WTF Is Going On?

[jtwcornell91]

I want U2U customization so I can block... oh... I dunno... Whelan can be a pill... 

Now I'm missing the ::uhoh:: smiley from the eLF.

[BearLover]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

[stereax]

I have a friend who's trying to sign up for the forum but can't do it because the captcha is showing "ERROR for site owner: Invalid key type" stuff. Any fix?

[stereax]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

[stereax]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

There is that guy who posts the weird stuff in English, though. RobertErnyc?

[BearLover]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

There is that guy who posts the weird stuff in English, though. RobertErnyc?

Trotsky

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

There is that guy who posts the weird stuff in English, though. RobertErnyc?

Yeah, I got nothing on that one.   

[BearLover]

I have a friend who's trying to sign up for the forum but can't do it because the captcha is showing "ERROR for site owner: Invalid key type" stuff. Any fix?

I have a friend who's trying to sign up for the forum but can't do it because the captcha is showing "ERROR for site owner: Invalid key type" stuff. Any fix?

I would DM Beeej or someone who has a line to Age. This forum needs new blood. I have a feeling your friend will be agreeing with me on most topics.

[stereax]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

There is that guy who posts the weird stuff in English, though. RobertErnyc?

Yeah, I got nothing on that one.   

Theoretically, could we turn off the ability to post Cyrillic characters?

[ugarte]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

There is that guy who posts the weird stuff in English, though. RobertErnyc?

Yeah, I got nothing on that one.   

Theoretically, could we turn off the ability to post Cyrillic characters?

NYET!!!

[scoop85]

Is there any plan to do something about the twenty or so Russian spam posts on this forum every day

The one thing I noticed about these is that nobody has joined the forum in a month; i.e., these are old accounts that are only now "figuring out" how to post here.

The Ruslanefa guy, for example, started his account in November 2020. Bogdantoj, April 2021.

The old forum would not let you post in Cyrillic.  My guess is these accounts were created back then.  The bot gave up after X number of failed attempts, and just went dormant.  Now someone has found them again.

There is that guy who posts the weird stuff in English, though. RobertErnyc?

Yeah, I got nothing on that one.   

Theoretically, could we turn off the ability to post Cyrillic characters?

I do my best thinking in Cyrillic.

[Give My Regards]

Theoretically, could we turn off the ability to post Cyrillic characters?

I do my best thinking in Cyrillic.

Thinking is different than posting.  At times the two are mutually exclusive. 

[BearLover]

Seems we are up to 50-100 Russian spam posts a day now, plus a couple of RobertErync English spam posts.

[Beeeej]

Seems we are up to 50-100 Russian spam posts a day now, plus a couple of RobertErync English spam posts.

...all of which we delete when we can get to it, which has been at least a couple of times a day despite living-earning and child-rearing responsibilities. Meanwhile, you keep talking about it, leaving additional useless poop nuggets littered around the site. If you imagine that your comments are going to do anything to help change the situation, please allow me to disabuse you of the notion.