Transparent Moderation Log & Site Topics - Part I

[Connemara]

I just reported five different spammers in Men's Clothing. Woah.

 

[acidboy]

Abigail Ballentine should be proclaimed a living saint

 

[Matt]

ya, I almost felt guilty banning her after all she has done for us.

 

[unjung]

Perhaps all new users could be required to post in a special new user forum once before being allowed to post elsewhere. Spammers are unlikely to do so.

 

[T4phage]

the captcha for starting new threads is a good idea

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by T4phage

the captcha for starting new threads is a good idea
I like this one

 

[j]

I believe that is included in the new version of vB which I am in the process of upgrading to.

 

[unjung]

I'm under the impression that these bots can break captchas very easily, but I could be wrong.

 

[robin]

A captcha will fool most spam bots, but some out there can solve them. Plus, there's always the people who get paid to post...

 

[j]

I just installed one vB hack that may help a bit. We'll see tomorrow. This one requires new users to pick between a group of pictures to identify them, instead of CAPTCHAs. E.g. "click the one that is a butterfly". If the pictures are too easy, maybe I'll change them out to more obscure things like "an EG Dover on the 808 last".

 

[gnatty8]

Originally Posted by j

I just installed one vB hack that may help a bit. We'll see tomorrow. This one requires new users to pick between a group of pictures to identify them, instead of CAPTCHAs. E.g. "click the one that is a butterfly". If the pictures are too easy, maybe I'll change them out to more obscure things like "an EG Dover on the 808 last".

You are assuming many of us can actually identify an EG Dover on the 808n last..

 

[j]

I was kind of kidding, but I could use relevant images to weed out utter idiots at least.

 

[Tck13]

Originally Posted by j

I just installed one vB hack that may help a bit. We'll see tomorrow. This one requires new users to pick between a group of pictures to identify them, instead of CAPTCHAs. E.g. "click the one that is a butterfly". If the pictures are too easy, maybe I'll change them out to more obscure things like "an EG Dover on the 808 last".

I had to do that on another website (to sign up) and I couldn't answer the question...

 

[Alter]

Originally Posted by j

I was kind of kidding, but I could use relevant images to weed out utter idiots at least.

Originally Posted by Tck13

I had to do that on another website (to sign up) and I couldn't answer the question...

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Tck13

I had to do that on another website (to sign up) and I couldn't answer the question...

I have to do this for one of my online banking accounts but I have to pick the picture I selected when I set up the account.