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Posted July 08, 2022
A necro with a spam link hidden in quoted post

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/what_autoclicker_would_you_recommend/post19
Posted July 08, 2022
Necro-bot

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/radio_shack_files_for_bankruptcy/post53
Posted July 08, 2022
https://www.gog.com/forum/general_pl/hire_a_professional_hacker_1
Posted July 09, 2022
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/anime_recommendations/post1042
Posted July 10, 2022
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/whatsapp_31_6_87546855_goethezertifikat_a2_for_sale
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/whatsapp_31_687546855_buy_ecpe_c2_michigan_certificate_buy_ielts_certificate_online
Post edited July 10, 2022 by csanjuro
Posted July 10, 2022
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/whatsapp_31_687546855_become_a_illuminati_member_illuminati_official_online
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/whatsapp_31_687546855_new_world_order_of_wealth_be_at_the_top_of_your_career
Posted July 10, 2022
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VanishedOne: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/whatsapp_31_687546855_become_a_illuminati_member_illuminati_official_online
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/whatsapp_31_687546855_new_world_order_of_wealth_be_at_the_top_of_your_career
looks like downvoters need new alts
Posted July 10, 2022
User :  liiswilliam9

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_news_and_staff_threads_2021/post107

Many links on his profile too...
Posted July 10, 2022
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InkPanther: https://www.gog.com/forum/general_pl/hire_a_professional_hacker_1
Uncongratulations to GOG, we've hit at least 2000 spam posts in the new thread. This could so easily be prevented.
Posted July 10, 2022
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Darvond: Uncongratulations to GOG, we've hit at least 2000 spam posts in the new thread. This could so easily be prevented.
Refusing to create threads with too many numbers in the subject (as they tend to be phone numbers), and too much reused of known spammer keywords or duplicated subjects from the same person among ways to stifle spam.
Posted July 10, 2022
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rtcvb32: Refusing to create threads with too many numbers in the subject (as they tend to be phone numbers), and too much reused of known spammer keywords or duplicated subjects from the same person among ways to stifle spam.
Or my favorite method: Pay/Redeem to get in. It has worked for SomethingAwful for over two decades, it could work even easier for here, since there are several cheap as free games that could be redeemed as part of a litmus/sapience test. At least one of them would appeal to actual humans, you got Postal, Tyrian, OpenTTD, Eschaon Book 1, and several other choices!

Of course, this may exclude users too incompetent to operate a blanket, but that is a risk that I'd be willing to take, since we've all seen more than our fair share of people complaining about having to solve a simple thing such as "click on the every image that contains scenes from the broadway version of CATS."
Post edited July 11, 2022 by Darvond
Posted July 11, 2022
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Darvond: Or my favorite method: Pay/Redeem to get in. It has worked for SomethingAwful for over two decades, it could work even easier for here, since there are several cheap as free games that could be redeemed as part of a litmus/sapience test. At least one of them would appeal to actual humans, you got Postal, Tyrian, OpenTTD, Eschaon Book 1, and several other choices!
Pay indeed, but needs to total at least $5 or $10, that's actual and not discount (so getting a $20 game for $0.79 wouldn't count as $20, nor would redeeming gift codes from someone else)

Other litmus tests would include having an image and changing from the default title at least once. Though the 'New user, indistinct silhouette' combo would make it slightly harder to identify bots.

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Darvond: Cats_(musical)
Replace () with %28 and %29. Like so.
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Darvond: contains scenes from the broadway version of CATS
Post edited July 11, 2022 by rtcvb32
Posted July 11, 2022
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rtcvb32: Pay indeed, but needs to total at least $5 or $10, that's actual and not discount (so getting a $20 game for $0.79 wouldn't count as $20, nor would redeeming gift codes from someone else)

Other litmus tests would include having an image and changing from the default title at least once. Though the 'New user, indistinct silhouette' combo would make it slightly harder to identify bots.
True, I've suggested the :10bux: tax before, but others have balked at the idea. Changing avatars and titles would be a good test too. Or the good ole "make an introduction post with a key phrase in it.", but that's probably getting too oldschool.
Posted July 11, 2022
Payday loan bot

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/preferred_way_of_handling_difficulty_levels/post21
Posted July 12, 2022
A spammer that appears to be running a travel agent from their profile... It's full of links to travel agency web sites etc. I've heard of free advertising, but this is taking the proverbial...

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/here_are_5_reasons_why_you_should_play_the_metal_gear_series_bc5ba/post31
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