Just a note - Please read.

[Sprite-]

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Has there actually been any adbot threads ?, can't say I've seen any, unless I'm just too slow.

There have been quite a bit recently. But thanks to the speedy reflexes of the forum staff, you haven't seen them :P

@Crashfan: I don't think this needs to be stickied just yet. We'll see what happens in the future. If we need it, I'll sticky it.

@rzr: I know the admins have been working on changing the forum settings to minimize the amount of adbots. Alas, some still get through. It happens, which is why we're here :P

[Xx{Midday}xX]

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I never heard of adbots til now. =_=

[Sprite-]

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That's really what we're trying to do - not let people see them :P
In your case, we have accomplished just that.

[rzr]

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Iight, Sprite-. That's cool. Hopefully we can get rid of them for good.

[Gibson63]

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the p0rn bots too i guess

[igotrhythm]

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+1 support for sticky.

On the one hand, it's pretty cool that this forum is so popular that adbots are starting to notice it, but on the other hand, nobody wants adbots spamming up their favorite forum.

Plus, the fact that so many people seem unaware that this happens is probably a good sign that this needs to be stickied (or even announced) for the education of all.

[Crashfan3]

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^ Agreed. Just because FFR is good at killing the adbots doesn't mean that it's users shouldn't know what they are. This thread = good education for that.

[foilman8805]

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I mean, how do we permanently dispose of them? How do they make an account in the first place? Isn't the image verification code used to prevent bots from being made? So, why do they keep getting made?

You do something smart on the registration page like add a captcha image, or just add a simple question like, "What is 2+2?". The bot won't be able to put in the answer, and therefore won't be able to register.

[rzr]

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Again, why don't we just add that?

[arrekusuof93]

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It's a little obvious that it's a bot and not an actual person.

I chuckled every time someone replied as though it were a real person. It seems as if most people on the FFR forums are used to no adbots and are therefore sheltered to their existence.


P.S.: WELKUM 2 INTARNET

[kmay]

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lol ive heard of these thread but never seen them lol gj staff

[Squeek]

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Again, why don't we just add that?

We do.

We have both, actually.

When people want to do something, they will find ways around bot circumvention.

[Red_Comet]

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it's nearly impossible to block ad bots from posting on forums, they're made to bypass "normal bot capture" means. Do a search on who develops ad bots and you'll find out a little bit more about how ingeniously they're coded.

link about ad bots http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2004/11...ng-robots.html