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Thread: Bots these days
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2024-01-23, 12:36 PM (ISO 8601)Ogre in the Playground
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- Jan 2014
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Bots these days
I swear I feel like I'm seeing a scam/spam bot at least once a day lately. Can anything be done to help keep them out in general? Maybe like a captcha when signing up?
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2024-01-23, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)Troll in the Playground
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- Aug 2008
Re: Bots these days
I just logged out and checked, there already is a Captcha when one tries to register for an account. Multiple, in practice. Unfortunately, that whole field of programming is an arms race and just never works as well as desired.
Not gonna lie, I'm curious if bot activity is also contributing to the forum availability issues. I know bots usually don't load all the page resources- well, if they're programmed right- but who knows what they're all doing other than spamming things up.
Guess we'll just continue reporting them as they come in for now."Okay, so I'm going to quick draw and dual wield these one-pound caltrops as improvised weapons..."
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."
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2024-02-16, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)Sheriff in the Playground Administrator
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- Sep 2005
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Re: Bots these days
Sheriff: Yes, report them when you see them. Once per account is sufficient. Thanks!
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2024-02-16, 12:34 PM (ISO 8601)Dragon in the Playground Moderator
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- Dec 2009
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- Birmingham, AL
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Re: Bots these days
Spoiler: The current system works fairly well, I think
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