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Fight Against Comment Spam

squeaky

1/19/18 08:44 am

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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• nebari

  1/30/18 05:04 pm (UTC)

  

  I've had a few that had ij usernames in them- which was o d d - and a Thai one, but I guess they realized we don't speak Russian and Thai.

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  • tessisamess

    1/30/18 05:13 pm (UTC)

    

    ,,,huh. Well that's super creepy. My guess is they're adapting to bypass the banned text; either that or, since we're still getting the old ones too, it's a new, smarter round of bots.
    
    (Love the background image in your layout, btw!)

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    • nebari

      1/30/18 05:35 pm (UTC)

      

      Yep. I mean, obviously, I could turn off anon commenting, but I haven't rped with those journals in a while, so it's a ~progress.
      
      (I think I got it from unsplash!)
      

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      • tessisamess

        1/30/18 05:40 pm (UTC)

        

        Yeah, I feel you. I have... so many demo accounts and RP accounts that I just don't have the time/energy to sit and go through every last one. But then, also, on this specific account turning off anon just isn't an option for me because it would be restrictive to people who come over from other RP sites like DW to ask questions about codes.
        
        (Ugh, yes. I use Unsplash for so many of my demos!)

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        • nebari

          1/30/18 05:50 pm (UTC)

          

          YUP. I don't want to point fingers at anyone, but I'm so glad that I made ~epochcaps friends only at this point. I would've lost my desire to be on IJ so fast.
          
          (You know I love your codes, though.)

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          • tessisamess

            1/30/18 05:55 pm (UTC)

            

            Ugh, well that's good at least! I bet that comm would be getting hit pretty hard if it allowed anon. :\
            
            (Pshhh, ty boo! ♥)

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