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Bert
Super Administrator
Posts: 2821
Registered: 12-3-2004
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Mood: " I think we are all going to die. I think that love is an illusion. We are flawed, my darling".
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Just got done weeding out a new batch- I do feel the desire to make this "personal" for the ass hats foisting this garbage on the site...
Rapopart’s Rules for critical commentary:
1. Attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly and fairly that your target says: “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it
that way.”
2. List any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
3. Mention anything you have learned from your target.
4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
Anatol Rapoport was a Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (1911-2007).
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Nicodem
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gdflp
Super Moderator
Posts: 1320
Registered: 14-2-2014
Location: NY, USA
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Mood: Staring at code
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Quote: Originally posted by Polverone  | I have tweaked the reporting process, somewhat inspired by violet sin. Before spam had to be reported by two trusted members or one moderator before
it was auto-deleted. Now it will be auto-deleted if it is reported by one trusted member and one 'semi-trusted' member. Everyone who has been
registered at least 60 days and has at least 50 posts automatically becomes a member of the 'semi-trusted' group. This should reduce the waiting time
for spam deletion, and means that any frequent user of the site can help stamp out spam.
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Would it be possible to make a feature which allows trusted members to report new users which are spam bots. Even if it is only users who have say
max 10 posts and have registered within the past day, autodeleting spam bots would make it much easier and allow members to get the spam bots before
they even post.
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Brain&Force
Hazard to Lanthanides
Posts: 1302
Registered: 13-11-2013
Location: UW-Madison
Member Is Offline
Mood: Incommensurately modulated
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There are pages upon pages upon pages upon page upon pages upon pages upon pages of spam accounts on the member list. Could a few mods wipe all of
them?
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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The Volatile Chemist
International Hazard
Posts: 1981
Registered: 22-3-2014
Location: 'Stil' in the lab...
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Mood: Copious
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Right now there has been another wave of spam.... blegh
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hyfalcon
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Posts: 1003
Registered: 29-3-2012
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Here's another wave. Some help reporting it please.
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Ah, that's better.
[Edited on 30-9-2014 by hyfalcon]
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phlogiston
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Posts: 1379
Registered: 26-4-2008
Location: Neon Thorium Erbium Lanthanum Neodymium Sulphur
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Mood: pyrophoric
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Damn, a whole page of Japanese spam. Can I become trusted to help clean it up?
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"If a rocket goes up, who cares where it comes down, that's not my concern said Wernher von Braun" - Tom Lehrer |
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hyfalcon
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Posts: 1003
Registered: 29-3-2012
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HELP!
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Polverone
Now celebrating 21 years of madness
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S.C. Wack
bibliomaster
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Registered: 7-5-2004
Location: Cornworld, Central USA
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Quite a wave of signups today, all in the form of ODeacon, MFaunce, etc. or Z5194, K92V, and so on. Apparently the not-Latin or multiple random
letters with a number members stuck out somehow?
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hyfalcon
International Hazard
Posts: 1003
Registered: 29-3-2012
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Here come da spam!
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Texium
Administrator
Posts: 4618
Registered: 11-1-2014
Location: Salt Lake City
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Mood: PhD candidate!
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What happens when a spammer posts in an actual active thread? I don't want to report it as spam if there is a possibility of it being automatically
deleted... unless of course it only deletes the one post.
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violet sin
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Posts: 1482
Registered: 2-9-2012
Location: Daydreaming of uraninite...
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so I see a lot of names in the format of: cap first initial + cap first letter of last name, all lower case rest of last name a lot. and most of them
are 0 post names. now if you copy the names in that format, and google them, you get a LOT of accounts/members in other forums with 0 posts. like
some one wants the names to have more hits if it is searched or some crap? could this be a diff kind of spam?
I went to who's online from the forum logo and picked the random name- BMileham, and got DDTankPRO, Soshified, Molly Maven Forum, The Tax Forum,
Twitter, FitLink, and 2 others that were shut down from excessive site travel. all apparently 0 posts/activity and some not even followed up on to
confirm membership, still pending.
next I picked: ABarlee, and got pdfforge Forums, xGame Portal Forums, Bookmarkone.info( which only post was a coupon for bed bath and beyond), Green
Business Institute, My Favorite Oldies( member info had links in it, including a malpractice layer), Video and Photo Community and more.
so this is weird, give it a try some time. I have done this on more than one occasion and I always find a bunch of empty profiles with 0 posts and
links to crap. I have no idea what they are trying to do here, because on scimad their profiles have no links and they have made no posts. but there
are a lot of them... looks to be 31 names with that format online at this time.
of the 31
SMadison,had a link to a lease in his profile
RNicholls, had a youtube link
PKlein, youtube link
NLorenz " "
MEstrella " "
LHarms, other link
KPolding, facebook link to toddler swimwear
JPercy, horschop-onlin link
and I got bored again. so some of these accounts do have links, a fair number don't, and all have 0 posts( that I have checked)
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Polverone
Now celebrating 21 years of madness
Posts: 3186
Registered: 19-5-2002
Location: The Sunny Pacific Northwest
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Mood: Waiting for spring
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Thanks for the note. I thought I had already fixed that. I have confirmed a fix now. Members who have never posted will no longer appear in Who's
Online. Also, if you are not logged in to the site you will no longer be able to view the profile of a zero-post member, even if you know the user
name.
PGP Key and corresponding e-mail address
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jock88
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Posts: 505
Registered: 13-12-2012
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Bloody hell,
Never seen anything like this:
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froot
Hazard to Others
Posts: 347
Registered: 23-10-2003
Location: South Africa
Member Is Offline
Mood: refluxed
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Please, we really need to vet new registrations. I'll do it!
We salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who remove themselves from it.
Of necessity, this honor is generally bestowed posthumously. - www.darwinawards.com |
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WGTR
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Posts: 971
Registered: 29-9-2013
Location: Online
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Mood: Outline
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I have just reported each and every single one of these spam messages. Now someone else, please start reporting so that we can clear these out!
Now, I have a question. Why is it that some spam disappears quickly after I report it, but other messages linger for hours on end, like the stench of
a dead woodchuck on a hot summer day? Is it perhaps a quirk in the spam reporting script?
[Edited on 11-24-2014 by WGTR]
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Bert
Super Administrator
Posts: 2821
Registered: 12-3-2004
Member Is Offline
Mood: " I think we are all going to die. I think that love is an illusion. We are flawed, my darling".
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It is probably because I have been quite busy on many days and thus may go 6-12 hours between checking my U2U for spam reports... Or on a day off, I
may be sitting with a rifle and waiting for a careless deer to stroll by, with the sciencemadness forum on my smart phone to pass the time- In which
case, I get your spam report and deal with it in seconds.
I believe I have been reporting/deleting more spam lately than the other moderators, due to having more free time to access the forum and "sweep the
floors".
I would suggest that some more of the most active spam reporting members (including WGTR!) be granted the "trusted spam sniffer" power of instant spam
banishment. This could free up some of my time for other projects I would like to organize and post on here?
Rapopart’s Rules for critical commentary:
1. Attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly and fairly that your target says: “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it
that way.”
2. List any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
3. Mention anything you have learned from your target.
4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
Anatol Rapoport was a Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (1911-2007).
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JAVA
Hazard to Self
Posts: 71
Registered: 9-1-2014
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
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What if you follow the troubleshooting guides on XMB1.9.11 ?
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Bert
Super Administrator
Posts: 2821
Registered: 12-3-2004
Member Is Offline
Mood: " I think we are all going to die. I think that love is an illusion. We are flawed, my darling".
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Please be more specific.
Rapopart’s Rules for critical commentary:
1. Attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly and fairly that your target says: “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it
that way.”
2. List any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
3. Mention anything you have learned from your target.
4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
Anatol Rapoport was a Russian-born American mathematical psychologist (1911-2007).
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JAVA
Hazard to Self
Posts: 71
Registered: 9-1-2014
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Mood: No Mood
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Ask it to the admin or moderators on XMB, what do they write ?
If I'm right then Apache do have a license until January 2015, just one month left with this XMB version. Why should they do many efforts then -->
AFAIK, they are working on version 2. UTFSE on that website
1) Check the system requirements http://forums.xmbforum2.com/viewthread.php?tid=774104
2) Legacy bugs fixed in 1.9.11, the full list stands http://docs.xmbforum2.com/Introduction/Change_Logs
btw:
I did see bfesser in the memberlist and during that time spam was not very common.
[Edited on 26-11-2014 by JAVA]
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MrHomeScientist
International Hazard
Posts: 1806
Registered: 24-10-2010
Location: Flerovium
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The amount of spam posts, or the fact that M96E is both the new guy and the new girl?
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bismuthate
National Hazard
Posts: 803
Registered: 28-9-2013
Location: the island of stability
Member Is Offline
Mood: self reacting
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Why did they unleash this massive amount of spam upon us now?
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WGTR
National Hazard
Posts: 971
Registered: 29-9-2013
Location: Online
Member Is Offline
Mood: Outline
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How many chickens can dance on the head of a pin? Why did the angel cross the road? Why are spammers so evil? Why am I smoking my socks? These are
imponderable questions, perhaps better left to the philosophers.
All I want to see, is that the spam disappears when I use the "report" function. I would also send taunting U2Us to the spammers, but I fear that
some of them may also be good hackers. In the interest of self-preservation, I restrain myself...
[takes off silly hat, and puts serious hat back on]
It would be nice to know what effect my reports are having. If action from a mod is required to delete spam, then it would be best for me to let the
mods do the housekeeping, and not take time messing with it myself. It would certainly be better for my indigestion. I hate spam.
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JAVA
Hazard to Self
Posts: 71
Registered: 9-1-2014
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Mood: No Mood
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What do you see if you open SM in https, I see this in Belgium:
"www.sciencemadness.org uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because it is self-signed. The certificate expired on
2/11/2014 21:36. The current time is 26/11/2014 17:55. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)"
The reason is that they didn't buy a very cheap official SSL certificate and that hackers can indeed penetrate in the php server side
of the system.
I don't report spam anymore because it seems that I speak to the walls, many other members have this feeling too. Just wait a few months and don't
post things anymore until they have fixed it, simply.
btw: there is U2U (but think 4 to 5 minutes, preview your post, think again before you put on that very fast nervous button)
[Edited on 26-11-2014 by JAVA]
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j_sum1
Administrator
Posts: 6333
Registered: 4-10-2014
Location: At home
Member Is Offline
Mood: Most of the ducks are in a row
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I just reported a glut of spam that was filling the page. It is still arriving as I type.
I just wanted to confirm whether I am doing something useful or am I merely filling the moderators' inboxes with stuff that will get dealt with
anyway.
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chemrox
International Hazard
Posts: 2961
Registered: 18-1-2007
Location: UTM
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@Bert: I hope you are kicking these bastids out for good and while you're at it why not let everyone know that Dr. "Doc" Martin makes a much better
shoe that can be had for a lot less money
"When you let the dumbasses vote you end up with populism followed by autocracy and getting back is a bitch." Plato (sort of)
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