappechava
bertoukI cant be sure this is fake either, It was created by an Australian Host. And the email address used isn't on any spam DB.
heyuAppears to be a valid account
Craig O (there are 4 users with this name)This happens sometimes. Can be a mix of things that cause this.
I deleted the usernames that are obviously spam, I left a few that I cant be sure about and I left the ones that are valid.
It helps a lot to have people sort through the member list for accounts are appear to be fake. Thanks
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I see our member count has gone down substantially from 400+ members to 190.
Did the spammers/bots create 200+ fake accounts overnight?? That's crazy!
Good to see that you have cleaned it all up now, much appreciated mate.
If your ever in Sydney give me a call and I'll buy you a beer or ten :)
Jock
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There were a lot of accounts that were created but were never activated. Lots of bots and lots of valid users. I just rejected (and sent email) all registrations that hadn't been activated in the last 30 days.
I'll be in Sydney on the 19th for Jan for a week.
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Hi everyone and especially Shane.
Firstly, I would like to extend an apology to all the Moderators, especially Shane if my last post came accross as an attack on your personal abilities and efforts, as this was in no way my intention. I was just shocked to see that the left hand collum had turned into vertually nothing but kiddy porn posts over night and within only a few hours and I didn't want this sort of thing to jump accross onto my computer or worse my home network. I have a 9 year old and I can't think of many things worse than if this sort of thing poped up on his computer.
My refusal to come back till cleaned up was me protecting my family from those nasty buggers out there, not an attck on the moderators. Thanks for the e-mails Shane! ;)
Personally, I love this forum and although I haven't as yet met anybody, I feel a kin to everyone here. There is a great bunch of people on this site and it would truly be a shame to have it ruined by a bunch of A Holes that should be locked up, serving up thier A Holes to big hairy men for a cigarette.
Nice job on the speedy repair job! Now if only I could do the same with my Beddy!....... ;D
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Look Im glad to see that everyone is working this thing out.
No one is to blame for this except the spammers.
I notice it got a bit heated on here.
Now I think we need to all take our Hat off to shane who puts in his time for free, along with all the moderators.
I guess it goes to teach everyone a lesson. rather than bitching and blaming each other if everyone works together all the problems can be worked out.
all I can say is
great site, great people and we would all be lost if it didnt exist
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Look Im glad to see that everyone is working this thing out.
No one is to blame for this except the spammers.
I notice it got a bit heated on here.
Now I think we need to all take our Hat off to shane who puts in his time for free, along with all the moderators.
I guess it goes to teach everyone a lesson. rather than bitching and blaming each other if everyone works together all the problems can be worked out.
all I can say is
great site, great people and we would all be lost if it didnt exist
Hear, hear! ;)
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Shane has implemented new procedures to the "New Member Registration" procedure which I think will stop a lot of the rubbish coming through.
Do we need to close the forum to guests? Meaning you have to log in to read or post.
Pros
No more spam!
Cons
If we do this then we risk loosing search engines finding our site. New members will have to "stumble over" us with little help from Google etc!
Please add your comments for or against or both! ???
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Spamity Spammmmm
Sorry couldn't help myself
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Spamity Spammmmm
Sorry couldn't help myself
Sounds your having a hardcore flashback to 1994 there doofhard! You just left out the, 'Hocus Pocus'. Are you sure you weren't a Raver back in the early-mid 90s? ::)
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late 90's raver 98 was my first into techno for some good years before that though
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tweaker/doofhard
no idea what you are talking about. it just sounds 1970 flying circus to me....
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So how are all you guys finding the spam lately? Pretty good eh?
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yep , what did you do? employee a online doberman?
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Nah I got a Cattle dog doin the job ;)