About the bot posts.

[EdwardTheAwesome]

Yeah, decided IP banning wasn't enough. Deleted it entirely.

[The Finch]

The bot threat continues. Just talked to Ed, but he said there isn't anything he can do about the capitcha, unfortunately.

Also, one of the images in the most recent spam post by that bot is... well...

BEHOLD! THE FACE OF HORRORS!

WELL, I DIDN'T NEED TO BE SANE TODAY

[Sicon112]

The bot threat continues. Just talked to Ed, but he said there isn't anything he can do about the capitcha, unfortunately.

Also, one of the images in the most recent spam post by that bot is... well...

BEHOLD! THE FACE OF HORRORS!

WELL, I DIDN'T NEED TO BE SANE TODAY

Hey, someone finally noticed the face!

[The Finch]

IT WAS THE FIRST THING I NOTICED

AGAIN, DAFUQ

[Dryunya]

I swear that guy plays KVN. Seriously, I saw his face. He just wasn't so... zombielike.

[JackAlsworth]

I was so incredibly tempted to lock and preserve that thread just for that picture. And then Sicon immortalized it for me. ^_^

[Sicon112]

I was so incredibly tempted to lock and preserve that thread just for that picture. And then Sicon immortalized it for me. ^_^

Glad to be of service.

[Sicon112]

You know, I should start using that image like everyone else on the internet uses weird images. If I don't want to respond to an argument, I just suddenly go:

BEHOLD! THE FACE OF HORRORS!

[Pixelmage]

Sure. It's ugly as hell. But... I don't get the memetic level it's getting. <-- (clueless)

[JackAlsworth]

Sure. It's ugly as hell. But... I don't get the memetic level it's getting. <-- (clueless)

It's just kind of off-putting the first time you see it. That's basically the formula for every screamer meme in existence.

[Scarab]

Well, the good news is, we now have over 200 forum members.

The bad news is, I think a good 20 percent of them are Bots.

[The Finch]

THE BOTS ARE NOW INVADING OUR DISCUSSION THREADS!

DISCUSS.

[Dryunya]

We must make more threads so that the bots get lost in them. Problem solved.
(Disclaimer: that was a joke. Don't.)

[The Finch]

I looked at all of the members on here and there are PAGES of bot users.

Hold me.

EDIT: I have found the board of social cookies!

GO, MY BRETHREN, MAKE THEM PAY FOR THEIR SPAM!

http://www.tesurfsocial.com/forum/index.php!

[The Finch]

Bump, so everyone can see.

[Dryunya]

So... what are we supposed to do? =/

[The Finch]

ATTACK! ATTACK THE BOARD!

SHUT IT DOWN, DO SOMETHING, JUST GET RID OFF THEM!

Oh, and make a name I can identify you guys by.

[Dryunya]

Ok. I've said it in the chat, and I'll say it here.

1. There is A TON of sites like that on the internet. Ergo:
   
   1. You can't be sure they are the ones spamming us.
      
   2. Even if you bring the whole site down, it won't change anything.
2. These sites are mostly generated automatically and populated by spambots. Which brings us back to 1.2.
3. None of us here can actually take a site down.
4. If you want to battle spam, battle the spammers, not their hellspawns.

Laconic: YOU WILL BE SPAMMED, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
(Or we could change the captcha already. )

[Scarab]

I looked at all of the members on here and there are PAGES of bot users.

Hold me.

*Does so* It's okay, Finch, we won't let the evil bots get you.

Laconic: YOU WILL BE SPAMMED, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
(Or we could change the captcha already. )

Dude just slowly it down would be a plus at this point, I dont know how many more posts trying to get me to buy scary looking pills I can take.

[The Finch]

On the site I linked. I NEED YOU TO HELP STOP THE SPAM.

PS. I know Dry that I can't stop it all, but this is ridiculous!

[Dryunya]

PS. I know Dry that I can't stop it all, but this is ridiculous!

I know, AND I would like to battle spammers, but I think that actively trying to anger guys who have some dark-side specialists and botnets at their disposal is not the best course of action. They probably won't notice your humble crusade, but if they do, and they take it to heart...
Don't forget that we are all noobs.

[The Finch]

We can try.

BY CELESTIA, WE WILL TRY

[JackAlsworth]

...does this happen often?

Yes it does. Spambots got a hold of the forum early; we're doing everything we can to get rid of them.

[Dryunya]

I've noticed that I haven't seen a single spam post for the last few days. I've checked the captcha - well, there's no captcha now. Instead, you have to enter Joe's name. I'd say it's perfect, as long as this forum doesn't receive a spammer's personal attention (if he knows the answer, the forum is easily spammable).
Well... it works so far.

[Qara-Xuan Zenith]

I've noticed that I haven't seen a single spam post for the last few days. I've checked the captcha - well, there's no captcha now. Instead, you have to enter Joe's name. I'd say it's perfect, as long as this forum doesn't receive a spammer's personal attention (if he knows the answer, the forum is easily spammable).
Well... it works so far.

I... WHAT? I just checked that and... yup.
That's BRILLIANT.