Suggestions to combat spam

**Iowan** · May 22nd, 2012

Originally Posted by Elfy

... we used to get hundreds and hundreds of them.

...per DAY!!!
(seriously!)

**zombifier25** · May 23rd, 2012

Just on the chatroom - it was so cool I have to post

Originally Posted by elfy

/me thinks we should leave spam - let it fill forum - forces canonical to get vb4 - add spam tool thing

**arpanaut** · May 23rd, 2012

/me thinks we should leave spam - let it fill forum - forces canonical to get vb4 - add spam tool thing

Brilliant... NOT!

Why would we want to "bite the hand that feeds us" ?????

**Elfy** · May 23rd, 2012

Originally Posted by arpanaut

Brilliant... NOT!

Why would we want to "bite the hand that feeds us" ?????

The joke on IRC is that you nver believe a word that Elfy says - don't take it seriously - ESPECIALLY if it is about KDE

**CharlesA** · May 23rd, 2012

Originally Posted by Elfy

The joke on IRC is that you nver believe a word that Elfy says - don't take it seriously - ESPECIALLY if it is about KDE

What about Xfce?

**Elfy** · May 23rd, 2012

Xfce is of course spot on and perfect.

I can do all sorts of things with panels - 20px panel height for instance ...

**sandyd** · May 24th, 2012

Maybe we should setup an ip blocklist for spammers - or is that already done?

**CharlesA** · May 24th, 2012

Originally Posted by sandyd

Maybe we should setup an ip blocklist for spammers - or is that already done?

Already done.

**Paddy Landau** · July 31st, 2012

Originally Posted by vasa1

... how does the spammer benefit?

Originally Posted by coffeecat

Google-bots and the like pick up the links...

If you want to stop profile spammers, it's easy:

Add "noindex" to the profile pages
Add "nofollow" to links to the profile pages
Make the profile pages unavailable for viewing unless you are logged in

Points 2 and 3 are optional, but will increase protection.

That will stop, at a stroke, any motivation for profile spammers. Many forums apply this method.

**CharlesA** · July 31st, 2012

Originally Posted by Paddy Landau

If you want to stop profile spammers, it's easy:

Add "noindex" to the profile pages
Add "nofollow" to links to the profile pages
Make the profile pages unavailable for viewing unless you are logged in

Points 2 and 3 are optional, but will increase protection.

That will stop, at a stroke, any motivation for profile spammers. Many forums apply this method.

It might stop profiles from being indexed or viewed, but it doesn't prevent spammers from filling profiles with it.

The 50 post rule does, even tho it might hurt members who do not post much.