One vB forum I'm an admin at runs an addon called StopForumSpam, which is incredibly effective at stopping spambots (I just looked at its log, and there's an extremely large amount of rejected registrations in there). The main issue with such an addon is false positives (I had to disable checking for names before the false positive emails died out). This is coupled with having new registrations have their posts moderated for a period of time.
Are you kidding me?
...In related news, zeldaclassic.com is back up. Thanks, admins!
AtmaWeapon wrote:Maybe the other forums are more active? I'm a member of quite a few smaller forums, and we see a lot of spambots on those. Particularly on weekends, when the moderating staff is generally out at a pub and not looking to post on forums. At the only large forums I visit, there are only three reasons I don't see spam bots:
Well, maybe it is just (un)luck of the draw. I also post at two smaller forums, and neither one of them have any spambots, and are still actively managed. One of them is -technically- a big forum, but it is not nearly as active as it used to be a few years ago (This one is non-ZC related, btw.) I have noticed bots on other forums in the past, maybe one or two here and there, maybe posting one topic, but here, we have entire boards being flooded with posts, and threads for porn, and other things.
No, it does not really effect my life in any way. I am not gaining or losing anything by it, but it is annoying to see threads bumped, and wading through porn, and ads should not be part of my posting routine. Sorry, but there is no excuse for that. And I know it is not every day, so don't go saying I'm exaggerating, I know. I think my point is still made though as it happens often enough.
As for there being an 'excuse', as I've said, yes I know people have lives, but there are ways since other forums don't suffer from the same issues. So, to me, saying that is an excuse for lack of trying. But yes, there shouldn't be an excuse. I don't really have anything else to say about it. People don't like hearing that this site is neglected, but it is, and the general attitude around here is "fuck it..." and I think if anything is to get better, that needs to change.
But, it is cool that the zeldaclassic.com got fixed. I'm not saying that our staff are evil do-nothings, and about two thirds of the active staff/ mods are also ZC devs, and they gotta do that with their computer time too. Why not open the floor up to members willing to help, as Nathaniel said. I will admit, I don't really have any immediate solutions, but I (and others) may be more motivated to help out if we knew it would actually matter, and be considered, or implemented.
I know some of the other issues are also because this whole database, and site are somewhat old. I know these things can't change overnight, and I think it would be essentially impossible to switch over to another service. It may be harder to work with what we have, but for once, I don't really think I'm in the minority when I say things could be done just a little bit better around here.
Nothing personall, staffers, but I hope you can understand my discontent.
Woo www.zeldaclassic.com is now working for me 😊
Maybe impose a "first 2 posts must be moderated before being made public" feature as that would catch out any obvious spammer that only wants to spam, without increasing the workload for current staff by much.
edit: someone with more skillz then me should make a news announcement about the zeldaclassic.com domain being dead but now resolved and to also point out the alternate domain of zeldaclassic.armageddongames.net and the forum.
Also, someone needs to buy me some new glasses....
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