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    Clumsy Apprentice Gess Jahd's Avatar
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    How to react to spambots/spammers?

    I guess you are aware of the problem with WTFRPG suddenly having a bunch of spam posts and such. I just would like to know what should we do to help you the best to get rid of the problem?

    Should we report the profiles or just the messages? Or should we contact you some other way than pressing the report button?


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    Administrator Maneki Neko's Avatar
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    The report button is fine. Chances are, if it's an obvious spam-thread, I'll see it anyway, but if it's somewhat sneaky, I might not realize it if I'm in a hurry/have a headache like today. Especially if it's posted in an existing thread rather than as a new thread.

    It seems as though when we upgraded our software, our major form of spam protection got deleted somehow and it may be a few days before it can be replaced. Once it returns, I should be able to deal with the new spammers that arrived and hopefully take care of a good deal of the problem. u_u;
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    Clumsy Apprentice Gess Jahd's Avatar
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    Alright, thank you for answering my silly question. Just wanted to make sure not to cause extra work or anything. ^^;

    I have been a moderator on one forum RP so I know how much trouble they can create even when not that popular place. Can't imagine though how attracted they are to WTFRPG! : o


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    They're attracted here because they want to disrupt the flow of awesome.

    Too bad we have nukes and they have cardboard boxes.


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    No worries.

    We got our spam protection back! Happy days! Still deleting the spambots that signed up during that period. :3
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