Everyone is a bot!!!

[Dave234]

Everyone who registers on my site is a bot. I've got the Spambot Stopper, and while it keeps hundreds of bots out a day, it also allows in many every day.

I would like for people to post on my site, www.socialhulk.com. But no one is.

Do you have any advice for me?

[findingpeace]

Hi Dave234 Install this mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=248042

And set up a security question upon registration.

With these two measures in place, I have never had a spam / bot registration!

[ForceHSS]

and this
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=294633

[Digital Jedi]

I've had SpamHammer, which is a registration timer, on one site. Pretty much worked for the automated spammers. Now human spammers. No way around them just yet. But their fewer and farther between. The dev had this one odd eccentricity where he kept changing the name of the thread all the time. But other than that, it seems to work just fine.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

I've had SpamHammer, which is a registration timer, on one site. Pretty much worked for the automated spammers. Now human spammers. No way around them just yet. But their fewer and farther between. The dev had this one odd eccentricity where he kept changing the name of the thread all the time. But other than that, it seems to work just fine.

But there is, in the original "Spam Hammer" I paid to have coded. Unclear why it was never made part of the later products. I can give you the XML for it via PM if you like, "Human Spam Moderation" works great - it moderates first X posts of all users, without telling them - so that only Mods, admins and the spammer(s) themselves can see the post. If it is a legit user, the staff can approve the posts. Eliminates the annoying, "X posts needed to post links" ploy.

Originally Posted by Dave234

Everyone who registers on my site is a bot. I've got the Spambot Stopper, and while it keeps hundreds of bots out a day, it also allows in many every day.

This is strange because both that Spambot Stopper and Spam hammer are very effective. Have you checked your settings? Shorter time settings let more automated bots register, 25 seconds is what i use and I never get any autospam registered, and no humans have been interfered with in any way, as yet. This is after two years of using it. EDIT: I notice you have the countdown timer visible on your registration page - telling botnet administrators you have a timer and also what the setting is. Sort of defeats the purpose of the registration timer. I'd turn that off if it were me.

You should post this issue in the Spambot Stopper thread, the developer of that is very good about supporting his Mod.

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

But there is, in the original "Spam Hammer" I paid to have coded. Unclear why it was never made part of the later products. I can give you the XML for it via PM if you like, "Human Spam Moderation" works great - it moderates first X posts of all users, without telling them - so that only Mods, admins and the spammer(s) themselves can see the post. If it is a legit user, the staff can approve the posts. Eliminates the annoying, "X posts needed to post links" ploy.

I presume, then, that's what's found in the premium version.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

I presume, then, that's what's found in the premium version.

Might be. I never went beyond the original hack I paid for. Works perfectly, no troubles at all.

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Originally Posted by Dave234

I would like for people to post on my site, but no one is.

Do you have any advice for me?

One thing I saw was alot of empty forums.

Only ever have a small amount of forums. When you start your board and only have a few members, don't add too many sections, or it will overwhelm your members. Plus, if you have sections without posts (if you have too many sections, then you most likely will not have many posts) then it makes your forum look more dead than it really is. Once you gain more members, that's the time to add new sections and categories.

Consolidate.