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From the opening post:
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You will have the ability to ban hammer, which means deleting posts, accounts, and IP blocking, all in a couple of clicks. However, you will only be able to do this to 'new' members, so no you can't go on a ban spree against people you just don't like.
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DeMatador wrote:
Question: can a Banhammer strike be reversed?
I mean, what happens if, I dunno, one day Adrian in black forgets to take her pills and goes cuckoo for coconuts, Banhammers every single one of us, effectively becoming Goddess of the Wasteland that Once Was Court-Records, leaving the Member count at 1, then to be joined only by spambots, taking her to actually chat with them, befriend them, love them, yet receive only links to Viagra deals in reply?
Um, I mean, would there be any way to fix that shiz up?
I mean, what happens if, I dunno, one day Adrian in black forgets to take her pills and goes cuckoo for coconuts, Banhammers every single one of us, effectively becoming Goddess of the Wasteland that Once Was Court-Records, leaving the Member count at 1, then to be joined only by spambots, taking her to actually chat with them, befriend them, love them, yet receive only links to Viagra deals in reply?
Um, I mean, would there be any way to fix that shiz up?
And in the end, they turned on each other....
Each denizen waged brutal war, declaring their Banhammer to be the biggest banhammer, deterrence failed. I'm not sure who won, but Adrian in Black struck first, a brutal attack on DeMatador to nullify his extra power with a pre-emptive strike. The rest of the mods soon followed before eventually the rest of the community ended up in a state of perpetual war. People would join the forum, a lawless modless society, take sides and factions to prevent themselves getting ban-hammered straight away until the day they earned their own ban-hammer and joined the great war machine.
Though yeah it's only new users that can be hit by the "Ace Attorney" brand banhammer. A bot has to get 50 posts to pull itself up from 'suspect' level before we can't ban it. I've never seen it happen but I imagine it'd be such a rare occurance it'd be simple to just drop it's username here and have you or another Mod deal with it personally.
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blahmoomoo wrote:
IIRC, the button only appears in the newest (or newer) forum styles, so if you changed it from the default that may be why.
I thought this to be the case, but I've seen it on the style I currently use.
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DeMatador wrote:
Question: can a Banhammer strike be reversed?
I mean, what happens if, I dunno, one day Adrian in black forgets to take her pills and goes cuckoo for coconuts, Banhammers every single one of us, effectively becoming Goddess of the Wasteland that Once Was Court-Records, leaving the Member count at 1, then to be joined only by spambots, taking her to actually chat with them, befriend them, love them, yet receive only links to Viagra deals in reply?
Um, I mean, would there be any way to fix that shiz up?
I mean, what happens if, I dunno, one day Adrian in black forgets to take her pills and goes cuckoo for coconuts, Banhammers every single one of us, effectively becoming Goddess of the Wasteland that Once Was Court-Records, leaving the Member count at 1, then to be joined only by spambots, taking her to actually chat with them, befriend them, love them, yet receive only links to Viagra deals in reply?
Um, I mean, would there be any way to fix that shiz up?
Don't be stupid. What would I do with Viagra? It's Michael Kors glasses or nothing.
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Pierre wrote:
DeMatador wrote:
Question: can a Banhammer strike be reversed?
I mean, what happens if, I dunno, one day Adrian in black forgets to take her pills and goes cuckoo for coconuts, Banhammers every single one of us, effectively becoming Goddess of the Wasteland that Once Was Court-Records, leaving the Member count at 1, then to be joined only by spambots, taking her to actually chat with them, befriend them, love them, yet receive only links to Viagra deals in reply?
Um, I mean, would there be any way to fix that shiz up?
I mean, what happens if, I dunno, one day Adrian in black forgets to take her pills and goes cuckoo for coconuts, Banhammers every single one of us, effectively becoming Goddess of the Wasteland that Once Was Court-Records, leaving the Member count at 1, then to be joined only by spambots, taking her to actually chat with them, befriend them, love them, yet receive only links to Viagra deals in reply?
Um, I mean, would there be any way to fix that shiz up?
And in the end, they turned on each other....
Each denizen waged brutal war, declaring their Banhammer to be the biggest banhammer, deterrence failed. I'm not sure who won, but Adrian in Black struck first, a brutal attack on DeMatador to nullify his extra power with a pre-emptive strike. The rest of the mods soon followed before eventually the rest of the community ended up in a state of perpetual war. People would join the forum, a lawless modless society, take sides and factions to prevent themselves getting ban-hammered straight away until the day they earned their own ban-hammer and joined the great war machine.
Though yeah it's only new users that can be hit by the "Ace Attorney" brand banhammer. A bot has to get 50 posts to pull itself up from 'suspect' level before we can't ban it. I've never seen it happen but I imagine it'd be such a rare occurance it'd be simple to just drop it's username here and have you or another Mod deal with it personally.
I think I've only seen 2 bots myself over the past several months that accumulated more than 50 posts, one barely over and the other 75, but seeing as it happens so rarely, like you said, that's what the mods are for.
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CatMuto wrote:
Pierre wrote:
Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)
I feel the same
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They don't :c
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Good thing to know she is powerless against us >:D
In all seriousness, thanks for replying guys, I missed/didn't pay enough attention to that. Some mod I am!
Which reminds me, I'm supposed to be in charge of the Trials section. I'll try to liven up the place one of this days.
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Trust me, you all can keep the mod status. Been there. Done that. Do not want.
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The last bot I whacked had "I'm a spammy Spambot who wants to be banhammered!" in its post three times. Bots are learning to be wiseasses.
