Pirates Without Borders

Pirates Without Borders => Promenade => Topic started by: Doug on March 26, 2018, 07:07:21 PM

Title: SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Post by: Doug on March 26, 2018, 07:07:21 PM
The cob webs, in this forum, seem to only collect SPAM!! I wonder if it is, Freedom SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Title: Re: SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Post by: Davi on September 16, 2019, 09:17:16 AM
I have a feeling this is going to be an ongoing struggle. I've just spent the morning clearing it out, and removing the bot users. But I have a feeling the best defense against noise is signal. Right now there's not a lot of traffic in the forum. When there is more traffic the occasional SPAM will seem irrelevant. It's a ratio problem. My goal is too keep it below the Facebook unsolicited advertisement ratio.
Title: Re: SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Post by: Spartacus on September 17, 2019, 12:02:25 PM
Marc Stevens handles it by having everyone email him to request a user name for access before they can post.
Title: Re: SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Post by: Davi on September 18, 2019, 11:32:43 AM
Quote from: Spartacus post_id=8870 time=1568746945 user_id=1010

Marc Stevens handles it by having everyone email him to request a user name for access before they can post.


That's how you build an echo chamber. I'm trying to build a resonance generator.
Title: Re: SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Post by: Spartacus on September 19, 2019, 03:29:40 PM
I get your point, but he doesn't vet people he simply uses that as a tool to prevent bots.  It seems to work although perhaps some will self sensor by not choosing to send an email request for access.
Title: Re: SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Post by: cameron on September 12, 2021, 11:25:42 AM
I've been working on this new forum and have cleaned up all the spam. Hopefully the new system will be less susceptible to the Russian bots.