Re: Dealing with spam users

> I've noticed an increasing number of spam users over the past few weeks

I've checked the last 50 new users and was only able to identify one spammer.

Did you report the others? 1 in >50 doesn't sound that dramatic.

Otherwise I'd recommend an automatic script regularly checking the bios and scratch-pads for all users with low XPs. (the spam links could be included long after registration!)

Could also be used to clean up dead registrations from users which didn't show up for a year.

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

Wikisyntax for the Monastery}

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Re^2: Dealing with spam users by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 04, 2020 at 16:44 UTC
There already is such a script to look at Users with outbound links, and the users get locked regularly (but manually).	[reply]
Re^3: Dealing with spam users by LanX (Saint) on Feb 25, 2022 at 22:26 UTC
> There already is such a script to look at Users with outbound links, and the users get locked regularly (but manually). Does it mean we can stop reporting spam in homenodes / scratchpads because you find them anyway? I just wanted to share a free nodelet-hack which makes reporting easier (2 clicks) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^4: Dealing with spam users by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 25, 2022 at 22:45 UTC
So far I'm not aware of spam homenodes that were not highlighted by the script, so yes, you can stop reporting spam in homenodes from my point of view.	[reply]
Re^5: Dealing with spam users by LanX (Saint) on Feb 25, 2022 at 22:48 UTC
Re^3: Dealing with spam users by LanX (Saint) on Dec 05, 2020 at 14:47 UTC
Hm... but this SQL-Query doesn't check if someone edited an old node of his, right? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^4: Dealing with spam users by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 05, 2020 at 15:11 UTC
Why wouldn't it? Of course it does. User and scratchpad nodes to have a field that they were edited recently. This field is used for example by the Recently Updated Home Nodes node, and also by that query.	[reply]
Re^5: Dealing with spam users by LanX (Saint) on Dec 05, 2020 at 17:40 UTC
Re^2: Dealing with spam users by hippo (Archbishop) on Dec 04, 2020 at 16:47 UTC
Did you report the others? 1 in >50 doesn't sound that dramatic. Yes, I did. From CB records it appears that I reported nainaike, sitenetlife, xiaofeifei171, businessmenugui, menubook and locked_user 24hourloanz (in addition to today's provider of escorts). Are they in your 50? Cleaning them up after the fact requires manual action and is by definition reactive. If the spammers are considered a problem then surely a pre-emptive solution is preferable? Obviously if it's going to be a bind to code then that's a consideration too. 🦛	[reply]
Re^3: Dealing with spam users by LanX (Saint) on Dec 04, 2020 at 16:59 UTC
Thanks > Are they in your 50? No I used supersearch to list all users and seems like "Locked Accounts" are automatically skipped. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]