Topic: Hilarious bots posting nonsense: what's the point? - page 5. (Read 10253 times)
For those saying that there is a pattern in the way the bots posts, he keeps changing it, so there is no way in determining if a thread is made by an human or by the bot by text content alone, it would require some sort of proof of work basically a captcha that is known to be resilient against bots, other than that we can't do nothing but report the threads as quick as possible.
Sometimes when you negotiate with terrorists hostages get to live. 
You have to consider the amount of damage in those cases. What is this spammer achieving actually by doing this? Nothing. Basically the only thing that this causes is minor annoyance for the users and more work for the moderators, that's it. I actually don't mind the extra work because 90% (or more) of the time there are no reports to handle (there are quite a few of us that are very active). 
Or you could just give Lambie his account back.
Just a thought...
That's definitely a no. If we give in to a single bad actor, then the others will notice and will start doing similar things in order to achieve the same result. In other words, not going to happen. IJust a thought...
Sometimes when you negotiate with terrorists hostages get to live.
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I don't think that's him. It's more likely the guy that was spamming his address and complaining about getting ripped off by whatever mining company.
I thought that was NLC? Either way it doesn't really matter I guess.
I don't think that's him. It's more likely the guy that was spamming his address and complaining about getting ripped off by whatever mining company.
Even if it were, it wouldn't matter. If it's not one person spamming it'll be another.
Life goes on. Can't imagine one is okay with wasting so much of their time, life is too short, but everyone values their time differently I guess.
Even if it were, it wouldn't matter. If it's not one person spamming it'll be another.
Life goes on. Can't imagine one is okay with wasting so much of their time, life is too short, but everyone values their time differently I guess.
Or you could just give Lambie his account back.
Just a thought...
That's definitely a no. If we give in to a single bad actor, then the others will notice and will start doing similar things in order to achieve the same result. In other words, not going to happen. I Just a thought...
Mostly different IPs. If there was something that could easily be done to stop it then it would have been implemented already.
I think its a social engineering attack to take down the forum. I hope the admins have backup of the databases because it seems that the attacks dont stop.
I strongly suggest a better captcha , because it seems that these are bots not humans,so it means that the captcha is very poor.
He's definitely back, and notice that the cunt has changed the template of the subject. Now he's switched "?" for "...". He uses a "The" at the start of a sentence and "..." at the end so you think you are reading a legitimate thread tittle but it's actually spam. If you see a subject starting with "The" and ending with "..." it's going to be spam. Maybe it could be automated so any thread starting with "The" and ending with "..." gets removed? I mean what are the chances that a legitimate user is going to unfortunately make a thread subject exactly like that.
If the amount of words used are always the same, I think It can be safely automated.
If the amount of words used are always the same, I think It can be safely automated.
Honestly, I don't think this is a good idea.. Simply the bot owner will detect the automated thing then he will modify it. Only the legitimate users probably will suffer from this. Besides, removing the topic isn't a solution, the bot account need to be banned.
Imo if he continues like this, he will not find a single vpn ip without a fees.
He's definitely back, and notice that the cunt has changed the template of the subject. Now he's switched "?" for "...". He uses a "The" at the start of a sentence and "..." at the end so you think you are reading a legitimate thread tittle but it's actually spam. If you see a subject starting with "The" and ending with "..." it's going to be spam. Maybe it could be automated so any thread starting with "The" and ending with "..." gets removed? I mean what are the chances that a legitimate user is going to unfortunately make a thread subject exactly like that.
If the amount of words used are always the same, I think It can be safely automated.
If the amount of words used are always the same, I think It can be safely automated.
The mods have been doing an exceptional job keeping the spam down. I applaud them.
I really can't figure out why somebody would like to destroy this forum. There is really no valid point that I can think of.
Did no one seriously had a look at my thread? It was much more informative than this one , had some points as to why the person is causing the spam and most importantly created , before all of the similar threadsI really can't figure out why somebody would like to destroy this forum. There is really no valid point that I can think of.
I notice there is either a new spam bot or it is one of MrFudged ones,the previous threads, as they were similar in post content , title etc, were kept on being deleted in less than a minute. Now either he or some more intent spammer seems to create threads like:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1275920.0;topicseen
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1275915.0;topicseen
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1275916.0;topicseen (Please keep one of them, mods, for public viewing purposes)
These threads essentially have no similarity in them so that the nuking bot may take effect, so I'd like to ask what are the mods doing to solve this wave of spam?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1275920.0;topicseen
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1275915.0;topicseen
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1275916.0;topicseen (Please keep one of them, mods, for public viewing purposes)
These threads essentially have no similarity in them so that the nuking bot may take effect, so I'd like to ask what are the mods doing to solve this wave of spam?
