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SAEalumnus 01-20-2010 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek (Post 1887248)
Well, that's good to know. Thanks for sharing.:)

But why wasn't it like this before? It just recently started as far as I know. I mean, there's a whole thread devoted to spammers now. That's bad.
As best we can tell, the spam started increasing after ads started appearing on GC.
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid (Post 1887251)
Just out of curiosity, is there any way to change the sign up process to make it harder for spammer and their bots to gain access?
There have been a few ideas kicked around over the years, but none of them have really been put into place. Only John has that kind of access.

NinjaPoodle 01-20-2010 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by SAEalumnus (Post 1887266)
As best we can tell, the spam started increasing after ads started appearing on GC.

There have been a few ideas kicked around over the years, but none of them have really been put into place. Only John has that kind of access.
Yeah, what he said.:)

chickenoodle 01-21-2010 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by sudha (Post 1887610)
The Greek Life office serves the needs of the student members of the social sororities and fraternities, providing advisement and support to the governing councils, executive boards, and presidents of every recognized greek chapter to promote student responsibility for shared governance of the University.
They are getting good.... :rolleyes:

ree-Xi 01-21-2010 08:37 PM
So is it a program (bot) creating the user accounts, adding sigs and posting spam, or does it require a live person? Some of the spam are scarily close to topic. Do people who spam really think that doing so increases traffic and sales or is the point just to annoy?

ThetaDancer 01-22-2010 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by SAEalumnus (Post 1887266)
As best we can tell, the spam started increasing after ads started appearing on GC.

There have been a few ideas kicked around over the years, but none of them have really been put into place. Only John has that kind of access.
Do you (or any of the mods, maybe?) know if he has a game plan for putting anything into place?


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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1887949)
So is it a program (bot) creating the user accounts, adding sigs and posting spam, or does it require a live person? Some of the spam are scarily close to topic. Do people who spam really think that doing so increases traffic and sales or is the point just to annoy?
I was thinking the same thing. They seem to be getting smarter.

RU OX Alum 01-23-2010 10:45 PM
Spam for steroids?! For the love of the f-word.

preciousjeni 01-23-2010 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1887949)
So is it a program (bot) creating the user accounts, adding sigs and posting spam, or does it require a live person? Some of the spam are scarily close to topic. Do people who spam really think that doing so increases traffic and sales or is the point just to annoy?
It's creepy for sure.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1888137)
But, in reality, my annoyance means nothing because I damn sure am not going to donate or pay to use any message board.
Remember when folks used to cosign posts? Well, COSIGN.

ree-Xi 01-27-2010 01:00 PM
One user today, 40 spams!

MysticCat 01-27-2010 01:19 PM
Meanwhile, I hear the CW is casting.

knight_shadow 01-27-2010 01:24 PM
^^^ You have to take Viagra to be considered, though.

ree-Xi 01-27-2010 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1889842)
Meanwhile, I hear the CW is casting.
lol

SydneyK 01-27-2010 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1889842)
Meanwhile, I hear the CW is casting.
Hooray! I'm gonna quit my job immediately.

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow (Post 1889845)
^^^ You have to take Viagra to be considered, though.
Unless you're a woman. Then you just have to make sure you bring the new Samsung S3650 Corby with you to your audition.

KAPital PHINUst 01-30-2010 09:14 PM
I wish they had something like this for spambots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7wR_ia-Ss

kddani 02-05-2010 07:32 AM
Bump. Almost the entire first page was spammers this morning.

Not that I'd expect John to care or see this thread (I've long since learned).

SAEalumnus 02-05-2010 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ThetaDancer (Post 1888134)
Do you (or any of the mods, maybe?) know if he has a game plan for putting anything into place?
The last time it was discussed was last March. We did all seem to arrive at a consensus of 'ya that's a good idea, let's do it,' but it's not been put into place yet. Couldn't tell you what the current plan is.


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