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Swarth100

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Joined: 2015-07-18

Posts: 305

SpamBot Rampage

Is it just me or is there an overwhelming presence of spambots these days?

And it's not like it's one account at a time, I've had to kick groups of 3-4 accounts spamming together  :/

As it probaby is one or two users doing this with quite a few alts, does reporting them (i.e. their alts) in any way register the IP?

Benje00

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From: BenjeLand

Joined: 2015-02-17

Posts: 587

Re: SpamBot Rampage

I've noticed this in a lot of recent reports.  They are all from the same IP and we are looking into a temp IP ban.

capasha

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Joined: 2015-02-21

Posts: 4,066

Re: SpamBot Rampage

I've noticed this in a lot of recent reports.  They are all from the same IP and we are looking into a temp IP ban.

Why just a temporary ban? For me is the user abusing the bots. And should be banned a longer time.

Minimania

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From: PbzvatFbba 13

Joined: 2015-02-22

Posts: 6,387

Re: SpamBot Rampage

I've noticed this in a lot of recent reports.  They are all from the same IP and we are looking into a temp IP ban.

Why just a temporary ban? For me is the user abusing the bots. And should be banned a longer time.

An endless ban of the IP would be nice

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hummerz5

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From: wait I'm not a secret mod huh

Joined: 2015-08-10

Posts: 5,852

Re: SpamBot Rampage

^ Just keep in mind
IP Bans
- Don't necessarily apply to just one person; multiple people on one network can have the same external IP
- Don't necessarily last for longer than a few days; dynamic IPs can change at the user's whim anyway

So a temporary IP ban makes more sense, but probably doesn't carry the same shock-and-awe weight that we often care for.

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