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havalotta · 02-02-2011, 02:24 PM

Thanks Dap....
I do so many changes as I create a post so I don't appear We Todd Did.

It's ridiculous for me to try and keep up with myself...
Know what I mean.

amelanchier · 02-02-2011, 02:24 PM

I can't remember from when I registered, but does the forum software use "captcha" to screen out bots? It's hardly foolproof, but it should stem the flood somewhat.

dapjwy · 02-02-2011, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by havalotta

... Know what I mean.

Actually, I don't!

"so I don't appear We Todd Did"???

WG Admin · 02-03-2011, 09:11 AM

Good thoughts amelanchier.

We're updated to ReCaptcha. Newer version of captcha.

We’ve got a Q&A from within registration options activated. All registrants need to answer why they want to join WG. Muslim Brotherhood/AvilÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©s/Cialis Discount/Want to share something exciting from my blog/Marketing/الجهاد/etc. type replies get the boot.

We have a spam management subscription.

Sage · 02-03-2011, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WG Admin

Good thoughts amelanchier.

We're updated to ReCaptcha. Newer version of captcha.

We’ve got a Q&A from within registration options activated. All registrants need to answer why they want to join WG. Muslim Brotherhood/AvilÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©s/Cialis Discount/Want to share something exciting from my blog/Marketing/الجهاد/etc. type replies get the boot.

We have a spam management subscription.

???

TheLorax · 02-03-2011, 11:52 AM

What is your question please Sage. I ask this of you sincerely.

As of a week ago, Popowich incorporated a stop the bot registrations application. It is slowing down some bots however it is not slowing down human assisted scraper bots.

Every little bit does help.

The world economy is collapsing. Millions are hungry and rioting. The cost of grains places purchasing them out of reach for many. It is no longer only the lower socioeconomic groups in the US suffering as a result of rising food costs. Our own unemployment rate is frighteningly high forcing many to scramble for a means by which to pay bills. Those with computers, in our country and abroad, are trying to make ends meet. There is money, albeit very little, to be made spamming and scraping websites. All websites are experiencing a surge in the number of human assisted bots attempting to penetrate. Little websites with fewer shoulders to manage the influx are suffering. Please know we are trying our very best.

havalotta · 02-03-2011, 12:46 PM

I hope we as a group can survive all of this input...
Thank you, thank you, to all who are trying to keep those little buggers away!

Sage · 02-03-2011, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLorax

What is your question please Sage. I ask this of you sincerely.

So sorry for all this grief you guys are getting from this problem! My question referred to this post from WGAdmin:

Quote:

We’ve got a Q&A from within registration options activated. All registrants need to answer why they want to join WG. Muslim Brotherhood/AvilÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©s/Cialis Discount/Want to share something exciting from my blog/Marketing/الجهاد/etc. type replies get the boot.

We have a spam management subscription.

I don't have a clue what this is supposed to mean but it struck me as a very strange response.

dapjwy · 02-03-2011, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WG Admin

All registrants need to answer why they want to join WG...

I remember having to answer that question and say who referred me--at the time I could only remember seeing a link from Gardenweb not any specific name. I remember thinking I *might not* get in.

dapjwy · 02-03-2011, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sage

My question referred to this post from WGAdmin:
I don't have a clue what this is supposed to mean but it struck me as a very strange response.

Sage, I know this was not directed at me, and I hope no one minds my trying to answer. I think WGAdmin was stating that anyone (or bot) trying to join WG has to answer *why* they want to join. I think he was listing some examples of unacceptable responses to that query such as ads for Viagra and other such spam.

02-02-2011, 02:24 PM	#11
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	Thanks Dap.... I do so many changes as I create a post so I don't appear We Todd Did. It's ridiculous for me to try and keep up with myself... Know what I mean. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

02-02-2011, 02:24 PM	#12
amelanchier WG Facebook Administrator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lyme, NH	I can't remember from when I registered, but does the forum software use "captcha" to screen out bots? It's hardly foolproof, but it should stem the flood somewhat. __________________ "I take the part of the trees as against all their enemies." -J.R.R. Tolkien

02-03-2011, 09:11 AM	#14
WG Admin WG's Mr. Tomato Head Join Date: Nov 2008	Good thoughts amelanchier. We're updated to ReCaptcha. Newer version of captcha. We’ve got a Q&A from within registration options activated. All registrants need to answer why they want to join WG. Muslim Brotherhood/AvilÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©s/Cialis Discount/Want to share something exciting from my blog/Marketing/الجهاد/etc. type replies get the boot. We have a spam management subscription. __________________ "If gardening isn't a pleasure for you, chances are the work will merely give you a rotten disposition. If you'd rather be golfing or fishing, get a bumper sticker that says so, and forget gardening." Elsa Bakalar

02-03-2011, 11:52 AM	#16
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	What is your question please Sage. I ask this of you sincerely. As of a week ago, Popowich incorporated a stop the bot registrations application. It is slowing down some bots however it is not slowing down human assisted scraper bots. Every little bit does help. The world economy is collapsing. Millions are hungry and rioting. The cost of grains places purchasing them out of reach for many. It is no longer only the lower socioeconomic groups in the US suffering as a result of rising food costs. Our own unemployment rate is frighteningly high forcing many to scramble for a means by which to pay bills. Those with computers, in our country and abroad, are trying to make ends meet. There is money, albeit very little, to be made spamming and scraping websites. All websites are experiencing a surge in the number of human assisted bots attempting to penetrate. Little websites with fewer shoulders to manage the influx are suffering. Please know we are trying our very best. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

02-03-2011, 12:46 PM	#17
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	I hope we as a group can survive all of this input... Thank you, thank you, to all who are trying to keep those little buggers away! __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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