ugh

[spinspinsugar]

this board is SO SLOW

it's a vicious cycle. the slower it is, the less people come on

[cOrpoRateCuTiE]

Well, help change that catie rather than complain about it.

[SoulImage]

but people can't even register!

[cOrpoRateCuTiE]

Registration was disabled to prevent spambots from joining up. You all remember those problems I am sure.

I would gladly re-enable registration, if we could foil the spambots some how.

*EDIT: I have researched a anti-spambot mod that looks promising. Will attempt modding the board this weekend.

[TalixZen]

CATE! I miss you. Where you been fool?

[J. Hardy]

mouse , talixzen , spinspincate = awesome!

Jay

[Ho||yw0oD]

Are the bots able to fill in that 'text box code' thing? What about also putting in something like what will the the date tomorrow?

[gLoWsTiX]

i just joined a board in auz that wont let you post any hyperlinks during the first two weeks of membership..
maybe something like that would solve your problem?

[cOrpoRateCuTiE]

Just modded the code for the CAPCHA and re-enabled new registrations.

@Hollywood: I made add a question/text answer field if this CAPTCHA mode isn't enough.

@Glowstix: Donnie, I find that isn't very effective, as it's not just new links to bogus spam but thousands of fake accounts that get created.

[gLoWsTiX]

wow you just re enable registration and they are getting through already!

[cOrpoRateCuTiE]

wow you just re enable registration and they are getting through already!

Yup, even with the modifications. But nothing like before at hundreds a day, perhaps a small handful. So look like further mod's are needed.

[Ho||yw0oD]

While it may seem a bit elitist... how about someone 'applying' for membership onto the Board? Applications will be approved based on their ability to fill out in a text box their purposes of joining the Board in one or two sentences max. Would that help you better in sifting through what applicants/registrants are bots and which are authentic?

[cOrpoRateCuTiE]

While it may seem a bit elitist... how about someone 'applying' for membership onto the Board? Applications will be approved based on their ability to fill out in a text box their purposes of joining the Board in one or two sentences max. Would that help you better in sifting through what applicants/registrants are bots and which are authentic?

I have tried something similar, Admin approval. It requires me to review hundreds of registrations per day, and 99.9% of them are bots.

Anyways, I have further modified the CAPTCHA and have seen two new users and neither of them are bots so I will continue to monitor.