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jcole998
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#1
2020-07-29, 01:25 PM
I've noticed occasionally of "members" posting totally irrelevant posts across several threads. Do you think this poster, "alifaj1," is a bot? Can it be blocked?
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2020-07-29, 06:06 PM
(2020-07-29, 01:25 PM)jcole998 Wrote: I've noticed occasionally of "members" posting totally irrelevant posts across several threads. Do you think this poster, "alifaj1," is a bot? Can it be blocked?
I see alifaj, alifaj1 and alifaj11.  Maybe they are siblings and their parents aren't very creative about names.  Smile
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#3
2020-07-29, 09:19 PM
We get a few of these a week. I'm usually pretty quick to purge them and their posts, so most people never see them, unless they're posted overnight while I'm sleeping. I've been a busy day job stuff the last few weeks, so haven't been quite as quick at getting to them.
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2020-07-30, 01:18 PM
No worries, sub. I just wish there was an easy way for admins to test for bots before allowing membership. C'est la vie!
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#5
2020-08-09, 03:55 AM
Sub, I got spam PM one of these new users. Can you disable PM from new users or do I need to disable PM?

Martin
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#6
2020-08-09, 05:19 AM
To be honest, I'm not sure I can disable PM on new users. I'll check.

If you've still got it, can you let me know what the user ID was?
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#7
2020-08-09, 05:44 AM
I've updated the forum software to the current 1.8.23 point release, and enabled a couple of settings that make it harder for bots to register. Hopefully it'll help.
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2020-08-10, 01:20 PM
Not as well as you hoped I guess.

Martin
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#9
2020-08-10, 05:54 PM
lol, nope Big Grin
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2023-08-26, 04:45 AM
Looks like an AI Chat bot has resurrected a 6 month old thread - no not me I resurrect  3 year old ones  Big Grin 

https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid585021

He even lives in google!
It's not an overly complicated system - it's more - overly simple operatives  Huh
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