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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: forgetaboutit on February 02, 2009, 11:49:40 PM

Title: The bots
Post by: forgetaboutit on February 02, 2009, 11:49:40 PM: Guys, think. Before we went to SMF, there were no bots at all. Once we did, BAM! Hundreds of them. Think about it. SMF is causing bots come to charas. Discuss.

EDIT: Kay you guys got it wrong, what I meant it. SMF has shitty protection against bots and stuff.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: X_marks_the_ed on February 02, 2009, 11:52:28 PM: No. Just no.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: fruckert on February 02, 2009, 11:55:32 PM: Probable
Just not the explanation I'd give

'Specially seeing as I wasn't here for the move
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Drace on February 03, 2009, 01:45:39 AM: SMF? Did I miss something last year when I wasn't around?
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: fruckert on February 03, 2009, 01:54:15 AM: Apparently
I didn't know we were on generic board software

Although this
(http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r125/fruckert/Memakingapoint.png)
Should've kinda pointed me towards it
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Ratty524 on February 03, 2009, 01:59:11 AM: Even though I am new, why would you say that a host is responsible for bot problems? Yes, moving to new hosts means a change in security programming, but that doesn't mean the host is destined to make its costumers miserable.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Red Giant on February 03, 2009, 02:00:29 AM: SMF probably just has weaker protection than the previous whatever. To suggest that they're actually sending bots on purpose is a little ridiculous.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: fruckert on February 03, 2009, 02:12:06 AM: What I think is that SMF is easier for bot's to target, seeing as it's more widely used, therefore easier to recognize
So they'd get more coverage
So more stupid people would click the links
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Apex on February 03, 2009, 02:27:52 AM: I BLAME OSMOSE!
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Archem on February 03, 2009, 03:19:42 AM: OSMOOOOOOOOOOSE!
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Emerates on February 03, 2009, 03:45:29 AM: Conspiracy theories?
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Red Giant on February 03, 2009, 03:54:36 PM: Oh right, sorry. It sounded that way from the wording. Perhaps "causing" rather than "making" would be a better word to use?
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Drace on February 03, 2009, 09:33:46 PM: Every time I see this thread name, I keep thinking of The Birds.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: HobomasterXXX on February 04, 2009, 05:01:29 AM: Yeah, its not about bot protection at all. It just that we were the inly ones on the internet to use PUB.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Archem on February 04, 2009, 05:46:24 AM: Quote from: Drace on February 03, 2009, 09:33:46 PM
Every time I see this thread name, I keep thinking of The Birds.
Every time I step outside, I keep thinking of The Birds.

Like, thousands of birds outside, shitting on everything.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: fruckert on February 04, 2009, 05:53:02 AM: That's why I don't go outside
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Rayonius on February 04, 2009, 07:35:34 AM: I say we should implement a topic creation restriction. Ye gotta have 5 posts or some other arbitrary and small number, before you can create a topic. That way we would be able to stop not only the botters, but the people who register on the forum just to request some recolor or something.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Cerebus on February 04, 2009, 07:42:31 AM: That wouldn't be good for those who want to make an introduction as their first post.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Rayonius on February 04, 2009, 08:01:06 AM: oh, well, there goes my plan... darn logical thinking.
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Archem on February 04, 2009, 08:44:00 AM: Is there some way to restrict topic starting in any forum except T&W? Because that might help out.

Oh, but then the bots would start putting threads in T&W, wouldn't they? Hmm...
Title: Re: The bots
Post by: Cerebus on February 04, 2009, 11:54:34 AM: It's exactly what I thought before I saw that some of the last bots threads were already in Test and Welcome.