The spambot report thread

Post by **MrFlibble** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:27 pm

Another one:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic ... 493#120493

[Edit] And another:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20292
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20291
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20289

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:11 pm

More spam:
http://dosgames.com/forum/about20300.html

Post by **MrFlibble** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:01 am

More spam threads:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20306
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20305
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20303

Post by **MrFlibble** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:23 am

Another spammer:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=12321

I deleted the post (it has remained undetected since 2012!), but apparently I am not allowed to ban users.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:51 am

Another one:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13085

Made a post that was an exact copy of the opening post in the same thread.

[Edit] And one more:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13084

Links in signature and profile.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:17 am

A couple more:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13087
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13089

Posts removed, but there are links in the profile (can links on profiles be turned off BTW?).

[Edit] Another one:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13088

Quadko · Post by **Quadko** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:22 am

This one's looking bot-ish, thinks it's on a blog site.

http://dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20378

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:23 pm

Feel free to delete or edit my posts. I know I talk ALOT!

Thank you for allowing me to share.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:52 pm

We do not generally censor people for being loquacious

Bots are another thing but they usually post lots of links with keywords for SEO purposes these days.

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:52 pm

MrFlibble wrote:We do not generally censor people for being loquacious Bots are another thing but they usually post lots of links with keywords for SEO purposes these days.

That's nice to keep in mind. I was starting to feel stifled and uncreative. My game making tends to be smooth when I get to talk everything out. It is weird like that.

I here women tends to talk and do not really expect you to do something. They just need to emote.

I talk and I hope people reply so I know someone is there haha

Post by **MrFlibble** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:03 pm

'Nother spambot:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13112

Post by **wardrich** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:32 pm

I 360 no-scoped and banned that user earlier today - got it before it even had a chance to post

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:19 pm

Well, it depends on how appreciative you are to be a guest. I am grateful to be here so I do not like to or will I trespass. If I go it would be at my freewill. If I stay I hope I am an invited guest. After all, I look at it this way, if it were my home how would I want my guest to behave! I would want my guest to respect my place and not make a mess out of it. So I hope that I am extending the same courtesy to you especially the owner of this place. Thank you for having me...

Post by **wardrich** » Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:35 pm

There is a difference between being a human guest and using the boards as they are intended, and being a robot that only creates automated posts to random links. This thread is about identifying the robots and cleaning up their mess.

tienkhoanguyen · Post by **tienkhoanguyen** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:29 am

wardrich wrote:There is a difference between being a human guest and using the boards as they are intended, and being a robot that only creates automated posts to random links. This thread is about identifying the robots and cleaning up their mess.

I understand now. Thank you for clarifying that. I often misunderstand and for some reason I am also misunderstood.

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:08 am

wardrich wrote:I 360 no-scoped and banned that user earlier today - got it before it even had a chance to post

I assume the links in user profiles are not indexed by search engines?

Post by **MrFlibble** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:11 am

Another bot:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/profile.p ... le&u=13122

I deleted its message.

Post by **wardrich** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:18 pm

Banned.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:07 pm

guest spammer:

http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20413

Post by **Wally** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:27 pm

Banned thanks

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