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New Infraction Category for smiting Spambots

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  • 11-04-2010 7:50pm
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    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Apologies if this has been said before, haven't seen such a thing in recent times but may just be going blind or something :o

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    Just thinking that given the usual process for killing an out-and-out obvious spambot in the absence of an idle Admin - namely "9-pointing" - can be a bit time-consuming and generates a lot of automated traffic and PMs.

    Was just wondering if it might be easier to add a "Suspected Spambot" infraction choice that expires after 7 days and is "worth" the full 9 points, thus reducing the amount of typing and reducing the number of autogenerated PMs and miscellania by 4-8 each.

    Obviously such a choice should not be used willy-nilly but most spambots/adbots (as opposed to shills) are very obvious compared to normal users. The single infinitely repeated post might be a clue... ;)


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