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Franzise Deauxnim wrote:
Yeah, I usually hit at least one a day.
The last bot I whacked had "I'm a spammy Spambot who wants to be banhammered!" in its post three times. Bots are learning to be wiseasses.
The last bot I whacked had "I'm a spammy Spambot who wants to be banhammered!" in its post three times. Bots are learning to be wiseasses.
Nah it's a word filter Wooster laid down. That phrase means the bots were trying to advertise U G G boots.
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CatMuto wrote:
Pierre wrote:
Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)
I feel the same
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CatMuto wrote:
Pierre wrote:
Man...that looks dull...this actually makes me worried for KH3 (since that team worked on the battle system)
I feel the same
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dullahan1 wrote:
Is it wrong of me to feel completely elated that I got to enjoy myself eliminating 11 spam bots in a row last night? Kinda feel guilty for getting a little too trigger-happy. Just a little...
Not at all. They're the only reason I'm coming back in this spoiler-heavy atmosphere. OwO
It's been said before, but this is really cathartic. Especially when you get one that's about to post in the Bar Exam and then ZAP it before it can. It just feels so so empowering imagining the program struggle to post after it has already been banned.
But yeah, still gotta be vigilant and careful and serious and wary not to ban any innocent bystanders (which I don't think I have done).
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Shouldn't need to point this guy out as he's everywhere but I woke up this morning and found this one at 72 posts.
Can't ban him now so you handle him.
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They don't :c
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Does anyone else panic that they might accidentally ban an actual new member? I generally have to read their full profile info more than twice just in case it's someone with a shit name and horrendous grammar.
Also, yesterday (or whenever) I found one lurking that had joined about 2 days previous which was odd. They're joining and then watching... waiting to pounce until... oops, you just got banned.
*kidding, I don't want to be blamed if DeMat and co go on strike.
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Also, I do check their profiles thoroughly, of course. I probably should have banned like 20 of 'em, but I let 8 go because I couldn't be 100% sure they were bots. I am benevolent like that, and that is why you love me, all of you. Yes.
And if whoever we ban IS a real new member... The banhammer wielder in that case will be a murderer, and we will all be his or her accomplice. So we'll have to keep it secret... For the greater good.
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.:looby:. wrote:
Does anyone else panic that they might accidentally ban an actual new member? I generally have to read their full profile info more than twice just in case it's someone with a shit name and horrendous grammar.
No.
You pick up on patterns soon enough, find the common link between bots, etc. Of course you should doublecheck, as you have been, but you'll find that the majority of bots here have zero interest in the AA series or even in related topics such as video games or anime (though a tiny percentage might pimp game codes or beta keys...it's business, after all). Trust me, you will more than likely see that shit again.
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While browsing newposts I saw that the bot-handling-tutorial thread "Don't feed the spambots observe and report!" had a new post by something named suprapxy. Assuming it was a bot I clicked on it's name only to find it didn't exist.
"Good" I thought to myself "Means my comrades are doing their jobs" but then I wake up the next morning and it's still there in the same topic. I click the topic and find the last post is by General Luigi. I click the name again, it still doesn't exist. Also the topic stays marked as with a 'unread' post.
Is this a bot or some other form of glitch, or even just me?
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Bolt Storm wrote:
There was just a tidal wave of them in the Bar Exam. Like, almost a whole page's worth of topics.
It was over a page's worth. I think you got there and started after I had banned a few xP
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Bad Player wrote:
Bolt Storm wrote:
There was just a tidal wave of them in the Bar Exam. Like, almost a whole page's worth of topics.
It was over a page's worth. I think you got there and started after I had banned a few xP
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I have to admit anydaybub was at least a somewhat realistic-sounding poster name. Maybe a Wolverine fan?
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Franzise Deauxnim wrote:
Gee and here I thought I was doing good with my one or two each morning
I have to admit anydaybub was at least a somewhat realistic-sounding poster name. Maybe a Wolverine fan?
I have to admit anydaybub was at least a somewhat realistic-sounding poster name. Maybe a Wolverine fan?
anydaybub? I let that one go around a week ago when I decided to cleanse the list of recently joined members.
Aaah... Memories.
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… and I popped into the Moderator control panel, and I spied that a spambot has spam PMed 3 members. And that's just the PM's that were reported. This is… RAAAAAAUGH *Storms off*
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Wooster wrote:
Thanks for that DoMaya.
… and I popped into the Moderator control panel, and I spied that a spambot has spam PMed 3 members. And that's just the PM's that were reported. This is… RAAAAAAUGH *Storms off*
… and I popped into the Moderator control panel, and I spied that a spambot has spam PMed 3 members. And that's just the PM's that were reported. This is… RAAAAAAUGH *Storms off*
Wait they are striking with PM's now?
Lets hope this stays a relatively isolated incident as that's mod only territory, no enlisting mercs for that problem.
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What's this 'Stop Forum Spam' thing I see when I ban folks?
You got us hooked up to some kinda anti-spam organisation Wooster?
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Anyways, I've also upgraded the forums and changed the capatcha to questions. (I had tried questions before, but it stumped the spambots for only an hour or so last time. Right now I'm using the same questions as before and our sign up has been clean of bots for 12 hours or so. Only attacks I've noticed are from sleeper bots. Perhaps there was an exploit to questions earlier that's now patched? That's the only theory I have.
Actually, as an aside, it was curiously difficult to switch to questions. I had to temporarily boost memory to PHP and MySQL to get around some obnoxious memory limitations. No reason a simple configuation switch should need 128M each.
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Struck while I was sleeping, passed 50, need a mod to step in.
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