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by Leirin » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:42 am

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Re: Spambots
by ellie-jessie-eve » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:49 am
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Re: Spambots
by IncredigirlVirginia » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:42 pm
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by Leirin » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:31 pm

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Re: Spambots
by IncredigirlVirginia » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:37 pm

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Re: Spambots
by thedriveintheatre » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:00 am

Right now, we ask for your patience and understanding. Most of the old Admins hardly log on anymore, and as most of you would notice, it's basically three Mods policing the entire boards. We also have RL-commitments, and we are doing this voluntarily without pay or profit, so our time can't be dedicated to patrolling the forum 24/7.
For the moment, we'll just have to ignore the spam posts. I've been deleting any threads I've seen set up by the spambots, but I'm afraid that I can't check individual posts unless it's a 'new post'. The other Mods are also working just as hard too.
Also, I've asked Phileas for reinforcements to the Mod team, and I'll be contacting a few of you shortly.


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Re: Spambots
by ellie-jessie-eve » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:33 am
And I hope we didn't sound impatient or ungrateful or anything. We defintely appriciate all the time the mods have put into to making Pixar Planet the environment it is.
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Re: Spambots
by IncredigirlVirginia » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:23 pm
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Re: Spambots
by The Star Swordsman » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:21 am

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Re: Spambots
by Phileas » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:00 am
Thanks, Lerin, and everyone else, for addressing concern. I hate spambots as much as the next guy, and, trust me, as a staff member, I hate having to clean up after them. Unfortunately, as a forum as big as this, we are always hit with automated spambots and, until they insanely hard signup system was taken down, we never got to see the full wrath of it.
But, not to worry! It should be much, much harder for automated spambots to sign up in batches. Starting from now, new users will need to click on a link to reveal a code that changes without notice. The user will then be required to type in the code in the corresponding box to proceed with registration. It's simple enough, AND it does defeat the spambots because we have an extra vertification system that is unique to other forums.
Unfortunately, this will not solve the problem of human spammers, but this will get rid of about 85% of the spam we're currently getting. As TDIT said, we're getting some new moderators so stay tuned!

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Re: Spambots
by Rac_Rules » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:22 am
Thanks for your hard work mods, we love you.

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Re: Spambots
by IncredigirlVirginia » Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:05 am

Hey, Rac! Haven't seen you in a while.

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by Rac_Rules » Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:05 am

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Re: Spambots
by IncredigirlVirginia » Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:54 pm


Anyway, yeah. Thanks Phileas, you're a true super hero.
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