Bot?

jcole998 · 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?

ElihuRozen · 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

***sub*** · 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.

jcole998 · 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!

mvallevand · 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

***sub*** · 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?

***sub*** · 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.

mvallevand · 2020-08-10, 01:20 PM

Not as well as you hoped I guess.

Martin

***sub*** · 2020-08-10, 05:54 PM

lol, nope