Subject: Well, this is fun.
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Posted on: 2009-08-30 13:21:00 UTC
Looks like we've hit Spam City again... I guess we'll hole up here a while.
hS
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Well, this is fun. by
on 2009-08-30 13:21:00 UTC
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Where the nine hells is this place? by
on 2010-08-31 13:51:00 UTC
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I know that it isn't the Board, because there's a post which has replies taking up the greater part of the webpage, and I would have noticed if something like that was on the board. On the other hand, exept for that (and all the other people asking 'where are we') it looks exactly like the board, and I'm getting this uncanny valley vibe. I got here from the Wiki, but it's being so vauge I have no idea what's going on.
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Yeah, that got pretty bad. by
on 2009-08-30 22:52:00 UTC
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I'm half-wondering if this is going to happen every August. The idea of switching to a more controllable forum now that Oddlots seems to be down for good, maybe with a post on the Board explaining where we went, could do nicely, I guess. The alternative is using this one as our main Board, since it never seems to get hit by spammers.
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Hmm. by
on 2010-08-31 19:06:00 UTC
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I think the reason this Board doesn't get hit by spammers is because we don't use it that frequently. There's no point-- from a bot's perspective (I think...), or a troll's-- in spamming a forum where nobody's around. The activity on the 'Board is generally pretty high, so spamming is more likely. If we switched to this link, we'd probably start getting hit here, too.
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Banned... by
on 2009-08-30 19:40:00 UTC
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I'm diving into cleanup now.
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Spam by
on 2009-08-30 19:52:00 UTC
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The Spambots have taken over. Game over, man! Game over!
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And cleaned. by
on 2009-08-30 19:51:00 UTC
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Board is back to normal for now.
is now more seriously considering setting up a new, more controllable PPC forum... -
Considering... by
on 2009-08-30 21:10:00 UTC
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... the Oddlots pages seem to be down for good (I'm in the process of mirroring the whole lot here, but it's taking a while), now would be the best time we've had in, well, ever.
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I agree... by
on 2009-08-30 21:12:00 UTC
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We're findable enough via Google that I think losing the old address won't be too much of a problem.
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They've taken the place by storm. by
on 2009-08-30 18:27:00 UTC
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I bet this causes the same sort of emotion as being a survivor in a zombie apocalypse.
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What type of creature is a Lizarman? by
on 2009-08-30 17:28:00 UTC
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The spambots have inflicted a bunch on us.
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11.5 pages of spam by
on 2009-08-30 16:10:00 UTC
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That's quite a lot. I wonder if we'll get more from the same source.
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Looks like we've got more... by
on 2009-08-30 16:26:00 UTC
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... from a different source. And this one masquerades as an admin (and even apologises for being off-topic). Well, gee, if we hadn't just been hit by the previous eleven and a half pages, we might even have been fooled!
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Oh, goody! by
on 2009-08-30 15:51:00 UTC
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This is actually the first time I've ever actually been in the middle of a spam attack. Huh. Well, might as well make myself comfortable.
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that's pretty severe by
on 2009-08-30 14:36:00 UTC
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It seems more like a directed effort to screw up the board than an effort to make any sort of point, or for that matter sale.
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This isn't the first time this has happened. by
on 2009-08-30 14:43:00 UTC
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In fact, this fallback Board was originally created because of an attack of this sort, if my memory serves.
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I believe that was the ypur stampede. by
on 2009-08-30 15:39:00 UTC
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This time we're getting serises, whatever a seris might be.
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Oh joy. Oh rapture. (nm) by
on 2009-08-30 14:33:00 UTC
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*settles down to watch the waves of spam troopers* by
on 2009-08-30 13:50:00 UTC
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I wonder what we did to attract them this time. Ah well, at least this one's speaking English. Want some popcorn? holds out mega tub of buttery popcorn