Spammers working overtime

[SR]

It would probably be a good idea to make the site read-only for awhile. It looks like everything by "Malber", "HOTLINE", "topor" and "Drolux" can be deleted. "akm88" looks a little suspicious too.

Moderators, where are you?!?!

[nathan]

Sorry it took a bit to get this. should be better now.

[funkmuscle]

spamming like crazy again...

[steevc]

Can anything be done about the quantity of spam here? At times it exceeds the number of real posts. I keep flagging them, but I expect Nathan has limited time to get on here and ban them. It gets annoying when I see that there is a new post, but it turns out to be spam.

Do we know if it's humans rather than bots doing the spamming? I just had a look at the register screen and the captcha is fairly hard to read, but I don't know how good the bots are these days. They sometimes seem to paste in vaguely related text that makes me wonder for a moment, but the signature links are generally a give-away. Given this is a fairly low traffic forum they are not reaching many people, but they probably hope that Google will pick up their links.

Possible options, depending on what the board can do:
1. Remove automated registration. Someone would have to manually authorise each new user. How many new legitimate users do we get? I know other sites do this
2. Block signature links. Ideally this should just be for new users
3. Change forum software. This is probably too big a job

I just hate spammers. They spoil the internet for everyone.

[Capoeira]

Possible options, depending on what the board can do:
1. Remove automated registration. Someone would have to manually authorise each new user. How many new legitimate users do we get? I know other sites do this
2. Block signature links. Ideally this should just be for new users
3. Change forum software. This is probably too big a job

I just hate spammers. They spoil the internet for everyone.

I've allready made those and other suggestions. Administration/Mods come to the board once a month.
So, unless somebody will do the work, as a new mod, nothing will change.

[raboof]

Administration/Mods come to the board once a month.

That hurt.

From the admin logs of the past month:

khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:32 pm Deleted user » lindaev0
khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:14 pm Deleted user » concer
khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:12 pm Deleted user » forumjerseys
khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:12 pm Deleted user » d50augus
raboof Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:39 am Deleted user » caket845
raboof Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:39 am Deleted user » soonpyji
raboof Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:40 pm Deleted user » yedda485
raboof Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:40 pm Deleted user » Coltonon
khz Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:42 pm Deleted user » sistelxe
khz Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:41 pm Deleted user » jobsnh09hy38
raboof Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:28 am Deleted user » erf
raboof Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:31 pm Deleted user » studentaccommodation
raboof Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:04 pm Deleted user » arnel81
raboof Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:04 pm Deleted user » DM613
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:28 am Deleted user » michel2tiffin
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:27 am Deleted user » paolimma
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:26 am Deleted user » ethanehunt
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:25 am Deleted user » Albarto
raboof Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:44 pm Deleted user » berry
raboof Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:23 pm Deleted user » Manfred_Kreuzwirth
raboof Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:23 pm Deleted user » logonsf
raboof Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:34 am Deleted user » shenglu
raboof Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:07 pm Deleted user » abraham2tiffin
khz Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:27 am Deleted user » eason

(I apologize if any of the other mods rather would not have seen this data public, feel free to scrap/anonymize as you wish)

[Capoeira]

Administration/Mods come to the board once a month.

That hurt.

From the admin logs of the past month:

khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:32 pm Deleted user » lindaev0
khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:14 pm Deleted user » concer
khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:12 pm Deleted user » forumjerseys
khz Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:12 pm Deleted user » d50augus
raboof Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:39 am Deleted user » caket845
raboof Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:39 am Deleted user » soonpyji
raboof Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:40 pm Deleted user » yedda485
raboof Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:40 pm Deleted user » Coltonon
khz Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:42 pm Deleted user » sistelxe
khz Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:41 pm Deleted user » jobsnh09hy38
raboof Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:28 am Deleted user » erf
raboof Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:31 pm Deleted user » studentaccommodation
raboof Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:04 pm Deleted user » arnel81
raboof Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:04 pm Deleted user » DM613
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:28 am Deleted user » michel2tiffin
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:27 am Deleted user » paolimma
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:26 am Deleted user » ethanehunt
MattKingUSA Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:25 am Deleted user » Albarto
raboof Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:44 pm Deleted user » berry
raboof Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:23 pm Deleted user » Manfred_Kreuzwirth
raboof Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:23 pm Deleted user » logonsf
raboof Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:34 am Deleted user » shenglu
raboof Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:07 pm Deleted user » abraham2tiffin
khz Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:27 am Deleted user » eason

