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« on: April 12, 2012, 12:23:42 PM »
"Why i dont get spammers in my forum"

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=418170.0
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 02:16:11 PM »
A better question would be "how many spark plugs does a diesel engine have?" Zero.

Or for this forum: How many guns do you own? Any answer higher than one counts.
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2012, 04:18:38 PM »
Problem is anything with "how many" can be figured out with trial and error until it gets it.
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 06:08:12 PM »
It's simple.  Spambots are anarchists and don't give a fuck for your laws.

Hellt they should fit in with a shitload of members.
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2012, 10:13:49 AM »
Okay, had some fun chatter about this subject, but now I'm bumping 4 realz for serious. A little effort to install this addon will save a lot of tedium for moderators to delete spam and ban spambots. It's a daily thing now.
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2012, 10:59:37 AM »
Quote from: Dalebert on July 13, 2012, 10:13:49 AM
Okay, had some fun chatter about this subject, but now I'm bumping 4 realz for serious. A little effort to install this addon will save a lot of tedium for moderators to delete spam and ban spambots. It's a daily thing now.

Yep - There's been so much that I've even been deleting spam. Usually, you guys get to it by the time I check in.
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2012, 01:32:56 PM »
On which foot does a duck that lost his left leg travel?

This question may have two valid answers...and after much contemplation, I'd say "duck" could be replaced with "man," reducing the answers to one.
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2012, 01:33:57 PM »
Quote from: What's the frequency, Kenneth? on July 13, 2012, 01:32:56 PM
On which foot does a duck who lost his left leg travel?

Q: What's the difference between a duck?
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« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2012, 01:35:29 PM »
Quote from: Laetitia on July 13, 2012, 01:33:57 PM
Quote from: What's the frequency, Kenneth? on July 13, 2012, 01:32:56 PM
On which foot does a duck who lost his left leg travel?

Q: What's the difference between a duck?

Yes.  Very Happy

However, I think you want an answer a three year old can provide, and a computer cannot.
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2012, 01:38:18 PM »
Quote from: What's the frequency, Kenneth? on July 13, 2012, 01:35:29 PM
Quote from: Laetitia on July 13, 2012, 01:33:57 PM
Quote from: What's the frequency, Kenneth? on July 13, 2012, 01:32:56 PM
On which foot does a duck who lost his left leg travel?

Q: What's the difference between a duck?

Yes.  Very Happy

However, I think you want an answer a three year old can provide, and a computer cannot.

Sorry - brain jumped to one of my grandpa's jokes.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2012, 01:43:22 PM »
One system I've seen asked a question

"which of these is a fighter jet?"

Along with 4 pictures.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2012, 01:47:25 PM »
Quote from: Diogenes The Cynic on July 13, 2012, 01:43:22 PM
One system I've seen asked a question

"which of these is a fighter jet?"

Along with 4 pictures.


That's potentially a very flexible system...could just as easily be "Which of these is not a fruit?" or better yet, "Which of these is not like the others?" to which the sets of pictures could be rotated (different sets of images), and rearranged (different order.)
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2012, 02:30:06 PM »
But then it just takes four tries to get it right.

I would suggest something like this:

Fill in the blank
Free ____ Live
Hint: What's the name of the radio show?
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« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2012, 03:06:38 PM »
Fill-in-the-blank word puzzles are probably the most foolproof...maybe they could get dumped into a file as thought of, and that file could get rotated, with "losers" (the ones that have been found to allow spammers) removed.

I'm thinking some forms of fill-in-the-blank questions could be defeated by a bot that googles the two halves and responds with the most popular result.
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« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2012, 04:59:07 AM »
But how would I find golf clubs then?
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