Ace38
Squier-holic
Seriously...just shut it down, put a post on the home page saying due to spammers membership temporarily disabled. Eventually they'll move on somewhere else and we can open it back up.
Why don't we just shut down membership? RE: Spam
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Ace38
Squier-holic
But as has been noted in previous threads, that spamming leads to other issues and could kill legit traffic and then the site.It's ok. Ignore works great.
Ignore is a temporary measure to this problem, surely something like an anti bot can be added to the registrar section in the form of either s tick box or a puzzle picture..
I do recall asking the question awhile back as to why ST was not a secure site....anyway, let's message the management to move their asses.
I do recall asking the question awhile back as to why ST was not a secure site....anyway, let's message the management to move their asses.
Powerstroke
Squier-holic
Out of all the forums I am on (many) this is the only one having this problem.
Maybe the others are too but they are doing something about it? Who knows.
I've not been able to join the telecaster reissue site. It says I'm spam . So many ask them. They have obviously done something
Maybe the others are too but they are doing something about it? Who knows.
I've not been able to join the telecaster reissue site. It says I'm spam . So many ask them. They have obviously done something
There are workable options to staunch this deluge of spam but it does require some admin/moderator input. I think the problem is Lonn is our only active moderator and the best practices systems requires an active admin. I'll make another attempt at offering my services as a mod/admin.
Ace38
Squier-holic
Fair enough, what can we do then? We can't stick our heads in the sand. I guess like Ray I can offer up my services as a mod if needed.
Powerstroke
Squier-holic
I thought this was one of the more active? The Fender Forum is like dead. I don't really see many new members sign up.
Don't shut it down yet, I'm almost done with my 10th PhD.
SoundDesign
Squier-holic
First off, I'm only quoting you Lonn to extend this line of discussion, not to question what you're saying or expect you to have all (or any) of the answers.
Web hosting is, in the grand scheme of things, fairly cheap. I have a shared professional hosting account that is roughly $10 / month and offers "unlimited" bandwidth. I've been running sites a long time and not too naive to think that if my little domains were generating enough traffic or consuming enough bandwidth / CPU to crush the server I was on, they would let me know and renegotiate the terms of our arrangement. That's how shared hosting tends to work - the squeaky wheel gets replaced (so to speak).
The point is, I'm thinking of hosting costs in the context of the donations many have made here to keep this place going and it's hard to fathom how "traffic" (give or take) is keeping them from pulling the plug on this place in two weeks.
Potentially rebellious question here but when you get down to brass tacks, what exactly do "we" the users get from Gear Talk that is indispensable? Asked a different way, if I go register "squierfans.net" tomorrow and install a discussion board on it and invite a bunch of people to check it out, what are they going to do?
OOMTOM
Squier-holic
Shutting down the membership would say the Spammers Won and no way would I agree to that.
Ignore them for the mindless turds that they are. How anyone can get any enjoyment out of interfering with other peoples fun is beyond me, they are the Losers in life ............
Ignore them for the mindless turds that they are. How anyone can get any enjoyment out of interfering with other peoples fun is beyond me, they are the Losers in life ............
Powerstroke
Squier-holic
Robb
Squier-holic
Maybe this site is owned by the spammer !!!
Lanaka
Squier-holic
Ultimately no. The continuation of the proliferation of the spam will consume server memory and resources. If there's a billion spam, they will take up memory, cpu cycles and net bandwidth. Not to mention the risk of those spams containing links to trojans and other malware or bad sites. These poses legal risks to the Forums and their owner(s) if not eliminated..It's ok. Ignore works great.
Methinks there need to be more stringent measures that prevents such spammers from joining, like remembering ISP and net address linked to past spammers and banned members, they should be automatically blocked from making new accounts.
Lanaka
Squier-holic
Another thing one could do is make it mandatory to post in the "Introduce Yourself" section first and be approved by Lonn and others designated as "Thread Mods,"* before they're allowed to post anywhere else in the Forums. A spam there will allow the admins to block and ban them there before they can spread to the rest of the Forums.
Learned this trick from Discord.
* "Thread Mod" = mods who's powers are limited to a specific thread or subsection of the Forums.
Learned this trick from Discord.
* "Thread Mod" = mods who's powers are limited to a specific thread or subsection of the Forums.
