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Oh I get it! It's GOOGLE'S FAULT! ;PHEY!! Don't blame me for this!
Well, if your bots were smarter and wasn't falling to such tricks...
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*grumble mutter stupid lousy behind on updates gripe growl snarl*Well, if your bots were smarter and wasn't falling to such tricks...Oh I get it! It's GOOGLE'S FAULT! ;PHEY!! Don't blame me for this!
You should delegate responsibility. Pick some random software engineer working for you and make him responsible.
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Do not copy parts of the spam messages - they want to replicate specific sequences because it affects various search engine bots. The more the sequence appears anywhere in the respectable (or not so respectable) parts of the net the higher the associated websites end on search engines list.
EDIT: Orthos is an android ninja.
Question. Given the content of some of the more recent spam, couldn't you use that against it?
Eg.... If their objective is to have the same string found as many times as they can here....current flavour seems to be repeated string over and over again.
Shouldn't be too hard to rig up an algorithm to search for posts that contain an exact match on that string (or any string really) more than X (eg 10) times, and are more than 50% that string. Unleash it on the content from this month that hasn't already be cleaned and you might have a pretty useful starting point.
The limitation on the > 50% stops people being flagged for saying "The" a lot, and the > X times means that it has to be a repeated string... it won't (eg) match the whole post to itself.
Course, then it escalates by tacking 3 paragraphs of erotic poetry onto the end of it so it's not a match to 50%, but meyh....
To address this...
maybe. It depends on what defensive end software/hardware they have available and how the webserver is running. It could be possible to set something up on the server or with a second system running the checks on the server and then sending it adjustments but all the ways I can think of to do it off the top of my head would either slow things down for the users, or would require extra systems to do the checks depending on if you want to catch it as/before the spam hits or via checking what's actually on the forums.
I could see either form working, but again, it would be resource intensive either way and without knowing Paizo's set up I couldn't begin to make a guess on which would be the better route for them (and I have no expectation they are going to share such sensitive information).
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You should delegate responsibility. Pick some random software engineer working for you and make him responsible.*grumble mutter stupid lousy behind on updates gripe growl snarl*Well, if your bots were smarter and wasn't falling to such tricks...Oh I get it! It's GOOGLE'S FAULT! ;PHEY!! Don't blame me for this!
Honestly it wouldn't matter. Any system can be gamed, and as soon as it's changed they'll just start studying it and find out how to game it again.
Sorry I haven't been as active today. Busy-busy. Thanks for all your hard work!
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The problem with blocking on the pattern is that they'll change the pattern. Basically, it's an arms race.
Quick, someone hire a marilith!
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That does not deserve a favorite.
*Click*
Why... why do they keep coming? What do they have against us?
Contributor
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Why... why do they keep coming? What do they have against us?
Endless posting fortitude?
Undying patience?
Amphetamines?
We don't know. We can't know.
EDIT: Those are things they (allegedly) have. They have nothing against us. Like humans against the Great Old Ones... we are merely here, in their path. Yet, we make war against them... because we must.
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Is it possible to track the spammers down by IP address (or something) and pursue legal action against them? If they can be found and are operating in a civilized place like South Korea, legal action should be possible if they can be found.
Even the fake ones! O.O
IS NOTHING SACRED?!
Well, more accurately, they're kind of joke threads, rather than "fake" threads, one supposes. They're meant for humor and silliness - and, to a point, genuine comradre and friendship - as opposed to genuine questions about the nature of Paizo, the game, or the forums. Basically some more well-known or liked posters might eventually get one devoted to something they are known for on the forums.
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Still need to get Jiggy to start being more Historian like.
Arg! Online campaigns are now suffering the weight of their spiteful presence!
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Basically some more well-known or liked posters might eventually get one devoted to something they are known for on the forums.
Higher-tier and more jealousy-inspiring posters have other means, of course.
I didn't say by whom...
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The Ask threads are basically the new version of the OTD Cults from way-back-when (not that long ago and still around).
Que?
I thought that might have been flagged already, but I tagged yabzzz as well.
