Changes in response to spammers

depp · 01-23-2021, 10:53 PM

In response to an uptick in the number of spammers invading getDare I've made some tweaks that may impact your experience.

If you are encountering issues sending messages "too fast", find that your posts are invisible to other users, or are having to answer captcha challenges randomly, let me know right here. I've tried to exempt paid and mod accounts from most of this but want this site to be usable for everyone.

Also crazy thanks to Butterfuly and Jaro for pulling us out of the muck!

depp · 01-24-2021, 11:33 AM

Minor update: I've added some additional measures that may impact your ability to register, send private messages, and post. If anyone is getting caught up in this, let me know here and I'll investigate your account.

bluedieblub · 01-24-2021, 01:14 PM

Is the limit on sending 10 pm messages per hour part of these changes? I'm not quite sure if I simply never ran into this problem before, or if this is a new limitation.

depp · 01-24-2021, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bluedieblub

Is the limit on sending 10 pm messages per hour part of these changes? I'm not quite sure if I simply never ran into this problem before, or if this is a new limitation.

Yes. I moved it down while I was figuring out what to do about PM spam. Bumped it up to 20 just now since I have another solution that I think should help. Let me know if this is still frustratingly low.

Lacram · 01-27-2021, 10:30 AM

The site breaks in some places if you block cloudflare's scripts but i guess that is the expected behavior.

depp · 01-28-2021, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacram

The site breaks in some places if you block cloudflare's scripts but i guess that is the expected behavior.

I actually just enabled a setting that let's Cloudflare bundle our scripts. It's likely a result of this change. Let me know if this is totally disruptive for you. I mostly trust the Cloudflare folks. Certainly more than Google.

01-23-2021, 10:53 PM	#1
depp SysOp Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, now Posts: 3,532 Blog Entries: 51	Changes in response to spammers In response to an uptick in the number of spammers invading getDare I've made some tweaks that may impact your experience. If you are encountering issues sending messages "too fast", find that your posts are invisible to other users, or are having to answer captcha challenges randomly, let me know right here. I've tried to exempt paid and mod accounts from most of this but want this site to be usable for everyone. Also crazy thanks to Butterfuly and Jaro for pulling us out of the muck! __________________ The border between the two isn't all that clear. I'll be able to enter it soon. In full range. Full motion. I'll translate myself into it.

01-24-2021, 11:33 AM	#2
depp SysOp Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, now Posts: 3,532 Blog Entries: 51	Minor update: I've added some additional measures that may impact your ability to register, send private messages, and post. If anyone is getting caught up in this, let me know here and I'll investigate your account. __________________ The border between the two isn't all that clear. I'll be able to enter it soon. In full range. Full motion. I'll translate myself into it.

01-24-2021, 01:14 PM	#3
bluedieblub Dare Freak Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,733 Blog Entries: 16	Is the limit on sending 10 pm messages per hour part of these changes? I'm not quite sure if I simply never ran into this problem before, or if this is a new limitation. __________________ Likes, Dislikes and Limits PM dares and toys Enjoyed a task? Write me a report, I love reading what happened! M/Switch/Straight

01-27-2021, 10:30 AM	#5
Lacram Mystery Man Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,078 Blog Entries: 1	The site breaks in some places if you block cloudflare's scripts but i guess that is the expected behavior.