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Hero999

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I've noticed that some new members are posting empty threads to circumvent the ban on posting links for the first three posts.

I hope the spambots don't cotton on to this.
 
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I've noticed that some new members are posting empty threads to circumvent the ban on posting links for the first three posts.

I admit that I told that guy to do that since he seemed to be for real. In retrospect I should have just told him to put a whitespace somewhere in his URL. Of course, spambots will catch on to that idea pretty quickly too.

That said, in this case the poster should have just uploaded the schematic instead of linking to it.

I hope the spambots don't cotton on to this.

If they haven't already then the spammers are either morons or not paying attention. Personally I don't think that the 3-post vetting period is a good idea. Technological solutions to sociological problems usually don't work, or at least not for very long. Even CAPTCHA was broken quite some time ago and can no longer be considered effective in the wild.


Torben
 
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Thanks to author of this site.

Jitendra kumar

I agree completely. This is a great site, even though every so often I complain about small changes. :)

Um. . .is it just a coincidence that your signature is spam? ;)

Pretty pointless posting his spam for him! - Moderator.


Torben
 
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Pretty pointless posting his spam for him! - Moderator.

Missed the fact that I killed the links when I quoted the spam, eh?

I didn't just fall off the turnip truck yesterday, you know.


Torben
 
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