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Linuxmusician01

So I've noticed (actually, others did) that bots can add url spam links in text messages, which are rendered as small as a single pixel. Quite devious if you ask me. See screenshot: the second dot is actually a link. Find it in the quoted quote in: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=155426#p155426 ...

sunrat

So I've noticed (actually, others did) that bots can add url spam links in text messages, which are rendered as small as a single pixel. Quite devious if you ask me. See screenshot: the second dot is actually a link. Find it in the quoted quote in: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=155426#p155426 ...

Impostor

So I've noticed (actually, others did) that bots can add url spam links in text messages, which are rendered as small as a single pixel. Quite devious if you ask me. See screenshot: the second dot is actually a link. Find it in the quoted quote in: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=155426#p155426 ...

sunrat

MattKingUSA wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:06 pm
I didn't see that listed. Would that be in extensions?

Yes it's an extension that would show in ACP Extensions.
https://www.stopforumspam.com/
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... orum_spam/

MattKingUSA

Great question. I have admin access for moderating only. I am unable to do any server changes or maintenance. So I honestly don't know what is installed for spam. I do often ban by ip when there is spam. But may be able to check if it's listed in the admin.

sunrat

... member base. But then if they are not gonna post they may as well be guests anyway. Many were possibly sleeper bot accounts. Do you use Stop Forum Spam here? We have found it stops a constant trickle of spammers from registering in the first place. Any new spammers get reported to the SFS database, ...

milkii

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A ... icians.com

Maybe there is some kind of spam strike against the site? A google.com/webmasters job for one of the admins?

milo

... some perspective: I think this forum is doing pretty well! In the last 15 years we have only 'actively' moderated a couple of times (not counting spam), and on the whole mostly people have a good intuition of what's acceptable and where to stop. I totally agree. This forum is awesome, and +1 to ...

... some perspective: I think this forum is doing pretty well! In the last 15 years we have only 'actively' moderated a couple of times (not counting spam), and on the whole mostly people have a good intuition of what's acceptable and where to stop. I feel like you're just saying a vague thing there ...

I find more moderators useful. I only activate new users (first 5 posts) and remove spam. I stay out of discussions because my english skills (and technical knowledge) are rather poor - I also have a different language style - and therefore I might misunderstand a ...

I don't think this is just gonna get erased. We talk before we delete, except when it's spam.
I didn't catch anything, and I didn't delete anything.
cheers

... among others as suggested by Basslint , if reasonably possible. Under the condition that it is technically (php / ...) as well as for moderation (spam / ~friendly tone of voice / ...) easily realizable. Which languages are allowed? Probably all of them? Is a moderator who can speak this language ...

Also at the moment the unlocking (unfortunately necessary for spam protection) after a successful 3/5 post, so that he can post freely, is not working properly, so we (rather raboof) have to unlock it manually. Does anyone know anything about this (forum ...

... longer because we are few moderators. Maybe more moderators could fix this problem? Also at the moment the unlocking (unfortunately necessary for spam protection) after a successful 3/5 post, so that he can post freely, is not working properly, so we (rather raboof) have to unlock it manually. ...

Markus

It is spam, but more the clandestine one. https://linuxmusicians.com/memberlist.php?first_char=g&start=50 There you can see a couple of user accounts, created in a narrow time frame, all with four digits at the end of the ...

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