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#51 2011-03-26 20:36:22

cheddargirl
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Blade-Edge wrote:

Commercial spammers are usually bots
A simple captcha at the sign up should fix it, I don't see why it's at the login and not there.

Actually, we get a fair amount of spammers who are not bots. Some even used to participate in the TBGs (when it was still on the main Scratch Forum) or even get into conversations in the "Inspiration and More" forum (before it was split) prior to the New Scratcher rules being put into place.

Bots only know post comments. Human spammers, however, can do crafty things that bots cannot do such as edit signatures, edit old comments, abuse gallery notes for backlinks, etc. so they're much harder to root out.

Even if Captcha is put at the sign-in, chances are that it sort out the mindless bot spammers but not the crafty human ones which we really need to get rid of.  hmm


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#52 2011-03-26 21:13:09

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

cheddargirl wrote:

Blade-Edge wrote:

Commercial spammers are usually bots
A simple captcha at the sign up should fix it, I don't see why it's at the login and not there.

Actually, we get a fair amount of spammers who are not bots. Some even used to participate in the TBGs (when it was still on the main Scratch Forum) or even get into conversations in the "Inspiration and More" forum (before it was split) prior to the New Scratcher rules being put into place.

Bots only know post comments. Human spammers, however, can do crafty things that bots cannot do such as edit signatures, edit old comments, abuse gallery notes for backlinks, etc. so they're much harder to root out.

Even if Captcha is put at the sign-in, chances are that it sort out the mindless bot spammers but not the crafty human ones which we really need to get rid of.  hmm

Yeah, I don't think we get many bot spammers, knock on wood. We do get some crafty human ones that sometimes email us to request to be unblocked - saying stuff like "I just put a link to my beloved company in my sig and you blocked me!" 

They're pretty crafty.


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#53 2011-03-26 21:15:25

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Lightnin wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

Blade-Edge wrote:

Commercial spammers are usually bots
A simple captcha at the sign up should fix it, I don't see why it's at the login and not there.

Actually, we get a fair amount of spammers who are not bots. Some even used to participate in the TBGs (when it was still on the main Scratch Forum) or even get into conversations in the "Inspiration and More" forum (before it was split) prior to the New Scratcher rules being put into place.

Bots only know post comments. Human spammers, however, can do crafty things that bots cannot do such as edit signatures, edit old comments, abuse gallery notes for backlinks, etc. so they're much harder to root out.

Even if Captcha is put at the sign-in, chances are that it sort out the mindless bot spammers but not the crafty human ones which we really need to get rid of.  hmm

Yeah, I don't think we get many bot spammers, knock on wood. We do get some crafty human ones that sometimes email us to request to be unblocked - saying stuff like "I just put a link to my beloved company in my sig and you blocked me!" 

They're pretty crafty.

Uh, I have a had a Captcha a few times when logging in before.


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#54 2011-03-26 21:25:11

cheddargirl
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

soupoftomato wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:


Actually, we get a fair amount of spammers who are not bots. Some even used to participate in the TBGs (when it was still on the main Scratch Forum) or even get into conversations in the "Inspiration and More" forum (before it was split) prior to the New Scratcher rules being put into place.

Bots only know post comments. Human spammers, however, can do crafty things that bots cannot do such as edit signatures, edit old comments, abuse gallery notes for backlinks, etc. so they're much harder to root out.

Even if Captcha is put at the sign-in, chances are that it sort out the mindless bot spammers but not the crafty human ones which we really need to get rid of.  hmm

Yeah, I don't think we get many bot spammers, knock on wood. We do get some crafty human ones that sometimes email us to request to be unblocked - saying stuff like "I just put a link to my beloved company in my sig and you blocked me!" 

They're pretty crafty.

Uh, I have a had a Captcha a few times when logging in before.

Sorry, I mean "sign-up", not "sign-in". ^^;


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#55 2011-03-26 21:36:30

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

I understand this, but I hope this whole p0c0d0t thing passes off before it moves out of youtube and to site like this. At that point you might need to stop letting people join (just kidding).

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#56 2011-03-30 18:51:37

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

so how do I put my sig on?


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#57 2011-03-31 15:28:31

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Venazard wrote:

so how do I put my sig on?

Looks like you figured it out! Forum options > Personality.


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#58 2011-04-07 09:28:07

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

I saw it somewhere on the forums, but how exactly do I get the pic thing on the forums? Sorry, I'm not that much of a computer wiz.  wink


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#59 2011-04-07 09:37:28

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

To get an image, first upload it somewhere, then put the code they give you into your sig box.  wink

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#60 2011-04-07 11:52:26

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

puppetadventurer wrote:

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

Good idea!

:c

I know, but would you like Scratch to be overrun with spammers?


