Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 23, 2011 Aerosoft Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yes we know, it is super irritating and yes as administrators we should do all we can to prevent it. And we do, but all automated systems are designed to separate human for bot and the spammers we now got are not bots but poor kids from India, China etc. They get a few cents for each valid forum account and when the accounts are done the bots get into action. The only thing we could do is make it harder to posts for registered users. Limit the amount of post per hour, not letting you posts anything in the first 2 days etc. But all of that makes life harder for real users and that's just bad. As a user you can help by reporting the spammers, we then ban them and remove the post, most of the time we can do that very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidT 1 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 A well known MSFS forum has resorted to only allowing ISP emails. ie verizon or comcast. Email addresses from Yahoo/Gmail/Hotmail etc were banned. Irritated me at first since i never used the account email, but if it helps companies/people such as yourself then i'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 A well known MSFS forum has resorted to only allowing ISP emails. ie verizon or comcast. Email addresses from Yahoo/Gmail/Hotmail etc were banned. Irritated me at first since i never used the account email, but if it helps companies/people such as yourself then i'm all for it. Hello David, Problem is though a lot of companies have now started to let people use there e-mails without payment like AOL etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Aerosoft Share Posted December 24, 2011 What we have implemented is a limitation of 3 posts per day for the first 7 days after activation. This will not stop them, but at least it will prevent the bots from dumping up to 100 posts in an hour as they have been doing recently. Can you believe it, we are now fighting bots. Modern days indeed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hodge001 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Up to now I have always let your comments pass without comment, but that is the most disgusting comment that I have heard and is the final straw for me, and try not to get a headache thinking of a reply as I will not be back hear again as long as you remain a member. Jim Hodkinson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDNR-Cruiser 319 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Having to stop the spammers ist surely bad enough... - but perhaps we should also stop feeding blunt trolls??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebksb123 99 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Is it possible to prevent users from posting the same text two times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaspis29 29 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Spammer spammed on a spam thread, bad luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaspis29 29 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Is it possible to prevent users from posting the same text two times? That actually sounds good, because then if you mispost two reply's it will delete the other posts so there remains only one (!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 25, 2011 Author Aerosoft Share Posted December 25, 2011 Is it possible to prevent users from posting the same text two times? I'll investigate, but it could be difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud 27 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Quote : Up to now I have always let your comments pass without comment, but that is the most disgusting comment that I have heard and is the final straw for me, and try not to get a headache thinking of a reply as I will not be back hear again as long as you remain a member. Jim Hodkinson Am I missing something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B. 40 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Yes you did miss something the moderators deleted Snaves post already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emi 5161 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Yes you did miss something the moderators deleted Snaves post already. Ah, I already thought he would be talking about Mathijs post, which I have absolutly no problem with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud 27 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Thanks Andy B, now the post makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Talking about an other form of "spam", the enormous Bronco X banner on top of this forum... Is there a way to remove it? I already bought the plane so no need to draw my attention to it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted December 26, 2011 Author Aerosoft Share Posted December 26, 2011 Talking about an other form of "spam", the enormous Bronco X banner on top of this forum... Is there a way to remove it? I already bought the plane so no need to draw my attention to it :-) Yeah it was an experiment, will replace it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4PhantomRAAF 1 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Yes we know, it is super irritating and yes as administrators we should do all we can to prevent it. And we do, but all automated systems are designed to separate human for bot and the spammers we now got are not bots but poor kids from India, China etc. They get a few cents for each valid forum account and when the accounts are done the bots get into action. The only thing we could do is make it harder to posts for registered users. Limit the amount of post per hour, not letting you posts anything in the first 2 days etc. But all of that makes life harder for real users and that's just bad. As a user you can help by reporting the spammers, we then ban them and remove the post, most of the time we can do that very fast. Just did. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4PhantomRAAF 1 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 What we have implemented is a limitation of 3 posts per day for the first 7 days after activation. This will not stop them, but at least it will prevent the bots from dumping up to 100 posts in an hour as they have been doing recently. Can you believe it, we are now fighting bots. Modern days indeed. Bot wars. Reminds me of the Clone Wars (Star Wars)!! Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerries 24 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Talking about an other form of "spam", the enormous Bronco X banner on top of this forum... Is there a way to remove it? I already bought the plane so no need to draw my attention to it :-) Use Firefox plus AdBlock+ and you will get rid of unwanted pictures, links etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUC 14 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ###? A Spambot in a spamthread? I hate these spamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp623 15 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 HAHAHAHAHA a Spambot in the spamthread!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDNR-Cruiser 319 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 What a crazy world!!!! *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickac1092 8 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 these stupid A** spam bots. Who the created them? I want to give them a peace of my mind! "Knuckle sandwich!" Whos with me? Quote me if you agree! lol Post edited by Admin, No need for the expletive especially that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonov22 2 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Got one again, user juissedub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Fletcher 570 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Got one again, user juissedub Thats 3 more removed today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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