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[info]squeaky
1/19/18 08:44 am
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We have taken additional action against the comment spam that has been happening including banning certain text from comments as well as limiting the rate anonymous users can comment. Hopefully this will make a big impact and keep you guys from having to put up with this annoying problem.
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  • [info]elari_brooks
    2/28/18 06:33 pm (UTC)
    Still getting constant spam on a daily basis. So far only this journal.

  • I dont post much here but...

    [info]catwoman69y2k
    2/28/18 07:19 pm (UTC)
    yeah... Cyrillic spam is definitely going around even as of today. I too wonder if a captcha or other measure might help if anon people were presented with an extra blockade before they can comment.

    Note to self: Make more interesting journal so I have more authentic comments ;)

    • Re: I dont post much here but...

      [info]nebari
      3/1/18 12:22 pm (UTC)
      I've gotten 53 spam comments in the course of three days, on just the one journal. I mean, I'm cool with spam, but this is getting a bit ridiculous. :/

  • [info]yamatai
    3/4/18 01:26 pm (UTC)
    Could we at least please have an update on this? I support via Pateron and I would appreciate knowing what's happening behind the scenes to fix this. My inbox is full of spam every single day.

  • [info]tessisamess
    3/11/18 04:18 am (UTC)
    I'm getting 20+ spam comments daily on this account; the email notifications for them seem like they never stop, honestly. (I've gotten three in the last ten minutes alone.) Do you have any new info or a timeframe coming?

  • [info]needstylenol
    3/11/18 04:46 am (UTC)
    Not to put too fine a point on it, but people have already commented to you suggesting actual, legitimate ways to stop the constant harassment these spammers are assaulting your loyal fanbase with.

    It's okay to admit when you don't know how to personally fix a thing, because this code is old and made of spaghetti, no one blames you for this. If you can't for whatever reason set up a honeypot to 'catch' all the spam comments, then for the love of god, reinstate captcha on anonymous commenting. Google even has a free one.

    I am not personally impacted by the increase in spamming, but none of my journals are all that popular. People who do a lot of work for or have a large presence in your community are being slammed the worst, and I feel for them. You do provide a service to us all, and we are all grateful. But this constant spamming is only going to end up damaging the site, driving people away who support you, and driving down ad revenue that keeps these servers alive.

    So please. Affect a solution to this issue that actually works. Thank you.

    • [info]squeaky
      3/11/18 11:45 am (UTC)
      We have captchas on anonymous comments. Have you tried to make one lately?

      • [info]squidded
        3/11/18 04:11 pm (UTC)
        I'm gonna hop on in with a 'clearly, that's not working' then, because yeah, the spam is still insane -you make a journal and before you have time to turn off anon comments (which is a bandaid, not a soloution) there's two-four comments from anon spam bots.

        Are you looking into other options? Because really, it is making using the server a pain. Especially for those of us who do pay to support the site.

        • [info]squeaky
          3/11/18 05:44 pm (UTC)
          We understand it’s not working. When I have some time I’m going to work on implementing a new captcha system. Until then it’s just blocking IP blocks and pattern matching. I’m sorry for how bad and annoying it’s Beene we are aware and are doing what we can to stop it.

      • [info]needstylenol
        3/11/18 11:18 pm (UTC)
        OKay, that's a very fair callout. Serves me right for taking the word of my friends and previous comments instead of checking, myself.

        In that case, though, is there some way you could just turn off all anonymous commenting site wide until this blows over? Because they've outsmarted the captcha, and that is absolutely terrifying.

        Sorry for writing out my own callout before collecting all the facts.

        • [info]squeaky
          3/12/18 12:22 am (UTC)
          It’s okay. Unfortunately anonymous comments are widely used and globally editing peoples settings is not something we are willing to do. However we will continue to battle the spammers and are hoping to have better captchas installed soon.

  • [info]eternally
    3/22/18 11:55 pm (UTC)
    Is this still being worked on? It seems to be just as prevalent but we aren't seeing updates on FB or here.

  • [info]saoirse
    3/24/18 05:14 pm (UTC)
    Spam here: http://asylums.insanejournal.com/usednames/

    and: http://asylums.insanejournal.com/journalwhore

  • [info]mathispointless
    3/24/18 10:27 pm (UTC)
    I'd just like to direct you to the amount of spam on this entry.

    http://livingdeadboy.insanejournal.com/833.html

    I've gone straight past to "well, it's amusing given the character" to "I'm just done, man".

    • [info]stupidhuman
      3/26/18 08:29 pm (UTC)
      I'm genuinely super curious as to why (and how) it is only some journals that are getting completely bombed while so many others go untouched.

      • [info]thingsgotmessy
        3/27/18 10:28 pm (UTC)
        *same person as above*

        Me too, man. I see a comment roll in and I immediately know it's that journal.

        I'm about to the point where if this shit doesn't get fixed I'm gonna stop my support on Patreon.

        • [info]stupidhuman
          3/28/18 05:44 pm (UTC)
          They must have gotten wise to some people updating their comment settings. Just woke up to about four comments - each on a separate wayyy old journal of mine.

  • [info]june_addams
    3/24/18 11:39 pm (UTC)
    I had to use the 'NO COMMENTS' feature in one of my IJ because it was insane the amount of Spam I was getting in that account.

    And now- another issue I am having is that I created an IJ with a code from another of my IJs and I am not getting the e-mail to complete the creation of said IJ in my inbox.

    I re-sended the e-mail and nothing... So I can't post in the communities or anything.

  • [info]twistedsamurai
    4/6/18 07:45 am (UTC)
    I can't leave comments with urls in them and I assume it's because of this...

    I'm logged in. It shouldn't be doing that to someone logged in, surely? Please fix? I have to keep my comment saved as a private entry until it's fixed... and post it way late. :(

    Also are people still getting spammed? I'd like to be able to turn anons back on eventually...

  • [info]daiven
    4/11/18 11:42 pm (UTC)
    the spam is getting worse and worse. on this journal i'm probably getting about ten comments a day, all in Russian.

  • [info]tronica
    4/12/18 10:55 am (UTC)
    It's gotten to the point that on all journals I have to disable comments. It doesn't happen on asylum posts, just journals.

    Highly annoying. I had three pages worth of spam comments before just deleting the post, and remaking it with disabled comments.

  • [info]kshawnn
    4/18/18 04:51 am (UTC)
    I keep trying to post hyperlinks within my comments- like for RP and I find I'm not able to. I have to make an actual post to add any links. This is nuts
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