eth2 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Chad, It appears that direct signups for Forum ID's is not going to work since we have people who are spamming the site. Perhaps requests for new ID's should go through a moderator. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) Much more fun to hunt them down and kill'em... Freedom isn't free. JMHO. Dave Edited November 6, 2014 by Mallette 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 No forum is immune from spam, it's just an inherent reality. Empowering mods and ensuring software updates are properly applied is all you should really be doing. Forcing legitimate sign ups to wait until a gate keeper can get around to approving is counter productive and requires more effort than just cleaning up spam every day. I will ask though: are you guys performing IP band or just usernames? I guess my assumption there is that they aren't sophisticated enough to be using proxies or bots, but since no one saw fit to elect me for moderator I obviously don't have that detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 OK. SO I see we are equally divided as to the need for a gatekeeper. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 My other forums are screened, yeah they are pay sites, they are also brutal on someone who may disagree with someone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Chad Posted November 6, 2014 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2014 Part of our service with Invision Power includes the Spam prevention service. Without that, the forums would be ALL SPAM ALL THE TIME. A few are getting through the cracks. When we flag them as spammers, they get banned, all posts deleted, and reported to the spam service, which uses the data to identify trends and help detect more spammers. I've also been banning IPs and in some cases entire blocks of IP addresses. We'll get 'em. We'll always get some that slip through occasionally. This is why we have mods :-) We aren't going to hold new user signups for manual approval. We just don't have the time or manpower. Our money is better spent making great speakers and headphones. ;-) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 We aren't going to hold new user signups for manual approval. ) Oh, for the days of Amy telling you to go to hell and making you happy to be on your way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 In the meantime, we got hit, again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 All cleaned up again, SP. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Why is a SKYPE link showing up in the date of every thread? Is that Spam? Or is that a new forum "feature." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbox Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 i thought we were doing really well for quite a while...this is the first I've seen here in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Why is a SKYPE link showing up in the date of every thread? Is that Spam? Put up a screen clip of what you are talking about. I see nothing like you describe. It may be malware on your machine. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If you guys could get Mobile Homeless to come back, that would be great too. No spam. More Kelly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 No spam. More Kelly. AMEN! What a wonderful guy! I don't poke around so I really don't know why he left us. He emailed me a couple of years after leaving to tell me how much his mother enjoyed the piano recording I'd sent him. He seemed good. Miss a lot of those old timers who've drifted away over the years. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hey Chad, you might look into the Spam Assassin mod. I don't know if it's still being updated for IPS 3.4...but I know when I was running my own Invision forum we used that in connection with the built in spam filtration. Might give it a check. I think it was a one time fee of $25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjd Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Why is a SKYPE link showing up in the date of every thread? Is that Spam? Or is that a new forum "feature." I'm not certain exactly what you are looking at; however, do you have SKYPE running in the background? Sometimes when I do, it seems that SKYPE will try to convert a date into a phone number for a quick link for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 It isn't the forum. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 It's a Skype plugin that is running in your browser. It tends to search for decimals and hyphens to determine if an object is a phone number. You should be able to disable it in your browser settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Thanks, Dave and Michael, you were both right. It's a new Skype program called "Click to call" and I don't remember installing it, I think it installed itself when I upgraded my Skype recently. Every single date on the discussion board where threads are listed lit up with Skype blue on the dates, and tried to get me to Skype with those dates. I went to Control Panel, Remove Programs and un-installed Skype Click to Call. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hard to believe what crappy code there is out there. I'd fire a programmer in a heartbeat that couldn't write an algorithm that couldn't distinguish between a date and a phone number. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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