(I apologize if any of the other mods rather would not have seen this data public, feel free to scrap/anonymize as you wish)

excuse me man.

actually it was more like "it feels like"
I never even realized, you are mod. hehe

I retreat what i said.
but it's fact, that this forum needs a forum-update, this software is almost 5 years old

[nathan]

It definitely does need an upgrade, no arguments there!

I'd personally like to move away from phpBB since I've not had the best experience administering it, but I'll need to do lots of research.

I'll be the first to admit I rarely log anymore--since starting this site I had a kid and taken on quite a bit more work, and it's hard to find time just to write music, much less really be active in a forum

I'm happy to remain "benevolent dictator" and host the site, etc, but I just can't sink hours of time in at this point. That said, I'll look in to a transition or upgrade, possibly for January?

I'd also be glad to look at proposals on how to make this a 100% community maintained and governed site as well, since I just can't really invest the time LM's members really deserve.

[steevc]

Nathan, I think we are all grateful for what you have done here. Managing even a relatively small forum like this takes a lot of time. I don't know what the options are, but I'd like to see a transition to something that allows for better spam prevention and more moderators. This is a great community and I want to see it continue.

Thanks

[nathan]

Thanks for the kind words. I agree regarding a better solution. To all: Why don't we take the discussion to another thread in the Suggestion Box and see what we can come up with?

[Excds]

I've created such a thread here: http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7460

[eikakot]

I have noticed this big birthday party today:

Birthdays

Congratulations to: vowsheesekaps (39), jaja0892 (23), anam0692 (23), tores1789 (23), akemi2691 (23), aksel5038 (23), titi6869 (23), moka5672 (23), jiji5672 (23), lona5672 (23), farah0101 (23), tejo0101 (23), bama0101 (23), lena0101 (23), gina5213 (23), lana6362 (23), riko6367 (23), riska0102 (23), fatimah8532 (23), rena5678 (23), keke0678 (23), jehan5617 (23), cica8962 (23), puji5672 (23), kiki3562 (23), mita6869 (23), lela0892 (23), merry5213 (23), velly6312 (23), riki5432 (23), sonya5621 (23), jeny1234 (23), lara3215 (23), victori4321 (23), adira6532 (23), aga0992 (23), camilo34658 (23), lissa5984 (23), nita2589 (23), mona5377 (23), farrel5694 (23), nayla2658 (23), rina0592 (23), sashi0592 (23), revan0592 (23), wasima4532 (23), bianca6532 (23), firsty1254 (23), julio3421 (23), blanco2541 (23), anne1254 (23), andi8754 (23), marin5213 (23), candy6543 (23), Ann2152 (23), monero5214 (23), juliet2143 (23), Lani1234 (23), Tora5678 (23), Sani2345 (23), romi9876 (23), riska4576 (23), dina5432 (23), junio5421 (23), kenzo8975 (23), romero3215 (23), junio4120 (23), nero4587 (23), nora2189 (23), marlin5421 (23), laura2589 (23), andin2187 (23), lelia2503 (23), rona5957 (23), jone8962 (23), poland5237 (23), anto1585 (23), citra5365 (23), rulio2986 (23), mario5741 (23), salsa5826 (23), vino5248 (23), ghio4551 (23), arin3769 (23), vicko8644 (23), zun9423 (23), randy3658 (23), listy8621 (23), vanci8614 (23), viona5276 (23), erica5712 (23), della6845 (23), cesai8532 (23), villa6432 (23), berry2105 (23), valno1234 (23), keyis2008 (23), josh5896 (23), carlen2303 (23), casi2506 (23), marry2109 (23), brush4120 (23), athalia2605 (23), bernard2140 (23), gracy2605 (23), brandon3412 (23), choky2145 (23)

[Capoeira]

wow, what a party. lol

[Capoeira]

does anybody see this post?

[raboof]

does anybody see this post?

sure.