Someone leave the door to Middle Earth open or something? There's trolls everywhere!
Someone leave the door to Middle Earth open or something? There's trolls everywhere!
"I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that
we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street"
-Stephen Hawking
Christmas happened.
We started zapping them at 5:30 this morning.
Robert
Edit: I think the last few put us at 80 just for today.
Last edited by Demon; - 21st December 2013 at 22:18.
I can't wrap my head arounnd what they think they're going to get out of spamming a technical forum (or any forum for that matter) with just bulshit. I mean, why even bother, why spend the time - I don't get it. Who are these people (or, if it's automated, who are the people behind it) and what's the purpose? Idiots....
Or perhaps they just want people to waste their time, in which case they've kind of succeeded, I just spent two minutes writing this. Idiots....
Sadly, they do it because SPAM works. It's simply a numbers game. It seems 0.1% to 0.2% of people respond to SPAM, even here. There's an interesting article on the subject:
Why SPAM works
"No one is completely worthless. They can always serve as a bad example."
Anonymous
For two days I am banning a lot of new users or bot users.
They do register with a blasting rate... I can't follow them. Have sent to Lester a PM to see if there is a back door wide open.
It is getting really annoying.
Ioannis
I don't remember, do new members have to confirm by email?
Also, does the forum application have the garbled text that you have to type in?
Robert
I think not. And seems that all this crap is done automatic. A script or something is doing it...
Ioannis
If you think this is bad, take a look at the Microchip Forums - 100+ spam posts daily for months now.
Why pay for overpriced toys when you can have
professional grade tools for FREE!!!
The crypt has opened. I've zapped quite a few with random names. Definitely script puppies
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