Over the last few days the forum has been constantly flooded with topics from spam bots. I see that the moderators are trying to keep up with this and eventually delete such threads but the problem persists.
Of course I don't have a full solution to this but wouldn't it be possible to at least limit the number of new forum topics (not trades) that a new user can create so that one bot isn't able to create multiple pages of new threads? I see no reason why a user should create more than a few forum topics per day. Especially a new user.
Over the last few days the forum has been constantly flooded with topics from spam bots. I see that the moderators are trying to keep up with this and eventually delete such threads but the problem persists.
Of course I don't have a full solution to this but wouldn't it be possible to at least limit the number of new forum topics (not trades) that a new user can create so that one bot isn't able to create multiple pages of new threads? I see no reason why a user should create more than a few forum topics per day. Especially a new user.
If this doesn't also affect trades (because I am sure they can spam there too), then I am okay with it.
Or like many forums, do not allow posting until a few requirements are met. If you waste their time with these tasks, they will probably not go into doing this (most of them at least).
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Please add me on B.Net ONLY if you match my BiN, or we came to an agreement.
Do not send me offers on B.Net PMs
Post ur offer before adding me. No PM. Only add me if u offer bin/lf. No reply after 3 days=offer rejected
No socketing service. If u get item otherwise, retract ur pending offer. Edit ur post or post "retracted" to do so.
There's a lot going on behind the scenes here - mods made me aware of this issue on 23rd Dec and we've been in an arms race with this new attack ever since.
Lots of different layers of anti-spam tools are already in use - this particular vector is proving to be especially resilient.
Please have patience while mods and I work our way through the problem.
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