Invasion of fake weirdos

27 replies since 3rd May 2014 • Last reply 3rd May 2014

Reply #16:

I've had the same problem trying to delete them. I tried to delete about 20 yesterday but they didn't disappear.
And now there are several more spammers doing the same thing. The first 5 pages of Chit Chat are spam, and there's a lot creeping into other board sections as well.

Hopefully these spammers can be removed soon.

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Reply #17:

Sorry guys - we've been away but we're back now and will work out a solution to stop them from signing up. Thanks for taking care of them up until now!

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Reply #18:

They're back Happy

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Reply #19:

And they're taking over- the whole thing is very spooky, especially with both the board posts and fake profiles.

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Reply #20:

We need to get Tim to do some hacking and plant a virus in the computer of the person making all these fake profiles.

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Reply #21:

Argh! It’s super-weird. They’re real people, somewhere, and they activate their accounts too!

So... I’m trying to setup some limits on how many new topics you start (maybe 3 every 15mins or so), and making sure that the links they post on their profiles don’t mean anything to Google, which might be why they’re posting. Also, it might be possible to find something that’ll do a basic spam-filter on what they’re posting too, so I’ll look into that.

Grrph!

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Reply #22:

Sorry you are getting such a work out from some nasty person who somehow thought it was a good idea to spam your forums. We appreciate you Tom!

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Reply #23:

It looks like I can run those fake profiles through the spam filter too. I’ll see if it can pick up on them before they start messaging and following. I’ll figure it out Happy!

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Reply #24:

Ahh more random people have started following me again! They disappeared for a time, and now they've come back :/

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Reply #25:

Yeah they're back... So, Tom, it might be a big no-no with other co+k users but if you managed to ban posting links in the bio alltogether, maybe we'd get rid of them? Since that is the only purpose the profiles seem to have, spread links and making their profiles seen by following random people.
(It's kinda funny to find "Thanks for the follow"-comments on there xD)

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Reply #26:

Every last 'person' I reported is still here. Happy

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Reply #27:

Aaaaaand still none of the accounts is gone. Come on, people, please, it's been three months...

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Reply #28:

They're all gone now, right? Stupid fake weirdos ruining our boards Sad

Let's bring them back to life! Computer

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