Bots.

[Fisherson]

Posting in the thread bumps it to the top of the board, making it more visible since all the top threads appear to be bot threads, which draws more attention to it and makes it appear, on first glance, as though there are more bot threads than there actually are. All it does is make things worse and add to your post count.

I'm considering changing the posts of anyone posting in a bot thread to something uncomfortably gay. People seem to like that.

I agree with Dragonium on this. We do need to ignore them and not post in that topic, but that Baldwin bot was the worst one i've seen. I mean all the bots i've seen usauly just post one topic and then leave, but this guy got five I think. I don't know much about bots, but isn't there some kind of bot killing software?

[Grandy]

Posting in the thread bumps it to the top of the board, making it more visible since all the top threads appear to be bot threads, which draws more attention to it and makes it appear, on first glance, as though there are more bot threads than there actually are. All it does is make things worse and add to your post count.

I'm considering changing the posts of anyone posting in a bot thread to something uncomfortably gay. People seem to like that.

We move it to the top so mods and admin can see where the bots are and do their jobs. Besides I posted in one, there were 7, and more coming, you can't possibly try to pin the fault on me that the bots were taking over the main page.

 I'm considering your comments about calling us gay pretty immature and unfitting for someone in your position.

[Drace]

We move it to the top so mods and admin can see where the bots are and do their jobs. Besides I posted in one, there were 7, and more coming, you can't possibly try to pin the fault on me that the bots were taking over the main page.

 I'm considering your comments about calling us gay pretty immature and unfitting for someone in your position.

*Nods*

I agree with Grandy on this. By posting in these topics we make sure they stay near the top, thus easier to spot for the moderation team.

[fruckert]

...but this guy got five I think.

The correct number is around 15...not kidding
And um...no other comment really
All the responses building up in my head are just random nothings

[Dragonium]

*Nods*

I agree with Grandy on this. By posting in these topics we make sure they stay near the top, thus easier to spot for the moderation team.

The difficulty with this idea is that it relies on there actually being mods about the delete the threads. If there isn't a mod watching the board like a hawk, all you've done is bump the thread further up. If you just left them where they were and didn't post in them, they'd stay half way down the board, where mods could still see them (we do check these things, you know), and proper discussion could still go on and make up the main part of the board.

Being helpful and making the threads more visible to the moderation team and everyone else falls flat when the moderation team is thin on the ground.

[fruckert]

Drag has a very good point

[Red Giant]

Regardless of the should-we shouldn't-we post in bot topics debate, it's clear that some substantial action needs to be taken. Is osmose the one to talk to on this? We can't just keep up this game of cat and mouse with the mods and bots, can we? Maybe we can. I don't know.

[Moosetroop11]

I'll try and come online more often over the next few days to help delete threads but I'm pretty sure the one with the power to help us permanently is in eternal slumber, only to awake in another 1000 years.

[Grandy]

The difficulty with this idea is that it relies on there actually being mods about the delete the threads. If there isn't a mod watching the board like a hawk, all you've done is bump the thread further up. If you just left them where they were and didn't post in them, they'd stay half way down the board, where mods could still see them (we do check these things, you know), and proper discussion could still go on and make up the main part of the board.

Being helpful and making the threads more visible to the moderation team and everyone else falls flat when the moderation team is thin on the ground.

Well, so what we need are more mods.

I'll try and come online more often over the next few days to help delete threads but I'm pretty sure the one with the power to help us permanently is in eternal slumber, only to awake in another 1000 years.

 Silly Moose, if it's each 1000 years then it's not eternal. :D

[X_marks_the_ed]

2 days ago we had 20 bot posts. In one frikkin day. I mean, WTF. Half of them were porn. I mean, I have 2 younger siblings. I mean, just think about it. I see a thread, I open it. There is porn. My 5 yrs old brother walks in. He runs to my mother and says something along the line of "Zomg mom there is a naked lady in the computer!". And then I am screwed.

Srsly, we gotta fix this ****. I would not mind having the PUB back. Quote bug? I am ok with that.
Or we could have more mods. New mod elections wouldnt hurt. I mean Bluhman and Dragonium are the only active mods. The others are all half active or inactive. Charas is big, 2 mods is too little.

And what? Have someone with a window for Charas open 24/7 become a mod? That's just stupid. (If you cannot get the hint, don't try.)

If anything, we need more members with the ability to add new SMF scripts and such. Adding more mods won't make the problem go away, only cure it temporarily.

WE NEED MOAR FILTAHS!

[Red Giant]

Hell, the quote bug was something of an old friend. Oh the fun times that were had with the quote bug.

[Moosetroop11]

Bluhman and Dragonium are the only active mods.

This quote is an insult to FFL2and3rocks. He's the best mod on this forum.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I am ok with that. Since the same thing goes for filters, the bots arent stupid. They are always improving and finding out how to break filters.

I see. I had forgotten that they had gotten around the Capcha system already.

[Drace]

I check this site multiple times a day, I don't mind being a mod just to hunt down bots. I log in, I check all of all. Then I go search all the new topics for bots. No problem. PM me if interest, I don't any other rights that just delete bot threads.

[fruckert]

That's a good idea

I was actually thinking the same thing before I opened up the thread