Spam prevention measures taken

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  1. dRD

    dRD I hate titles Staff Member

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    Due the today's spam attack against our site, couple of prevention techniques have been introduced. Most of them will be invisible to normal users, but one notable thing is now in use:

    Newbies can reply to posts only every 3 minutes (180 seconds).

    This prevents automated attacks against our forums -- and in any case, shouldn't limit anyone's use of the site, as I personally think you should always put more than 3 minutes' worth of thought to your posts..
     
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    dRD, Nov 5, 2005
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  2. weazel200

    weazel200 Regular member

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    Good method dRD. This will give time for the mods to come in and investigate. It's only newbies this effects and not Seniors and Addicts as you said.
     
    weazel200, Nov 5, 2005
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  3. p4_tt

    p4_tt Active member

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    Nice1 dRD :)
     
    p4_tt, Nov 5, 2005
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  4. philipman

    philipman Regular member

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    Thank you very much, I hate spammers!
     
    philipman, Nov 5, 2005
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  5. Lethal_B

    Lethal_B Moderator Staff Member

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    And not before time. Thankyou dRD ;)
     
    Lethal_B, Nov 5, 2005
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  6. matt72

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    Thanks drD even though i'm not a senior. This is a great site and sometimes knowledgeable folks waste time flaming spammers when there are folks that really need help.
     
    matt72, Nov 5, 2005
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  7. Alien13

    Alien13 Guest

    Another good thing about afterdawn :) Kepp up the good Work.
     
    Alien13, Nov 5, 2005
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  8. Doggy_Bot

    Doggy_Bot Guest

    YaY! I have been waiting for this, for some time now!
     
    Doggy_Bot, Nov 6, 2005
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  9. Jannejt

    Jannejt Moderator Staff Member

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    thanks dRD! now maybe newbies don't do so many doubles ;-) ..because they have to wait if they want do doubles :)
     
    Jannejt, Nov 7, 2005
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  10. 9mmruger1

    9mmruger1 Regular member

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    Good move, I dislike spammers and their crap.
     
    9mmruger1, Nov 7, 2005
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  11. kinza

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    this'll hold back those newbies who get into arguements right when they register. good work :)
     
    kinza, Nov 7, 2005
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  12. darthnip

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    i have mixed feelings on this, since banning spammers and idiots is like one of the only true joys i get out of life anymore. oh well, i suppose we need to keep the masses happy. see what we go thru for you people!!! well ok i guess most of you are worth it :)
     
    darthnip, Nov 7, 2005
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  13. borhan9

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    I personally think this is a great idea. Because in the long run the spammers will goo away as quick as they come. And the aD user that comes here for real reasons will stay for the long run.

     
    borhan9, Nov 7, 2005
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  14. creaky

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    @darthnip - don't worry, we always got loads for you to do to keep you busy :)
     
    creaky, Nov 7, 2005
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    And nobody does it better than you :)
     
    arniebear, Nov 8, 2005
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  16. gamename

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    well that sounds good...i type slow anyway.
     
    gamename, Nov 8, 2005
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  17. Quadratic

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    That's good. It may not stop them completely but it's better than having newbs crying about this site.
     
    Quadratic, Nov 9, 2005
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    Thank you dRD, I've been waiting for this for awhile :D
    @gamename Only newbies have this restriction. Since you are a member, feel free to type as fast as you can. The faster you type, the more you help people. Unless you just make a bunch of typos like me and people get more confused after reading your post ;)
     
    mkaseatgb, Nov 9, 2005
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  19. Glitched

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    Ad gets better and better, b.t.w my cpu is brokin ,that y i havent been on lately
     
    Glitched, Nov 9, 2005
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  20. Happy37

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    dRD

    Thanks for this - I agree with matt72 totally that this is a great site indeed and that time is wasted when people could be helping others as and when they need it.

    I'm a Junior Member at the moment.

    Instead, people probably spend time clearing up after the spammers, which is a waste of everyone's time anyway.

    Please keep up the good work on AD.

    Regards
     
    Happy37, Nov 30, 2005
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