reduce spamming

[SubJunk]

Yeah there has been a recent surge in spam here. I'll see what I can do about it tomorrow

[taconaut]

Cheers

[meskibob]

Another recent surge in spam for kitchen cabinetry. Are there any updates we can apply?

[SubJunk]

The solutions I implemented on this site were all to do with stopping bot registration and they are still implemented, but of course spammers can always register as a person and then use a bot after that. So there are two easy, non-captcha (my philosophy is never to use captcha) methods to try:
1) Use the same methods I used on the registration form on the login form, so that bots fail login
2) Implement spam detection on new posts, with logic like "if the user has less than 5 posts, each post must contain a maximum of 1 link", or simply that detection of the word "kitchen" twice puts the post into the moderation queue instead of posting it. Lots more stuff to try too

[mazey]

I wouldnt mind being a mod and helping out if you need, i have abit of experience from moderating EDM forums in the past.

[Raptor399]

I don't mind having to remove a spammer every now and then. No matter how hard you try, there will always be a way around all the technical spam prevention stuff.

But what would help us site moderators, is if spam and its spammers were easier to remove. With this I mean that right now, it takes me just under a minute to:

- Examine the poster
- Find all his other stuff
- Ban his account
- Ban his IP
- Delete each of his postings one by one

If there was a button "kill and ban this spammer" on a post that simplified this whole operation to two clicks (click "kill and ban" leads to preview of what will happen with question "are you really really sure?", then finally click "Yes, kill and ban"), it would be way less work to kill spam than to enter it.

[SubJunk]

There's a plugin for the forum called "One Click Ban" that I use that will make it a lot easier

[Raptor399]

There's a plugin for the forum called "One Click Ban" that I use that will make it a lot easier

Sounds brilliant!