Checkup - Spam Levels Seem To Have Dropped

Nifty

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We've been on this new platform for a few months and I thought I'd do a quick check to see if y'all echo my feelings...

One of the many reasons we moved to this platform is because it has much better anti-spam features. We'll never be able to 100% get rid of spammers (there's always going to be a gray area that makes it impossible to differentiate between a legit new member and a human spammer), but it seems like the amount of spam getting through our filters is pretty low.

What do y'all think? Has it seemed like the quantity of spam has decreased since moving to this new system?
 

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The spam I've noticed lately has been new members that have limited themselves to making profile posts that I've easily removed because they've been held for moderation. Thankfully these spammers didn't go on to post on the forum, just stuck to profile posts.
 

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We're just popular and they want a piece of the fame! :D

It's a constant game of cat / mouse (or more like cat / rat) and we're always making adjustments to match their changes. Hopefully the recent changes will help keep them at bay.

Thanks @Southern by choice and all our other awesome members for keeping on top of spammers by reporting their posts!
 

Southern by choice

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It does seem like it happens in cycles. :\

@Nifty I must confess... I have selfish motives. :hide

You see each "new member" is adding to the count and I did the math and looked at the statistics. I have estimated when the 10,000 member will sign up. This is messing with my calculations. :somad

I don't like to be messed with. :plbb

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It appears there was a massive spam invasion overnight. Seems like one account.
 

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I reported it right after it started last night when it was up to 8 posts. just checked and it's now 60+. Time for that IP address to be banned.
 
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