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Battleground Games & Hobbies => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chase on June 16, 2011, 03:07:21 PM

Title: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Chase on June 16, 2011, 03:07:21 PM
that's all.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Jonathan on June 16, 2011, 04:58:34 PM
that's all.

+1
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Bruce Willis on June 18, 2011, 03:07:15 PM
Ok, this spammer is a real $&%$#^ing $&^&#*#!! Is there no way you can just ban spammers? If not, then the website should have an option for the spammer handlers to ban them.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Rob S on June 18, 2011, 04:15:57 PM
Ok, this spammer is a real $&%$#^ing $&^&#*#!! Is there no way you can just ban spammers? If not, then the website should have an option for the spammer handlers to ban them.

If there was a way for a forum to know if it's a spammer signing up, forum spam wouldn't exist.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Bruce Willis on June 18, 2011, 07:13:00 PM
I don't mean that the website itself should be able to detect a spammer, I mean that Derek and Chase should have a "ban-hammer" of sorts. I know these things exist on many other forums and websites etc. etc. etc. It would just be nice if they could simply ban people for "spammer type" posts.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Chase on June 18, 2011, 08:52:22 PM
I've probably banned close to 100 "people" and deleted their accounts in the last 7 days.  Matt has banned quite a few as well.  I'm sure Derek has owned plenty of fools too.

We do our best.  I still refuse to "approve" people before they can post on our boards.  If the spam keeps up I may change my mind.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Benjamin on June 18, 2011, 09:36:41 PM
Matt has banned quite a few as well. 

I know he was very pro-active Thursday evening. :)
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Battleground on June 19, 2011, 12:23:05 AM
I've banned over 900 spam accounts since Friday. Some were old.

It hasn't done any good though. They are creating something like 20-30 accounts per day. Some post spam and some do nothing.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Dissimulation on June 19, 2011, 12:52:29 AM
I think you should hire young nerdlings to ban the undesirables :)
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Chase on June 19, 2011, 03:14:35 AM
Young nerdlings would likely abuse the "power" / cause drama / accidentally ban everyone who has registered with a gmail account.  ;)
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Dissimulation on June 19, 2011, 03:55:06 AM
foiled again!
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Ian Mulligan on June 19, 2011, 03:56:16 AM
if there's anything game store nerds on power trips are good at, its causing drama.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Bruce Willis on June 19, 2011, 11:21:00 AM
Sweet.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Benjamin on June 19, 2011, 02:20:22 PM
if there's anything game store nerds on power trips are good at, its causing drama.
Then let's get some cameras on that, market it to TLC as a reality TV show.
"Life is a Battleground: When Fantasy Gets Real: Fun is Serious Business"
The struggles of a local game store and the harder struggles of actually having to deal with the nerds, geeks and dorks who never seem to leave.
Season 1, 12 hours / day of spambot banning, more conversations about Jace, the rise of Warmachine and Goss has octuplets.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Chase on June 19, 2011, 03:31:38 PM
Ben, you're rapidly becoming my favorite person.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Grand Master Steve on June 19, 2011, 05:31:50 PM
if there's anything game store nerds on power trips are good at, its causing drama.
Then let's get some cameras on that, market it to TLC as a reality TV show.
"Life is a Battleground: When Fantasy Gets Real: Fun is Serious Business"
The struggles of a local game store and the harder struggles of actually having to deal with the nerds, geeks and dorks who never seem to leave.
Season 1, 12 hours / day of spambot banning, more conversations about Jace, the rise of Warmachine and Goss has octuplets.

I highly approve of this. Mega Battle fottage alone will draw a crowd.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Benjamin on June 19, 2011, 06:52:02 PM
Season 2: Plainville Junior vs Abington Senior
"You're far away!"
"No, you're far away!"
"You like the same things we do!"
"No, *you* like the same things we do!"

Compelling stuff.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Ed on June 19, 2011, 07:55:36 PM
SOUNDS LIKE A SEASON CHASE WILL ENJOY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Bruce Willis on June 19, 2011, 08:03:14 PM
I will start the fund for this program at a million dollars up front, and if I can guest star, I will give the creators five million every year.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Rob S on June 19, 2011, 08:10:34 PM
SOUNDS LIKE A SEASON CHASE WILL ENJOY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

We can have Coldplay write the soundtrack.
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Ed on June 20, 2011, 02:08:59 AM
chase likes coldplay to?
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Imp on June 20, 2011, 07:37:47 PM
...do they count as spam if their in Russian?
Title: Re: Nice! Derek beat me to the spam banning!
Post by: Captain Bryan! on July 02, 2011, 08:33:59 AM
*I still vote for a "report spam" button, so if a certain number of people (say like 5?) report it, the post will automatically be deleted....but that would also ban a some non spam posts that people just dont agree with