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Re: Questions and answers

Posted: 11 Jun 2013, 22:36
by Omnixor
will still be spam, right? just in one place.

Re: Questions and answers

Posted: 11 Jun 2013, 22:56
by steeffeen
probably
i'm just looking for a connection between forum users and actual players for a long time now.. i mean you can connect your tmuf account and not your maniaplanet account.. in the maniaplanet forum.. you see what i'm pointing at?

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 00:26
by eyebo
Consolidating the spam isn't really that important. We have no trouble spotting new spam, as we use the "view new posts" option of the forum. It's just a matter of checking for it all the time.

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 03:32
by BLiNNeMaNS
lol eyebo, that's a genuine duct-tape fix

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 04:53
by eyebo
:lol:

My point was that the other solution suggested wouldn't really help us any. :|
Having all the spam in one place is not the issue.

That having been said, duct tape is one of the best things ever! :roflol:

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 06:30
by HaagseSmurf
eyebo wrote:That having been said, duct tape is one of the best things ever! :roflol:
Can we use the duct tape for those kitchens they wanna sell us each time in the forum spam??

I even wonder what the real purpose is of that forum spam: who has ever bought one of those kitchens they are willing to sell ??
I bet nobody does, so is it just to annoy us??

Greetz,

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 07:35
by BLiNNeMaNS
BLiNNeMaNS wrote:I think the best way to deal with them is to have only a small section of the forum (basic questions/faq) available for normal users and only allow access to the rest of the forum if you connect your login with your Maniaplanet ID through oauth..
eyebo wrote:My point was that the other solution suggested wouldn't really help us any. :|
Having all the spam in one place is not the issue.
Actually you're missing the point of that fix ^^
It's the forum community you protect from spam, not the moderators.

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 08:49
by steeffeen
BLiNNeMaNS wrote:It's the forum community you protect from spam, not the moderators.
exactly ^^
keep in mind that nobody is blaming the moderators in any means, it's just normal that it takes some time to delete new spam :)

protecting actual informative threads from being spammed just improves the feeling and usability of the forum
for example i get sometimes notification mails because i've subscribed to a thread and when i take a look at it there's nothing to see because the spam has been deleted already :D

i just fear that this maniaconnect thingy won't become reality because it's another major change of the forum software which is already widely customised

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 08:57
by Omnixor
but it's really weird not to have it, but have TMUF, huh?

Re: Do something against the bot spam...

Posted: 12 Jun 2013, 11:05
by MPeti
HaagseSmurf wrote:
eyebo wrote:That having been said, duct tape is one of the best things ever! :roflol:
Can we use the duct tape for those kitchens they wanna sell us each time in the forum spam??

I even wonder what the real purpose is of that forum spam: who has ever bought one of those kitchens they are willing to sell ??
I bet nobody does, so is it just to annoy us??

Greetz,
Some people click on the links they post, which gains them ad revenue from their ad-infested sites. With spambots posting the link in enough places, that amount of money might matter.