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xsecx
01-07-2011, 04:16 PM
seriously. fuck off.
rodrigo
01-07-2011, 07:53 PM
seriously. fuck off.
too many today?
Lifestyle_X
01-07-2011, 08:17 PM
In your mailbox or on the board or.. ?
xsecx
01-08-2011, 09:43 AM
there's about 10-20 an hour trying to sign up.
Lifestyle_X
01-08-2011, 10:58 AM
How do you keep 'em off ?
xsecx
01-08-2011, 10:59 AM
How do you keep 'em off ?
manually approve each person. so I'm deleting a lot of accounts now.
Lifestyle_X
01-08-2011, 11:26 AM
It's freaky that they can understand the captcha.
xsecx
01-08-2011, 08:51 PM
It's freaky that they can understand the captcha.
I don't think they do. I think they pay someone to register and once it's done then the spam bot gets let loose.
Lifestyle_X
01-19-2011, 01:08 PM
Do you still have a lot of problems? Cause I see there are a lot of new members that don't do anything, or am I wrong?
xsecx
01-19-2011, 01:48 PM
Do you still have a lot of problems? Cause I see there are a lot of new members that don't do anything, or am I wrong?
nope, it's that. there's about 100 a day.
rodrigo
01-19-2011, 01:51 PM
nope, it's that. there's about 100 a day.
do they at least work as visits or something that may generate cash from the ads on the site?
xsecx
01-19-2011, 02:36 PM
do they at least work as visits or something that may generate cash from the ads on the site?
man i hope so.
Lifestyle_X
01-19-2011, 03:01 PM
Aren't there any updates or plugins for vbulletin that can stop 'em?
xsecx
01-19-2011, 03:06 PM
Aren't there any updates or plugins for vbulletin that can stop 'em?
kinda, but it requires me to upgrade the software and that can be a pain. right now it hasn't reached that level of pain-threshold.
rodrigo
01-22-2011, 06:43 PM
talking about spambots, i got this comment today on my blog
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Is it very good if a vacuum seriously sucks?
xsecx
01-22-2011, 07:49 PM
talking about spambots, i got this comment today on my blog
well, it's a real concern.
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