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Oh crazy internet...

Postby jalbin » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:35 pm

So we've turned into a one stop shop for porn apparently. I know some sites with problems like this put in a system for registration where you have to type in the word that's shown, into a box. It keeps the bots away, or so they say. I was half asleep when I first came on today, and saw one of the topic titles and thought "That doesn't sound like a movie Evi would be in."
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby prettylostxowbu » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:08 am

lmao. usually theres two or three here or there but this is ridiculous! damn bots.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby sharon_b » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:57 am

This is just ridiculous :roll: *sigh* . I think the best one option to minimize these spams is to have Janine or the other site admins individually confirm each new member so that they can't sign up and start spamming like crazy. I have seen this happen on a few boards and its worked really well. Another option could be to delete users who haven't posted anything useful or related to Evi after a certain number of months...just some suggestions

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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby tatibsblp » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:01 am

almost every day I have to ban someone. so if you see some spam just report it.

another thing if you are using a image host please use Imagine ban or Photobucket other host contain porn ads.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby carolilly » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:18 am

I deleted all the posts and banned the IP of the user who did this.
I'm here almost all the time, but I can't be here 24/7 so I apologize.
I tried to delete all the posts as fast as possible.

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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby tatibsblp » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:25 am

you can't stop spam..it will happen.
we just have to pay attention to new members and new posts.

if you guys see spams about porn/liposuction/ or any other just report back.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby carolilly » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:51 am

yeah I know I can't stop it.
I just try to delete it as fast as possible.
but I'm not here 24/7 as I said before.

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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby jalbin » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:38 am

No need to apologize either. Not your fault, this is just how the internet is. You do the best you can, and this site/board have been fantastic... far better than most fan sites, that's for sure.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby tatibsblp » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:45 am

the spams here are not that bad because as soon there's just 2-3 posts the user get banned.
that's why we are 2 admin.

and Jenna deleted few spams as well and contacted me to ban that person.

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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby prettylostxowbu » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:58 am

Yea guys no worries! Don't apologize because it in no way your fault. We all appreciate everything you do and I'm sure Jason started this post just to state how funny it was. Lol when I go on E-L.net the last thing I expect to see is porn


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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby Ed! » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:51 pm

Here's what I did when porn bots attacked my site.
I created a registration field where it asks you "Are you human? Write the word of approval, starting with a Y and ending with an S." or something like that. And you have to make sure to set the only acceptable answer to "Yes".
No bots ever since.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby carolilly » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:45 pm

great idea, but I don't know how to do that.
maybe Janine knows, but since it's almost impossible to talk to her...

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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby jalbin » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:54 pm

prettylostxowbu wrote:Yea guys no worries! Don't apologize because it in no way your fault. We all appreciate everything you do and I'm sure Jason started this post just to state how funny it was. Lol when I go on E-L.net the last thing I expect to see is porn


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Yep, I just thought it was funny. It didn't bother me or anything, just thought it was funny... because my actual reaction to the first one I saw was "that doesn't sound like a movie Evi would do.' Like I said above. Then I clicked on it and realized I'm a moron. :) I love this site and board, like I've said, it's better than most fan sites I know of.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby Ed! » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:33 pm

carolilly wrote:great idea, but I don't know how to do that.
maybe Janine knows, but since it's almost impossible to talk to her...


Well I hope it helps. I can't be sure if PhpBB can do that though, I'm positive you can make custom profile fields to fill out on the registration page but I'm not sure if you can set a specific answer that is the only one that can be accepted.
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Re: Oh crazy internet...

Postby tatibsblp » Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:33 am

I don't think this forum have that option.

so for now what we should all do if you see any spam PM a mod or admin and we take care of that.

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