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18 Feb 2008, 21:16
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Hmmm...
HYPOTHESIS
I believe I am the victim of auto-alerts alerting us Mods to the presence of bots on the forum.
PROCEDURE
Open thread using the usual spambot Icon and see if I get an email alert for spam.
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18 Feb 2008, 22:27
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I am.
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Re: Hmmm...
fascinating stuff
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18 Feb 2008, 22:56
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BlueTuba
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Re: Hmmm...
Are you talking about this
Am I a spambot, acting like a vagrant outside the internet one stop of destiny?
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18 Feb 2008, 22:58
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Hmmm...
Might it just be that other mods are beating you to banning spambots and deleting threads?
I've got to a couple in recent times...
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18 Feb 2008, 23:51
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Registered Awesome Person
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Re: Hmmm...
Helpfully people are reporting spambot threads.
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19 Feb 2008, 13:59
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Registered User
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Re: Hmmm...
I just reported my first spam bot \o/
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The 20th century has been characterised by three developments of great political importance. The growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.
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20 Feb 2008, 14:00
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: Hmmm...
90% of the reports come from the same person(s), so I suspect they've coded something to look for
The de facto note icon
Postcount of 1
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Then send an email reporting the spam.
Since it's automatic, it's essentially a bot, so the report is basically spam, so the email is generated by a spambot, so I can ban the account.
MWUHAHAHAHA!
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20 Feb 2008, 14:10
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Registered User
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Re: Hmmm...
So there's a bot to detect and report bots?
Why don't they just make it a mod?
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20 Feb 2008, 14:18
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: Hmmm...
Error in line 1: Postcount !=1
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20 Feb 2008, 14:18
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I ♡ ☠
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Re: Hmmm...
what spam bot icon? i think i need to type what three times to fully articulate myself: what?
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20 Feb 2008, 14:23
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Re: Hmmm...
I think you mean report bad post?
If not, what?
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20 Feb 2008, 14:28
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: Hmmm...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hebdomad
what spam bot icon? i think i need to type what three times to fully articulate myself: what?
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Look at the icon used with this thread, it's almost always used by bots when they generate a new thread.
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23 Feb 2008, 13:34
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:alpha:
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Re: Hmmm...
Why don't you tell everyone how spambots are detected so that the people who are coding/making them can change how they function!
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23 Feb 2008, 19:35
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: Hmmm...
Sorry TK, now our super-secret anti-spambot group that uses GD as a cover has been revealed and our crusade against the spam is all for naught!
CURSES!
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