RE: Are the spammers getting tired or something?
02-06-2024, 08:04 AM (This post was last modified: 02-06-2024, 08:21 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
02-06-2024, 08:04 AM (This post was last modified: 02-06-2024, 08:21 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
It would appear that adding a link to the forums on the AO3 userpage for the KanriKyaraProject account is attracting the spambots. Got one yesterday, and two more today. Fortunately, they're easily identified such that I don't even have to send the usual challenge email.
It occurs to me now, as I deal with them, that we didn't get the usual end-of-year storm that we've seen in previous years. I wonder what that means...
EDIT: I'm also wondering how many just don't get by the challenge questions in the registration process -- and how many tried to register that two got through overnight. I also wonder if it's time to change the challenge questions to something a bit harder for the average spammer to get past.
It occurs to me now, as I deal with them, that we didn't get the usual end-of-year storm that we've seen in previous years. I wonder what that means...
EDIT: I'm also wondering how many just don't get by the challenge questions in the registration process -- and how many tried to register that two got through overnight. I also wonder if it's time to change the challenge questions to something a bit harder for the average spammer to get past.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....