Forum disruption

[Rack Daniels]

Yeah dude, SPAM central!!

 

[Lostinthewoods]

I’ve noticed they are attacking at night.
I hoped on this am and had 18 reports and 9 spam user flagged trying to create accounts. Unfortunately all the others made it through.


Keep flagging them and we will ban them all when we get on.

Sorry for that, this has been wild.

 

[Lostinthewoods]

It’s still going wild with bots so please keep reporting and we will clean it up.

Just a subtle reminder - especially while it’s calm here and everyone is getting along for the most part.

Randy just paid MORE for another add on to reduce bots from causing disruption on here.

I say this to revalidate the fact this forum is all red on the balance sheet and bleeds cash.

So it’s very appreciated when we can keep the peace, self police, and not be obnoxious trolls.




Again, we will do our best to keep killing the bots. At first it was only happening at night, but we just got hit by a small wave during the day.

 

[Hem]

How much in the red?
Divide it by the # of members, problem solved.
Couldn't be more than the cost of a six pack of quality beer.

 

[Jnasa]

How much in the red?
Divide it by the # of members, problem solved.
Couldn't be more than the cost of a six pack of quality beer.

I'd prefer to see a voluntary donation option instead. Id happily throw some money at it. Like the free option for people though.

 

[Big Fin]

I wish these Russians and other offshore assholes would be the target of a Ukrainian drone strike.

It is so annoying. Total forum costs are now pushing $30K per year. As much as I've hesitated to allow outside advertising and we have offered free ads only to those companies who support our video and podcast platforms, I'm starting to wonder if that is sustainable.

Being of Finnish ancestry, I've been brought up with a serious suspicion of Russia and their institutions. The teams of spammers and bots that are encouraged there makes my dislike of Russia even greater.

 

[Gellar]

I wish these Russians and other offshore assholes would be the target of a Ukrainian drone strike.

It is so annoying. Total forum costs are now pushing $30K per year. As much as I've hesitated to allow outside advertising and we have offered free ads only to those companies who support our video and podcast platforms, I'm starting to wonder if that is sustainable.

Being of Finnish ancestry, I've been brought up with a serious suspicion of Russia and their institutions. The teams of spammers and bots that are encouraged there makes my dislike of Russia even greater.

on a bright note, these Russians don’t post pictures.

Thanks for all you guys do behind the scenes!

 

[BenP]

At least the bots used the thread that is talking about them being a problem.

 

[warmer]

Can someone explain the end game of the Bots? Simply to disrupt or are they phishing for something?

 

[Redmt]

Can someone explain the end game of the Bots? Simply to disrupt or are they phishing for something?

If they are trying to confuse some of the older members it's too late. I've been like this for years.