spammers - don't activate obvious ones ?

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Posted by Ian on Aug-11-2006 09:21:

spammers - don't activate obvious ones ?

eg. http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...fo&userid=66559

I've seen plenty like this, who blatantly aren't here for the music, so why even activate their accounts ?

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Aug-12-2006 22:34:

This one too:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...fo&userid=66604

Posted by Ian on Aug-12-2006 22:52:

quote:
Originally posted by stevieboy32808
This one too:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...fo&userid=66604

there's been an abundance of ones like that lately, many choosing the afghan flag but linking to .com or .ru websites. I think when it's obvious they're just spammers, there's no point giving them the chance to do it.

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Aug-13-2006 02:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
there's been an abundance of ones like that lately, many choosing the afghan flag but linking to .com or .ru websites. I think when it's obvious they're just spammers, there's no point giving them the chance to do it.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the process is automated. I doubt Swamper keeps track of 65,000+ users.

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Aug-13-2006 03:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Nou
it seems to be manual, as I have had accounts activated in less than a day, and some that take a few days or more to activate...

Woah, in that case I've been taking the Swampman for granted.

Posted by Coup on Aug-13-2006 11:46:

only Swamper activates newly registered accounts.

Posted by Coup on Aug-13-2006 22:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Nou
The he has a sense of humor activating alt's like Ms.Mystery and Igottanou4 lol

tis a puzzling one isn't it. Just means they cause havoc until a mod gets called in.

I'm sure he doesn't activate dumb account names manually..

Posted by r5a on Aug-14-2006 00:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Nou
The he has a sense of humor activating alt's like Ms.Mystery and Igottanou4 lol
I heard Swamper likes the COR funneh so accounts like those will get validated just for fun.

Give the man a break, he probabaly gets a lot of new members a day, one slip here and there may happen. The threads usually get locked, deleted or raped by the TA mass anyways so no harm done.

Posted by Ian on Aug-14-2006 09:46:

another

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...fo&userid=66641

Posted by Ian on Aug-14-2006 19:30:

again

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...fo&userid=66668

probably the same guy registering many accounts ?

Posted by charon on Aug-14-2006 21:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
again

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...fo&userid=66668

probably the same guy registering many accounts ?

probably. All of the bdays are the same...

Posted by Swamper on Aug-15-2006 06:19:

Just because they're 'registered' doesn't mean they have posting privs... every single signup is screened before they can post.

The odd one gets through - and - some are allowed in even if it may look like they're coming here to spam, since, I'm not always right about that - but if they do spam - they're not here very long anyways.

Posted by Ian on Aug-19-2006 16:09:

fair does, but i've seen at least 3 more today. this guy must be extremely thick

Posted by Ian on Aug-19-2006 23:21:

he's getting cleverer now!

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Posted by Ian on Aug-22-2006 23:44:

christ. still loads. this guy needs a lifeban from the net