2023-11-13, 07:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 2023-11-13, 07:26 PM by joshuaboniface. Edited 3 times in total.)
We have, thankfully, finally come up with a decent solution to this: autobanning based on some common subjects and message bodies.
While it hasn't been a problem so far, we have added a new section to rule 6 requiring that ALL thread subjects be in English. If you don't, you may find yourself inadvertently triggering a ban. Otherwise we are being intentionally vague about the triggers to avoid tipping off the spammers.
If you are hit accidentally, please use the Contact form and link us a Pastebin of exactly what you tried to post, and we can proceed from there. Generally though, following rule 6 will avoid any issues.
At this time, we have also reverted both the CleanTalk.org plugin (since it would have required payment) and the onerous "first post must be in the Introductions thread" requirements. All other mitigations will remain in place for the time being, as they are indeed stopping a nontrivial amount of bot spam (they just didn't help with this particular, clearly-Human-made spam).
While it hasn't been a problem so far, we have added a new section to rule 6 requiring that ALL thread subjects be in English. If you don't, you may find yourself inadvertently triggering a ban. Otherwise we are being intentionally vague about the triggers to avoid tipping off the spammers.
If you are hit accidentally, please use the Contact form and link us a Pastebin of exactly what you tried to post, and we can proceed from there. Generally though, following rule 6 will avoid any issues.
At this time, we have also reverted both the CleanTalk.org plugin (since it would have required payment) and the onerous "first post must be in the Introductions thread" requirements. All other mitigations will remain in place for the time being, as they are indeed stopping a nontrivial amount of bot spam (they just didn't help with this particular, clearly-Human-made spam).
