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Spam

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:45 am
by RPGguy
Is it just my perception or are the SPAM attacks on these boards mounting unusually fast?

Or is it a matter of moderator power decreasing?

Both?

It's getting messy in here :(

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:37 am
by Tricky
They're on top of it, I'm sure. :)

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:52 am
by Stworca
I bet its just our moderators having fun :rolleyes: :D

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:04 am
by RPGguy
I'm sure SPAM is always a problem here but it just seems like lately these boards are getting hit ultra hard.

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:07 am
by Stworca
The cooler the boards are, the more spam-bots attack. Let us take is as a compliment!

Oh.. And i salute ze mods for such swift actions against this plague. :)

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:22 am
by RPGguy
Stworca wrote:The cooler the boards are, the more spam-bots attack. Let us take is as a compliment!
I'm cool with calling it 'the RPGguy effect' :p

:cool:

:laugh:

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:37 am
by Stworca
*One could hear a cricket in the background now, an awkward silence has struck the forum* :D

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:43 am
by RPGguy
hahah, I'm fine with being a dork too!

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:46 am
by Stworca
Kudos for you then! I hail people who can take a joke :)

(instead of "YOU WANNE PIECE OF ME!?")

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:55 am
by Tricky
So.. then I guess I nobody is interested on some good deals on all these Nigerian cellphones I just randomly found? :)

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:09 am
by Stworca
Did you say Nigerian cellphones? No.. Not realy.. No, im not interested at all..

How much?

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:21 am
by Tricky
99.99 and I only accept regrets. Dollars aren't good enough for me, it's the new economy.

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:33 am
by Stworca
All i can give you is 50 Lao Kips. You cover the sending costs :D

Edit : Consider the offer without checking how much Lao Kips are worth

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:17 pm
by RPGguy
Stworca wrote:Kudos for you then! I hail people who can take a joke :)

(instead of "YOU WANNE PIECE OF ME!?")
I stopped taking myself seriously on the internet years ago.

Although I am distressed that this thread (meant to bring awareness to the growing SPAM on the boards) has itself taken on a SPAM-mish like tinge of its own. :(

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:35 pm
by Stworca
I believe that Twinky shares my view, that the less we talk about SPAM the better :)

It's like talking about rapists, rasists, religion or politics. Let us avoid the topic :D

If anyone felt offended by MY spam in this thread, apologises

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:06 pm
by dragon wench
You are all hitting the report button, right? ;)

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:38 pm
by Stworca
Yes..

Does it make me a bad person? :speech:

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:55 pm
by Siberys
It's because there was an issue with the activation code being sent to new registered users not working properly, and so Buck manually activated all members from a certain period of time back (or more likely, all unactivated members).

This allowed the spambots to join in as well.

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:58 pm
by RPGguy
Ahhh, I knew there was something out of the ordinary. thanks Sib.

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:34 am
by galraen
I've reported the Russian spammer, Illulgecuppy, hopefully his/her psots will be deleted shortly and the spammer's IP address banned.