Thought they wouldn't show until a smod approved, Just seen like 10?
Whats going on...
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Thought they wouldn't show until a smod approved, Just seen like 10?
Whats going on...
its annoying :( is that 1 post thing not working or something or just turned off? :O
I've said from the very beginning that the one post approval isn't on, but everyone's ignored me :P
---------- Post added 21-05-2013 at 01:38 PM ----------
Also, what captcha do we have on our registration page? Obviously they're getting past it, so perhaps we should change our captcha? They might be able to get past the new one as well, but surely it's worth a try?
pretty sure they're not bots
Thought so. I agree that a maths one could be better, or maybe both if possible.
---------- Post added 21-05-2013 at 01:55 PM ----------
Yeah that's possible.
---------- Post added 21-05-2013 at 01:55 PM ----------
So is the 1 post approval enabled or not :S?
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the bot is on a spree
The one post approval is enabled, just somehow I think some threads are slipping through.
Sorted them
I will need to look again but when I check it seems the threads get approved which is why they show up. We even got another system in to check how long it takes them to sign up. If its less than XX seconds then they get redirected to a YouTube video. I have noticed ThisHabbo are also getting these spam accounts as well.
I shall see what other stuff we can put into place.
Then the big question is, who on earth is approving these threads? :P
Because personally, it's looks like they're getting approved automatically, unless someone is going 'No, I will wait a few minutes to approve this next spam post'...
Yeh i think they are being approved automatically also...
Also, the obvious point. It can't be approved automatically, because surely the MOD approving them would then go 'Hang on, I've approved 10 spam threads', and remove them...
Okay I've set a reminder on my phone to look into the approving threads issue when I get home tonight.
Edit: Just had a brainwave, I think I might know what triggers them to show auto. I shall update when I'm home from work.
If we need to move them out of the forum then they will need to be approved by us first, but that takes literally 2 minutes until they get moved out of view.
Some seem to be getting approved automatically, no idea how it's happening
I think an old promotion setting might still be in place. So if they post so many then it just approves anything. I could be wrong but that's one of my theories on this.
There is a pattern in the threads. It seems the first 5 need to be approved then it just lets everything through after that.
E.g:
Thread 1 - Moderated
Thread 2 - Moderated
Thread 3 - Moderated
Thread 4 - Moderated
Thread 5 - Moderated
Thread 6 - Approved
Thread 7 - Approved
etc.
Attempting to remember how the whole promotion system works. To my knowledge, if their usergroup/rank or whatever get changed we still wouldn't see the unapproved posts (because they're unapproved until made otherwise) however we would see newly created threads - if what Matt is saying is correct.
How many threads do the spambots even create? I don't know what the promotion system is ranked by, but I'm sure it'd not something like 5 is it?
Can someone post me a link to the user profile of the spam bot? Want to check one of their threads. I should be working (A)
http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=115374
---------- Post added 21-05-2013 at 02:44 PM ----------
That would make sense then :) That means if it is the promotion system, it just needs to be turned off :)
I wish the promotion system worked for staff too, seen as 65% or more of the people who post are actually staff
they're posting legit posts first before the films
Haha, they get removed fairly quickly :P
http://www.habboxforum.com/showpost.php?p=7911358
That is one of the post, but it's been moved to a forum you can't see haha
I couldn't see any normal posts for the account that got posted in here. Unless I am being blind :P
Has been happening for a while which is really bizarre. If Matt hasn't found the issue then I'll have a look.
Bots should not be able to post now unless they have been approved by an actual human. The reason it was happening is a secondary usergroup gets added automatically so it can be counted in a posting stats script but I've now removed it from usergroup and it should be all good to go.