Tired of useless posts by 'bots and Hyundai shills?

[SparkE]

YES !!!!!

I figured out how to add a user to the 'ignore' list !! I have just added all those 'fake' accounts that do nothing except post content-empty things to the forums to make it look like a thread is active.

It is GREAT!

How to :
- go to your 'control panel'
- look at the 'friends and foes' tab

Or, when you see a post that is obviously garbage simply meant to activate a thread, you can add them to your 'foes' list by clicking on the user name and then clicking on the 'add foe' link.

[SparkE]

HA! Adding just a very small # of posters to my 'ignore list' eliminated about 90% of the useless crud posts that I see!

I highly recommend it!

[veteran]

That's why human verification are important

[thijn]

how does # Really effect on Bots

[JejuSoul]

SparkE: Thanks for the tip. I have now done the same.

[JejuSoul]

Just added the Russian Sexbot to my foes list.

[erik]

can you add some captcha for verification??

[JejuSoul]

erik also seems to be a spammer. Have blocked him too!

[admin]

Thanks for flagging the spam!

I've increased the registration requirements so I hope that helps limit how many make it through.

Please let me know if any more crop up!

Mike

[SparkE]

It doesn't have to be a 'bot - it can just be one person using multiple logins 'keeping threads alive' to make the site look busier, for commercial reasons. In fact, I think that is what is happening.

Heck, a human can sign up and then turn it over to an auto-posting 'bot.

What would be best is to have an admin simply erase posts that have no useful content. (Posts like "what a pretty color" or "gee, EVs are great!" should just be deleted, preferably within 12 hours.)

I volunteer - give me admin rights, I will keep the site cleaned up.