Spammer Invasion

[heliona]

Morwenna, I'm catching them, banning them, and deleting them as soon as I see them. (I'm on here every day, but of course due to timezones, it might be that the spam posts are on the forum for a wee while.)

We're in the process of redoing the "are you a bot" question, but in the meantime, rest assured that we are aware of the ongoing invasion!

[oldtoby]

I'd say totally turn off new member registration till then

[heliona]

Unfortunately, I don't have the privileges to do that.

[oldtoby]

well by chance or something y'all did its been quiet on the spammer front for a bit <fingers crossed>

[heliona]

Sadly not - I had to zap five more this morning. But I think I got them before they did much.

[Arassuil]

Sadly, the place has become quite the spam dump. They obviously figured out how to pry the door open and now they are flooding in.
Maybe a lock-down of new accounts could be temporarily implemented until the door bolt is fixed?

[heliona]

These are great ideas, however, we are short on the ground in terms of moderators at the moment (real life intervening, sadly) and I just don't have the powers to do that. I can delete and ban the spammers once they've arrived, but other than that, my powers are limited.

[Arassuil]

So you're it?

It appears this is yet another Tolkien site created in the movie heyday that is being slowly abandoned.

[heliona]

Right now, pretty much, unfortunately. Of course, the fact is, this messageboard is very slow now anyway and essentially abandoned by its posters, too.

Things have happened in real life for the other mods which means they're not here all the time. Most of the time, that doesn't matter so much, fortunately.

[Arassuil]

Yes, abandoned by both users and admin. Good luck with the fight!

[oldtoby]

Well some of us are still here even if we dont say much anymore

[Ladykat]

Well some of us are still here even if we dont say much anymore

HEAR HEAR!!

LK

[Arassuil]

even if we dont say much anymore

.... which kind of defeats the purpose of putting in the effort of maintaining a site like this.

I see the next wave of stinky meat is upon us already.

[heliona]

And zapped!

They do seem to slowing down, thank goodness.

oldtoby, you may not say much, but quality over quantity.

[Arassuil]

Thanks Heliona. And the spammer of the day now is prayedm6, filling threads with porn links.

Anyway, I'll leave you to it. Good Luck.

[heliona]

Yep, got him eventually. Sorry for the delay - I was away at the weekend. *sigh*

[Thor 'n' Oakenshield]

The Books forum has been all but engulfed by spammers. Russian bots for the most part, I think. I've tried to report as many as possible.

[WaitingCynicism]

The Books forum has been all but engulfed by spammers. Russian bots for the most part, I think. I've tried to report as many as possible.

It looks like most of the forum has as well, for me at least.

[Thor 'n' Oakenshield]

The Books forum has been all but engulfed by spammers. Russian bots for the most part, I think. I've tried to report as many as possible.

It looks like most of the forum has as well, for me at least.

True. It's annoying

[ElvenArcher]

I'm working on the most recent invasion! Temporarily suspended registration. Now I have to go through all those threads and delete. I very much appreciate those who flag the threads as it directs the mods right to them.