doubleD Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hello, I've noticed a huge increase of spam posts on this forum. This is very annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dreamtheme Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 doubleD Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 true Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mellow Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yes!!! and it's getting really annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vekia Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 all of you guys have got right.... it's hard to fight with this shitty spammers Check japanese forum, so many posts, all of them are spam :/ im fighting with it but it is very very hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mellow Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 im fighting with it but it is very very hard How could we help? Is it worth making reports to help you to clean up faster, or is it a waste of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benjamin utterback Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hello all, please continue to make the reports. We are working on a way to beat these spammers. This is not due to lack of effort, it is an ongoing battle. We need to find new ways to block and ban. One user made a comment of filtering out the word "handbag" because there are many designer handbag spam posts. However, what if one of PrestaShop's loyal users actually sell handbags. The second they post a post with the word "handbag" their IP will be banned and they are left confused and abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vekia Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 maybe "slider captcha" will be solution for bots? by slider captcha i mean something like: bots are stupid and they cant slide it if this feature will be created with js Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Burhan BVK Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It would require about 5 minutes of recoding for the bots to work. I think there should be the usual captcha for the first 10 or so messages someone posts. maybe "slider captcha" will be solution for bots? by slider captcha i mean something like: bots are stupid and they cant slide it if this feature will be created with js Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vekia Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 and what about something like enter six letter from string, where the string and number of letter will be randomly generatated? for example, "enter the 5 letter from imkillinspammers" - and as i said, number of letter and string will be different for each user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 alastairbrian Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 @Mod Tighten your registration policy. Introduce some captcha thing and add restriction for new members like no link untill post count is 20 or 10. Do not allow multiple accounts from one IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vekia Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 @Mod Tighten your registration policy. Introduce some captcha thing and add restriction for new members like no link untill post count is 20 or 10. Do not allow multiple accounts from one IP. This can be problematic because a lot of new users have problems with the shop - then it is necessary to enter the url to the store, paste images, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benjamin utterback Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 This can be problematic because a lot of new users have problems with the shop - then it is necessary to enter the url to the store, paste images, etc. Hi Vekia, what do you mean? Are you saying that by changing the registration form at the PrestaShop forum then it will negatively effect the users own PrestaShop shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vekia Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 nope, sorry for my english I mean that many newbies come here and looking for help, and right after registration on forum they create a new topic, where they ask about own issues like CSS problem... They also ask about shop configuration, installation etc. In many cases they must provide an url to own shop, without url it's hard to help. So, if we block ability to add links for new users - how we can help them without an url? hope now it's all clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 benjamin utterback Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks, yes now I understand. Vekia, in the case of a human on the forum, we could ask them the post the text version of the URL. I think that may be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Paulito Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Good Morning, As, I assume, most spam is conceived by robots and they are presumably very fast at what they do, then would it not be possible to have a time limit set for registration and posting a topic. For example, if you registered in under 5 seconds you must be a robot so the system blocks you, if it takes longer you are human and can register. I have to say that I know little to nothing about spamming, it's just a thought. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I've noticed a huge increase of spam posts on this forum.
This is very annoying
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