Wtf is happening to the AMA section?

andrew_b · 03-28-2017, 01:47 PM

Maybe it only happened today but someone has been spamming the section posting random stuff.

It really looks like someone created a whole load of accounts to do it.

ExhibFlash · 03-28-2017, 02:14 PM

Yeah that was annoying as hell!

iSpuds · 03-28-2017, 02:15 PM

That, my friends, is what we like to call a spambot. It's not a "someone" but a "something," it's creating bum accounts to spam links and such.

Red · 03-28-2017, 10:26 PM

I'm trying to get rid of them but am struggling to keep up at the moment, sorry

Ravenwood · 03-28-2017, 10:28 PM

Thank you for doing your best! Your efforts are appreciated!

MasterMichaelNY · 03-28-2017, 11:35 PM

Yea, it's been going on for the past couple of weeks, check out the ban area in the quick links section.

They need to make a adjustment to how your able to join, like a picture verification, you know were they show you 6 pictures and you have to choose which ones are food, etc.

bthomas · 03-29-2017, 02:40 PM

Or we could make it so you would need to wait a fixed amount of time before you can start your own AMA thread, like 2 or 3 days. That might stop *this* spam bot.

Sam~ · 03-29-2017, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bthomas

Or we could make it so you would need to wait a fixed amount of time before you can start your own AMA thread, like 2 or 3 days. That might stop *this* spam bot.

it's not just new ama threads, they have spammed in other peoples AMA (inc mine) and other threads in other sections.

So do think there needs to be some check when creating accounts to make sure it's not a bot. Seems strange that I often have to prove I'm not a bot when I edit my blog, but you don't when creating an account!

Feel sorry for anyone genuinely creating a new thread at the moment, as will just get lost in the spam threads.

iSpuds · 03-29-2017, 06:18 PM

Hoo boy this shit is spreading everywhere.

badgirlisme · 03-30-2017, 12:14 AM

OMG.This is just sooooooo fucking annoying!

Wedgiebondagebabe · 03-30-2017, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Red

I'm trying to get rid of them but am struggling to keep up at the moment, sorry

Don't apologize! You guys are only what 3 of you that are actively banning over the past 10 plus days? It looks like you have your hands full. Thank you for all the thankless work you guys do.

LitDarkness · 03-30-2017, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Wedgiebondagebabe

Don't apologize! You guys are only what 3 of you that are actively banning over the past 10 plus days? It looks like you have your hands full. Thank you for all the thankless work you guys do.

I'd rather slow removal instead of no removal.

Hey, we all appreciate it. Well, except the spam bot.

andrew_b · 03-30-2017, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Red

I'm trying to get rid of them but am struggling to keep up at the moment, sorry

Thanks for trying though, I wonder if there are programmers on here who could create some sort of blocker.

RiskyFlame · 03-30-2017, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by andrew_b

Thanks for trying though, I wonder if there are programmers on here who could create some sort of blocker.

Sure, if I have the time. In the midst of exams now, though. But I could uae AutoIt to automate the deletion of the spam-iah threads and run it continuously. But this would be a clean-up solution when it actually should be fixed at the core.

* I never worked with AutoIt, but it doesn't look too difficult to learn.

Edit:
Removing threads should be just point-and-shoot functions, leaving the matter of filtering the spam accounts. I guess any user who registered himself on the current day (on which the sceipt is running) and posts a first thread containing several links (in certain sections) would suffice as criteria.

Lacram · 03-30-2017, 08:44 PM

If we let the bot continue, will it type the complete works of W. Shakespeare?

03-28-2017, 01:47 PM	#1
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03-28-2017, 11:35 PM	#6
MasterMichaelNY Account Banned Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Port St. Lucie, FL Posts: 3,327 Blog Entries: 20	Yea, it's been going on for the past couple of weeks, check out the ban area in the quick links section. They need to make a adjustment to how your able to join, like a picture verification, you know were they show you 6 pictures and you have to choose which ones are food, etc. __________________ They say, there will be a special place in hell for me. That's right. I'll be constructing the new rides Kik, MasterMichaelNY Email, [email protected]

03-29-2017, 02:40 PM	#7
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03-28-2017, 02:14 PM	#2
ExhibFlash Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 47 Blog Entries: 1	Yeah that was annoying as hell!

03-28-2017, 10:26 PM	#4
Red Sona Forever Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,146	I'm trying to get rid of them but am struggling to keep up at the moment, sorry

03-29-2017, 06:18 PM	#9
iSpuds Starchy Sadist Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 921 Blog Entries: 43	Hoo boy this shit is spreading everywhere. __________________ No, I do not want to be your Mistress. No, I do not want to be your slave. So don't PM me about it! Likes, Limits, and Fantasies (click) A Domme with a Monkey. The Monkey, the Potato, and the Book of Truth (AMA) My PM Dares are Offline. I don't participate in unsolicited PM dares, so don't ask. "iSpuds used to be an onion before she realized that she wanted a simpler, layer free life. Gordon Ramsey himself agreed to perform the surgery, but when Nigella Lawson walked in during the middle of the procedure with a bottle of scotch, things went awry. Waking up as an iOS kernel trapped in a potato's body, iSpuds successfully sued the Food Channel for 13 quintillion Zimbabwe Shillings, and now lives in an exclusive, nano-sliver coated vegetable crisper." *-Runesmith* "On a scale of 1-10, what's your favorite color of the Alphabet?" "Prismarine!"

03-30-2017, 12:14 AM	#10
badgirlisme Distinguished Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Korea(South),UK Posts: 508 Blog Entries: 2	OMG.This is just sooooooo fucking annoying! __________________ Likes and Limits PM dares No kik, skype or whatever Dare you to open this Spoiler: I dare you to send me a pm dare:D

03-30-2017, 08:44 PM	#15
Lacram Mystery Man Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,078 Blog Entries: 1	If we let the bot continue, will it type the complete works of W. Shakespeare?