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Saph
2013-06-25, 07:59 AM
There seem to be a lot of spambots posting threads in the forums lately (mostly movie download adds). Is the website security having problems keeping them out? Anything we as posters can do to help?
Rawhide
2013-06-25, 08:04 AM
Nothing but report them as you would normally do, and refrain from replying to the threads.
Janus
2013-06-25, 04:07 PM
refrain from replying to the threads.
I don't know, I think we can trip them up with paradoxes and whatnot. Something like-

BOT: Watch this movie!
JANUS: Hey, Bot, Rawhide only speaks lies. Everything Rawhide says is a lie.
RAWHIDE: I am lying.
BOT: :smalleek: That's true! But you can only tell lies! Yet you told the truth! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT- *burn out*
KillianHawkeye
2013-06-25, 04:25 PM
I don't know, I think we can trip them up with paradoxes and whatnot.

Not if they never come back to "read" a thread they started.
Kornaki
2013-06-25, 04:35 PM
I don't know, I think we can trip them up with paradoxes and whatnot. Something like-

BOT: Watch this movie!
JANUS: Hey, Bot, Rawhide only speaks lies. Everything Rawhide says is a lie.
RAWHIDE: I am lying.
BOT: :smalleek: That's true! But you can only tell lies! Yet you told the truth! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT- *burn out*

It would be more like

JANUS: Hey, Bot, Rawhide only speaks lies. Everything Rawhide says is a lie.
RAWHIDE: I am lying.
BOT: Watch this movie Liar Liar!
Janus
2013-06-25, 04:42 PM
Not if they never come back to "read" a thread they started.
Of course they'll come back. Bots are known for their hubris.

It would be more like

JANUS: Hey, Bot, Rawhide only speaks lies. Everything Rawhide says is a lie.
RAWHIDE: I am lying.
BOT: Watch this movie Liar Liar!
Hmm, good point. Maybe we can use them for a "Recommend Me a Film!" thread?
KillianHawkeye
2013-06-25, 04:47 PM
I don't think you guys understand the way bots work. They are not sentient.
Janus
2013-06-25, 04:50 PM
I don't think you guys understand the way bots work. They are not sentient.
That's what they want you to think, dude.
137beth
2013-06-25, 05:27 PM
That's what they want you to think, dude.

Hmm, what if you PM the bot a link to a bot-disabling site? You know, that website that permanently disables all spam-bots in the world? I believe its URL is www.<redacted-by-the-pro-bots-advertisers>.org:smalltongue:
Roland St. Jude
2013-06-26, 12:30 AM
Sheriff: Okay, question answered and silliness engaged. Thread locked.