Author Topic: usernames registered for the forum  (Read 7531 times)

pringdew

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usernames registered for the forum
« on: December 10, 2012, 10:45:04 pm »
umm, i was just perusing the names that were active in the last half hour or so and 90% of them are spam related, just look at them.  some of them even have advertisement about samsung galaxys and whatnot....just might want to look into that...

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Re: usernames registered for the forum
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 12:30:10 am »
I noticed that as well some time ago. I don't remember what kind of spam-prevention system the forum registration is currently using but I think it might be time to patch it. Good thing they don't spam that much though, the do tend to come in waves as far as I'm concerned, which is reassuring, much less work for Styg to keep the forums clean that way.

It's rather amusing that the user count is now over 10000, considering how small this community is :P
« Last Edit: December 11, 2012, 12:36:40 am by nackidno »

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Re: usernames registered for the forum
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2012, 06:15:30 am »
Well there sure seem to be some measures in place considering a week or two ago we were nearly spammed to death. And now, as you both can see, it's not being done at all.

But yeah, I saw that most of 'people online' are bots. Shame, but maybe it'll bring more hits and go up on google search or something. Every bit helps!

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Re: usernames registered for the forum
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2012, 07:27:03 pm »
As long as they don't spam I don't see much harm in it.