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01-20-2010, 12:35 PM
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Well, that's good to know. Thanks for sharing.
But why wasn't it like this before? It just recently started as far as I know. I mean, there's a whole thread devoted to spammers now. That's bad.
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As best we can tell, the spam started increasing after ads started appearing on GC.
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Just out of curiosity, is there any way to change the sign up process to make it harder for spammer and their bots to gain access?
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There have been a few ideas kicked around over the years, but none of them have really been put into place. Only John has that kind of access.
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01-20-2010, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SAEalumnus
As best we can tell, the spam started increasing after ads started appearing on GC.
There have been a few ideas kicked around over the years, but none of them have really been put into place. Only John has that kind of access.
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Yeah, what he said.
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01-20-2010, 11:47 PM
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The Greek Life office serves the needs of the student members of the social sororities and fraternities, providing advisement and support to the governing councils, executive boards, and presidents of every recognized greek chapter to promote student responsibility for shared governance of the University.
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They are getting good....
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01-21-2010, 07:37 PM
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So is it a program (bot) creating the user accounts, adding sigs and posting spam, or does it require a live person? Some of the spam are scarily close to topic. Do people who spam really think that doing so increases traffic and sales or is the point just to annoy?
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01-22-2010, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by SAEalumnus
As best we can tell, the spam started increasing after ads started appearing on GC.
There have been a few ideas kicked around over the years, but none of them have really been put into place. Only John has that kind of access.
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Do you (or any of the mods, maybe?) know if he has a game plan for putting anything into place?
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi
So is it a program (bot) creating the user accounts, adding sigs and posting spam, or does it require a live person? Some of the spam are scarily close to topic. Do people who spam really think that doing so increases traffic and sales or is the point just to annoy?
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I was thinking the same thing. They seem to be getting smarter.
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01-23-2010, 09:45 PM
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Spam for steroids?! For the love of the f-word.
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01-23-2010, 10:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ree-Xi
So is it a program (bot) creating the user accounts, adding sigs and posting spam, or does it require a live person? Some of the spam are scarily close to topic. Do people who spam really think that doing so increases traffic and sales or is the point just to annoy?
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It's creepy for sure.
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But, in reality, my annoyance means nothing because I damn sure am not going to donate or pay to use any message board.
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Remember when folks used to cosign posts? Well, COSIGN.
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01-27-2010, 12:00 PM
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One user today, 40 spams!
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01-27-2010, 12:19 PM
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Meanwhile, I hear the CW is casting.
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01-27-2010, 12:24 PM
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^^^ You have to take Viagra to be considered, though.
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01-27-2010, 12:38 PM
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Meanwhile, I hear the CW is casting.
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lol
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01-27-2010, 12:43 PM
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Meanwhile, I hear the CW is casting.
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Hooray! I'm gonna quit my job immediately.
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^^^ You have to take Viagra to be considered, though.
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Unless you're a woman. Then you just have to make sure you bring the new Samsung S3650 Corby with you to your audition.
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01-30-2010, 08:14 PM
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I wish they had something like this for spambots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7wR_ia-Ss
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02-05-2010, 06:32 AM
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Bump. Almost the entire first page was spammers this morning.
Not that I'd expect John to care or see this thread (I've long since learned).
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02-05-2010, 02:46 PM
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Do you (or any of the mods, maybe?) know if he has a game plan for putting anything into place?
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The last time it was discussed was last March. We did all seem to arrive at a consensus of 'ya that's a good idea, let's do it,' but it's not been put into place yet. Couldn't tell you what the current plan is.
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