The prevailing spam issue

[Erilaz]

Hi all,

Just wondering if there was something in the works to stop the spam users. I only ask because i've subscribed to quite a few of the threads here and they're getting lost in my spam filter. :)

At cgtalk we've used a 2-post validation method to deter them, but it's a lot more work for admins and mods that way. Are solutions being looked at?

[Bjorn Waumans]

As they are able to bypass the image verification, we're now trying with a question/anwser at the registration process. Hopefully this will stop them.

[vfxcreator]

like a 'what color is the sky?' question, or maybe it should be something like...

write a quick for loop that counts to 10 in python.

:)

[Mumm]

like a 'what color is the sky?' question, or maybe it should be something like...

write a quick for loop that counts to 10 in python.

:)

Yes I agree spam will be gone if we ask them to do this. :D:

[bcloward]

Kees and I stopped spam cold over on the Lumonix forum by simply adding a math question (like what's 5 + 4?) as a field you fill in when you post. It's a very slight annoyance to real people, but up until now it's been a solid barrier to the bots that post the spam.

[Bjorn Waumans]

Kees and I stopped spam cold over on the Lumonix forum by simply adding a math question (like what's 5 + 4?) as a field you fill in when you post. It's a very slight annoyance to real people, but up until now it's been a solid barrier to the bots that post the spam.
Well we had a math question for registration, but that didn't seem to stop them.

[bcloward]

Yeah - it's because they get a real person to register and then they use bots to post.

[Bjorn Waumans]

Ok, I've installed the akismet spamfilter now, let's see how that goes.

[greuh]

just letting you know there's some garbage to clean over there: http://tech-artists.org/wiki/Random_Numbers

thanks for your efforts to keep this clean though, much appreciated :)