About the spam...

jrkhnds · Post by **jrkhnds** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:41 am

So the situation has unfortunately gotten out of hands and is really damaging gd. Maybe we can bounce some ideas off of each other to help the admins sort it? If that's needed at all, that is... Just trying to help a bit.

How about you limited the amount of threads a user can create in a certain amount of time?
Another approach would be to deny new users the possibility of opening new topics until they have five posts, although I understand this would be problematic for a number of reasons.
Force captchas, even though that's a bit of a hassle for all the other users. And since the posters presumably are human and not bots I'm unsure if such a thing would even counteract their activities.

Thoughts?

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:42 am

What spam?

jrkhnds · Post by **jrkhnds** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:43 am

I imagine you guys are thrilled to delete up to twelve pages of spam every morning.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:48 am

One of the benefits of moving over to the new system is that we have greater control for dealing with spam.

We now have a one-click nuke user button which removes an account as well as deleting all of their posts. So it looks untidy in GD if no-one catches it immediately, but removing it is far less effort than it used to be.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:51 am

Wub, are there backups of dsf? Of the old posts?

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:07 am

You mean the '+0041232324983 black magic for lovers in California' posts? Sorry mate, we don't keep those. You'll have to keep trying the little blue pill and hoping for the best.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:11 am

Damn!

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Was referring to dsf, the bulk of old threads and posts.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:12 am

There are two trash forums where the majority of spam and problem threads were dumped prior to the new admin interface letting us nuke spambots. But for obvious reasons those aren't public.

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:16 am

Are you trying to misunderstand me? Is there a backup of dsf? If there were something to hit the db and wipe out all prior posts, could they be restored from another location?

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:33 am

DSF is software, in cyberspace.

There is no system core.

Judgement day is inevitable.

Glory to Pete.

AxeD · Post by **AxeD** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:37 am

Luckily I've been backing up all of SNH since early 2010.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:38 am

AxeD wrote:Luckily I've been backing up all of SNH since early 2010.

You should really get outside more.

AxeD · Post by **AxeD** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:42 am

wub wrote:
AxeD wrote:Luckily I've been backing up all of SNH since early 2010.
You should really get outside more.

It would interfere with my work as a mad scientist.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:52 am

Nonsense.

Look at Benjamin Franklin. Nutty bastard and most famous experiment took place outside.

leyenda · Post by **leyenda** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:10 pm

Looks like that Waveform guy has been nuked too

mks · Post by **mks** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:53 am

That is because he bombed in his opening act...

(That's terrible...)

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 3:15 am

yo seriously tho fuck that nuke button b/c no one gives a fuck if you can get rid of the user if new users get on literally every night & fuck the forum to shit during the mods bedtimes

i dont even go on GD often, but i like to at least look at a few things at night & i have to go to page 8 before i see real threads

particle-jim · Post by **particle-jim** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:17 am

Just went to have a look at general, fucking hell that needs sorting out, the first 3 pages were just spambots, it wasn't till halfway down page 4 that I saw any proper threads, seriously that needs sorting out asap, fuck

seems to have only increased since the changeover to the new system recently too

rickyarbino · Post by **rickyarbino** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:21 am

Watch how DSF are paying people/companies to visit and post on dubstep forum for ad revenue and it's just backfiring.

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:10 pm

AxeD wrote:
wub wrote:
AxeD wrote:Luckily I've been backing up all of SNH since early 2010.
You should really get outside more.
It would interfere with my work as a mad scientist.

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