Anyway gj staff members.
Cyrus specifically, you can see the level of spam in the morning when he's not upThe mods have been doing an exceptional job keeping the spam down. I applaud them.
I really can't figure out why somebody would like to destroy this forum. There is really no valid point that I can think of.
Maybe he's insane?
Anyway gj staff members.
Cyrus specifically, you can see the level of spam in the morning when he's not upThe mods have been doing an exceptional job keeping the spam down. I applaud them.
I really can't figure out why somebody would like to destroy this forum. There is really no valid point that I can think of.
Anyway gj staff members.
Cyrus specifically, you can see the level of spam in the morning when he's not up I've been lurking at job and just arrived home and I haven't seen any single of the random word threads popping up. The guy that was doing this might have gotten bored of it since he wasn't getting nothing out of it, people wasn't even annoyed by it anymore since I saw the threads getting deleted pretty much instantly. Im glad we didn't have to implement some additional protection which would annoy legitimate newbies.
Nope it is still posting, I just reported one bot topic few minutes ago
Until yesterday the bot made many topics, dunno for today just saw one for the moment.
Btw, if anyone noticed that the bot is making longer and longer topics. Anyway gj staff members.
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Cyrus specifically, you can see the level of spam in the morning when he's not up
Didn't really check who is online, I just report (try to be the 1st /beat you 
), sometimes i feel like I am a report bot when I am online with my repetitive two words ''spam bot'' (i even just write ''sp'' and my lovely semi-auto gun SwiftKey completes the rest when I was on my phone). Yesterday I remember i reported few then wrote ''spam bot / knock knock, many bot topics'' or something like that Seems to have stopped, but it could just be a temporary lull.
Edit: Nevermind, no lull. I soon as i wrote the above, I looked again and new one popped up.
Edit: Nevermind, no lull. I soon as i wrote the above, I looked again and new one popped up.
I've been lurking at job and just arrived home and I haven't seen any single of the random word threads popping up. The guy that was doing this might have gotten bored of it since he wasn't getting nothing out of it, people wasn't even annoyed by it anymore since I saw the threads getting deleted pretty much instantly. Im glad we didn't have to implement some additional protection which would annoy legitimate newbies.
We're discussing things but it's about finding a comprimise with only minimal restrictions to everyone else which isn't easy.
Oh, I understand that is hard to find something easy for true users and complicated for bots, i hope that you guys can find a good one solution, even if this will not help you, i will try also to think on a good one solution.
Seems to have stopped, but it could just be a temporary lull.
Edit: Nevermind, no lull. I soon as i wrote the above, I looked again and new one popped up.
Edit: Nevermind, no lull. I soon as i wrote the above, I looked again and new one popped up.
Yes they don't stop, but don't worry, mods are doing a good job and they are deleted within minutes.
Seems to have stopped, but it could just be a temporary lull.
Edit: Nevermind, no lull. I soon as i wrote the above, I looked again and new one popped up.
Edit: Nevermind, no lull. I soon as i wrote the above, I looked again and new one popped up.
The tragic comedy is that he's one of the funniest, most thoughtful contributors here. When he chooses to be.
At this rate wouldn't he run out of TOR nodes and VPN's? i mean who has enough time to keep finding new unbanned ips?
If he has access to a big combination of proxies, VPN's, tor nodes, and a botnet it would take him quite a while before he runs out of IPs.
I checked the forum for a while and saw no bots, I thought, the war is over, we did it, but no, I pressed F5 and saw 3 new threads. They always come back no matter what. I feel like this when reporting these guys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO6A2anEqI
Obviously he's savvy enough to use VPN and TOR and whatnot.
At this rate wouldn't he run out of TOR nodes and VPN's? i mean who has enough time to keep finding new unbanned ips?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO6A2anEqI
Can't the mods preemptively nuke the accounts?
Based on the IP addresses from which these accounts were registered, and given that these accounts were probably registered in a bunch, it should be evident which accounts belong to this spammer. What stops the mods from nuking all those accounts before they start posting?
Based on the IP addresses from which these accounts were registered, and given that these accounts were probably registered in a bunch, it should be evident which accounts belong to this spammer. What stops the mods from nuking all those accounts before they start posting?
Obviously he's savvy enough to use VPN and TOR and whatnot.
At this rate wouldn't he run out of TOR nodes and VPN's? i mean who has enough time to keep finding new unbanned ips?
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