The NSFCD Tater Instigator- No Descriptions Required

[Macawmoses]

At least 99% are, yes.

[FruitFlow]

Well, it's a good thing you have approval setup.
I know constant deletion of the accounts and threads can become a pain in the rear.

[Neerb]

72? Is this a fairly normal amount of spambots?

[FruitFlow]

Nowadays yeah.

[Kayo]

Turn e-mail confirmation on. Spambots can't get past that, can they?

[FruitFlow]

Yes, they can.

[Macawmoses]

Spambots can get past that pretty easily anymore. Super strong captchas make it way harder for legitimate users to sign up. Etc.

There's not a ton of options right now.

[Kayo]

Yes, they can.

Even if you force them to enter a valid e-mail address, so a confirmation code is sent to that address which they then must enter into a field on the registry page?

[Doodle]

Change any kiddy-looking girls to hot girls, and throw in some beer. It "worked" for Conker anyway.

It didn't "work." It worked. ヽ(´ー｀)ノ

[Silverhawk79]

We have both email validation and reCAPTCHA turned on.

[Kayo]

We have both email validation and reCAPTCHA turned on.

And it still doesn't work?

Also did I miss something or did they primarily target the Halo board?

[Rayquarian]

What about moderately strong CAPTCHA's?  Software that could read images like humans can probably isn't available to the average spambot.

[FruitFlow]

A CAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA.
If it can easily be bypassed by a human it can be easily bypassed by a bot.

Like I said before, bots are becoming more intelligent these days.

[Kayo]

A CAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA.
If it can easily be bypassed by a human it can be easily bypassed by a bot.

Like I said before, bots are becoming more intelligent these days.

I saw this somewhere... but I don't remember where.

The captcha gives you a picture with a bunch of text but tells you to "only copy the quoted text/red text/underlined text" ..which is something a bot wouldn't be able to do. (it might copy all the text it sees)

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