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#61 2011-04-14 16:19:51

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

I finally got to that point!  big_smile


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#62 2011-04-17 12:26:57

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

TuffGhost wrote:

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already

+1


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#63 2011-04-17 12:38:38

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

puppetadventurer wrote:

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

Good idea!

:c

I know, but would you like Scratch to be overrun with spammers?

It isn't.

99% of New Scratchers aren't spammers, so it's pretty unfair.


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#64 2011-04-22 06:20:23

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

I have a good idea.

How about we scrap this rule, and go back to the 15-day one but tweak with it a bit, and make it so you have to post EVERY DAY for 15 days running to get a sig.


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#65 2011-04-22 06:21:32

cheddargirl
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

benjamin2 wrote:

I have a good idea.

How about we scrap this rule, and go back to the 15-day one but tweak with it a bit, and make it so you have to post EVERY DAY for 15 days running to get a sig.

But SEO spammers did that, too, when the new rule wasn't in place.


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#66 2011-04-22 07:47:49

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

If you're a Scratcher on your old account, and a New Scratcher on a new account, can you request on your old account?


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#67 2011-04-22 07:53:31

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

3DSfan12345 wrote:

If you're a Scratcher on your old account, and a New Scratcher on a new account, can you request on your old account?

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

Remember:
> Your new account will be blank.
> You will have zero posts on the forums.
> You will be 'New Scratcher' on the forums and will have to face restrictions. The Scratch Team will not upgrade you, no matter how many times you mention you have another account.
> Keep security in mind - make a different password for each account. Also, making your password the name of another account is not a good idea!

Read more.

EDIT: Who are you again?

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#68 2011-04-22 08:02:04

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

3DSfan12345 wrote:

If you're a Scratcher on your old account, and a New Scratcher on a new account, can you request on your old account?

Just to clear things up, i meant request to become a scratcher on your new account, via your old account.


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#69 2011-04-22 08:07:53

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

3DSfan12345 wrote:

3DSfan12345 wrote:

If you're a Scratcher on your old account, and a New Scratcher on a new account, can you request on your old account?

Just to clear things up, i meant request to become a scratcher on your new account, via your old account.

I understood. Your new account will still be a New Scratcher if you haven't posted projects and forums posts.

EDIT: You're thecrazyguy.

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#70 2011-04-22 08:10:22

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

TuffGhost wrote:

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already

^^This
I mean, the amount of spammers we get is relatively low, so can't we completely eradicate this rule and just ban spammers who come?

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#71 2011-04-22 08:33:33

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

12three wrote:

TuffGhost wrote:

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already

^^This
I mean, the amount of spammers we get is relatively low, so can't we completely eradicate this rule and just ban spammers who come?

Ah, if you can only see what the mods see.

This forum is actually a pretty big spam magnet because of the fact that the web address ends in .edu (in fact, it appears on a lot of "do spam" lists that spammers use as a guide when posting backlinks). Prior to the rule, spammers would just post several comments wait for the sig, and then leave a backlink in their signature - a tactic of spam which was much harder to detect and even harder to clean up.


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#72 2011-04-22 09:07:10

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

cheddargirl wrote:

12three wrote:

TuffGhost wrote:

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already

^^This
I mean, the amount of spammers we get is relatively low, so can't we completely eradicate this rule and just ban spammers who come?

Ah, if you can only see what the mods see.

This forum is actually a pretty big spam magnet because of the fact that the web address ends in .edu (in fact, it appears on a lot of "do spam" lists that spammers use as a guide when posting backlinks). Prior to the rule, spammers would just post several comments wait for the sig, and then leave a backlink in their signature - a tactic of spam which was much harder to detect and even harder to clean up.

If only...  tongue
I think I knew that, maybe you've said that before.  tongue
EDIT: There's a "do spam" list!?  yikes

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#73 2011-04-22 09:37:11

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Good idea, but exactly how will this lower the chance of commercial spam?


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#74 2011-04-22 09:39:22

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

imsosuperswell1 wrote:

Good idea, but exactly how will this lower the chance of commercial spam?

Read.

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#75 2011-04-22 23:38:52

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

scimonster wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

12three wrote:


^^This
I mean, the amount of spammers we get is relatively low, so can't we completely eradicate this rule and just ban spammers who come?

Ah, if you can only see what the mods see.

This forum is actually a pretty big spam magnet because of the fact that the web address ends in .edu (in fact, it appears on a lot of "do spam" lists that spammers use as a guide when posting backlinks). Prior to the rule, spammers would just post several comments wait for the sig, and then leave a backlink in their signature - a tactic of spam which was much harder to detect and even harder to clean up.

If only...  tongue
I think I knew that, maybe you've said that before.  tongue
EDIT: There's a "do spam" list!?  yikes

There's way more than one "do spam" list. I've always noticed that whenever a new "do spam" list pops up, the influx of spam to the site becomes slightly larger than normal.


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