What's up with all the spam posts?
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Well, it looks like the admin team has been busy banning new users. 8 new users (by my quick count) were banned within a few hours. Thank you.
https://bioenergetic.forum/usersThe spamsters seem intent on being mischievous.
I am wondering to myself if (or how) the situation will escalate.
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@alfredoolivas said in What's up with all the spam posts?:
and didn't log back in after the first hour
The account may have been quickly banned to prevent them from creating additional new posts.
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I added a few anti-spam provisions.
- CAPTCHA for new users. (Not sure if this worked.)
- New users have their posts placed in a queue requiring manual approval before they're posted to the main page. This can be avoided if you confirm your email address or get 2 "reputation" points (still not quite sure what those are).
Let me know if this helps. Will roll them back if unpopular.
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@brad said in What's up with all the spam posts?:
New users have their posts placed in a queue requiring manual approval before they're posted to the main page. This can be avoided if you confirm your email address or get 2 "reputation" points (still not quite sure what those are).
The reputation points are upvotes.
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@brad said in What's up with all the spam posts?:
"reputation" points
I don't think this is beneficial. Being able to vote on posts can further discourage people from posting things that go against consensus. But those very same posts can promote learning and lead to interesting and beneficial discoveries, even if the content of those posts are inaccurate.
"We must remember that the only instrument of investigation we possess is our mind . . . The quality and condition of the telescope govern the observation resulting from its use. If there is dust on our lens, we see dark spots in the heavens."
🎧🎶24/7
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Upvoted.
I'm here for the downvotes.
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Agreed. Upvoted.
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I am good with the anti-spam provisions that have been added. Let's wait and see how it goes.
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Eastbots in a state of utter confusion.
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you love to see it:
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@NoeticJuice I actually agree with this sentiment. While the "reputation" feature is necessary for anti-spam, I've added some custom css to hide the vote count. If people demand votes come back then I'll consider it but I don't want some implicit popularity metric aside people's posts. This isn't Reddit.
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@brad said in What's up with all the spam posts?:
I don't want some implicit popularity metric aside people's posts. This isn't Reddit.
Fine. I appreciate.
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@brad votes still change users' reputation. Would it be possible to hide that as well?
Notifications about upvotes and downvotes can also influence people.
"We must remember that the only instrument of investigation we possess is our mind . . . The quality and condition of the telescope govern the observation resulting from its use. If there is dust on our lens, we see dark spots in the heavens."
🎧🎶24/7
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Cloudflare recently announced that they are trying to confuse AI scrapers with random fact websites. I don't know if this is related, but it is something to look into if this website uses them as a provider
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Based cloudflare.
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@NoeticJuice said in What's up with all the spam posts?:
Notifications about upvotes and downvotes can also influence people.
Yes, for example, I turned off upvote/downvote notifications for my posts in settings, trying to stop my vanity from interfering with my own opinions
On the other hand, upvoting is an easy way to say "thank you" or "I agree" without writing an extra post just for that...
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@Kvirion I'd upvote this, but you wouldn't know...
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@NoeticJuice Thanx! LOL, good point
