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Old 11th July 2008, 01:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Lots more spam/porn since the change?
Did I just not chance on the stuff before? Or have there been more lately than before?
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Old 11th July 2008, 02:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The spam bot wasn't ported. His revival is scheduled asap.
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Old 11th July 2008, 02:02 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The spam bot wasn't ported. His revival is scheduled asap.
AH-HA! So my suspicion was right.
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Old 11th July 2008, 09:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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The spam bot wasn't ported. His revival is scheduled asap.
I've hardly noticed.

Kudos to the dudes deleting it manually. :thumbsub:

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Old 14th July 2008, 03:49 AM   #5 (permalink)
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The spam bot wasn't ported. His revival is scheduled asap.
Or at least having it where new registrants have to manually type in those wacky wavy letters that are supposed to stop bots from registering spammers on sites.....
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Old 14th July 2008, 07:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Or at least having it where new registrants have to manually type in those wacky wavy letters that are supposed to stop bots from registering spammers on sites.....
CAPTCHAs work up to a point and there are ways around them. They also poor from an accessibility standpoint. Of course, I've got no statistics on how many screen-readers are being used on ENWorld...
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