TO BATTLE!
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Daggum. They've evolved to having avatars now. Wow. Such a snazzy appearance has completely change my mind! Maybe I should just ty-
*FLAG*
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Pew pew zaaap! I just took out a couple more. YEEHAW!!!
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JUST WATCHED A FEW DIE IN GENERAL!!!!!!!! PREPARE TO CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!
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Got em squished. Looks like Cosmo even came out of the shadows to bash some spammers too >.>
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Got em squished. Looks like Cosmo even came out of the shadows to bash some spammers too >.>
He was destroying evidence of his guilt.
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Got em squished. Looks like Cosmo even came out of the shadows to bash some spammers too >.>He was destroying evidence of his guilt.
In a shocking twist of fate, the first person to blame Cosmo has been determined to be... Cosmo.
Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!
Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!
That camouflage is so cunning! They're invading our anti-SPAM thread! Kill the fake Kobold Cleaver! Crush him like you'd crush the rea-... oh. Oh, wait. No, that's the real one. Nevermind. Uh, I mean, you know, just... just let this one be. Yes.
*pets KC awkwardly*
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Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!That camouflage is so cunning! They're invading our anti-SPAM thread! Kill the fake Kobold Cleaver! Crush him like you'd crush the rea-... oh. Oh, wait. No, that's the real one. Nevermind. Uh, I mean, you know, just... just let this one be. Yes.
*pets KC awkwardly*
Do you want kobolds Tacticslion? Because this is how you get kobolds!
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Daggum. They've evolved to having avatars now. Wow. Such a snazzy appearance has completely change my mind! Maybe I should just ty-
*FLAG*
Looks like a zombie to me. Well, got to admit, truth in advertising . . . .
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I had no idea you could add alternate character sets.
今日は土曜日ですよ!
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Do you want kobolds Tacticslion? Because this is how you get kobolds!Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!That camouflage is so cunning! They're invading our anti-SPAM thread! Kill the fake Kobold Cleaver! Crush him like you'd crush the rea-... oh. Oh, wait. No, that's the real one. Nevermind. Uh, I mean, you know, just... just let this one be. Yes.
*pets KC awkwardly*
Do yhu hav a ... problem with koboldz?
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Do you want kobolds Tacticslion? Because this is how you get kobolds!Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!That camouflage is so cunning! They're invading our anti-SPAM thread! Kill the fake Kobold Cleaver! Crush him like you'd crush the rea-... oh. Oh, wait. No, that's the real one. Nevermind. Uh, I mean, you know, just... just let this one be. Yes.
*pets KC awkwardly*
Classic mother.
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Do yhu hav a ... problem with koboldz?Do you want kobolds Tacticslion? Because this is how you get kobolds!Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!That camouflage is so cunning! They're invading our anti-SPAM thread! Kill the fake Kobold Cleaver! Crush him like you'd crush the rea-... oh. Oh, wait. No, that's the real one. Nevermind. Uh, I mean, you know, just... just let this one be. Yes.
*pets KC awkwardly*
Only in so much as they exist.
Now will you keep standing exactly where you are? Thanks, I have a sudden compelling reason to be 500 meter away that in no way should raise your suspicions...
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Do yhu hav a ... problem with koboldz?Do you want kobolds Tacticslion? Because this is how you get kobolds!Wait! Avatars? They're developing sentience! Wait, we have to try to reason with them!That camouflage is so cunning! They're invading our anti-SPAM thread! Kill the fake Kobold Cleaver! Crush him like you'd crush the rea-... oh. Oh, wait. No, that's the real one. Nevermind. Uh, I mean, you know, just... just let this one be. Yes.
*pets KC awkwardly*
Only in so much as they exist.
Now will you keep standing exactly where you are? Thanks, I have a sudden compelling reason to be 500 meter away that in no way should raise your suspicions...
*forcecage*
Yeah, nize try. Yhu don't get to be zhe chieftain wizhout learning to be zuzpizciouz. Let'z zee juzt why yhu are zo eager to be elzewhere.
*flies away to safe vantage point*