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Users who register but don't post = spambot?
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:54 pm
by Elmo
Just wondered if anyone else had noticed the board has a strangely large amount of users who register but never post and that these users have very similar profiles in that they have a seemingly random ICQ number, one word awnsers for interests and occupation and a link under URL for a commercial site normally selling gambling, pharmacuticals or music. Could this prehaps be a spambot that's failing to post?
sorry, this probably should have gone under 'and more'.
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:05 am
by Jeni Nielsen
I can move it for you...
I don't know. I mean there are a few people I know who go to forums and just lurk around. I guess I just give them the benefit of the doubt.
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:28 am
by Jeff Georgeson
Yeah, I've noticed this, too. In the last month or two I've begun removing inactive accounts and even active ones according to the following rules (posted in the Rules section):
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If you register but don't activate your account for two weeks, it will be deleted and you will have to re-register.
If you register and activate, but your post count remains zero for a month, your account will also be deleted.
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I haven't been really exacting about this, but I've been weeding things out a bit here and there. Also, I've been removing website links that obviously go to casino-this or meds-that.
Jeff