I got an idea for the site administrators to block bots

yamasaaaki har har · Post by **yamasaaaki har har** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:43 pm

Some messageboards, when you register for them, show you a randomly-generated box of distorted text and make you type what you read. They say that bots are unable to read them. Maybe it's worth a try.

Pethead1 · Post by **Pethead1** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:37 am

Cant we just shoot them?

charl · Post by **charl** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:05 am

That's a good idea-winterlens already suggested it, so it is up to admins to implement or not.

I was wondering who findman was and why that one bot wanted him though.

executioner · Post by **executioner** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:46 am

All I know is that I'm not coming around as much as I used to because of them.

winterlens · Post by **winterlens** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:49 pm

I'm pretty sure it's up to Micah; I don't think any of the admins actually have the ability to upgrade the software and/or install a plugin to implement the captcha.

I know Micah's not monitoring the board as much as he used to, now that he's in Ecuador (he's still there, right?), so I don't expect it's going to be fixed any time soon.

greenchili · Post by **greenchili** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:43 pm

Kinda odd it would pick the "Off-Topic" forum to place it's spam. Maybe a change in title would do the trick.

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