How are so many spam bots getting though?

The Wick Forums
#1

something needs to be done

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#2

I think I will come back when this all dies down

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#3

I don’t have enough moderation powers to block them. I tried blocking keywords and then they started using other Unicode characters, so I gave up on that. I also don’t think I can prevent new users from registering.

It’s a losing battle right now so I stopped banning them. For now, yeah, it’s gonna be a hot mess.

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#4

It’s happened in other forums powered by the same software. Maybe it’s an exploit through the Google sign-in feature?

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#5

im new here but i do know one thing this seems to be the old site isn’t being maintenance I already have seen other posts about that

#6

@HydroMations There are still moderators on here

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#7

:tada: Hey @HydroMations, welcome to the forums! :tada:

As Froggy mentioned, even though things been waning a bit lately us moderators are still active 🫡
We’re working through things here and there when we can, and thankfully it doesn’t seem like the spam bots will be making a return :)

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#8

i know, but still moderates are not moderating

#9

but i do understand the struggle