What the fuck is up with the spam on this site?

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[–]magnora7 37 insightful - 14 fun37 insightful - 13 fun38 insightful - 14 fun -  (18 children)

I just removed it all. This is what it is like every single day. You just don't see it because I usually remove it all before people notice it. It is really psychotic how much time these people waste doing this every single day. Just shows how valuable saidit must be if they're willing to go to such ridiculous lengths to try and destroy it!

[–]Drewski 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

It really is a shame, but thanks for all your hard work in keeping this community running.

[–]magnora7 15 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

It is indeed a shame, and I worry about the internet at large because apparently many other forums are experiencing a similar style of never-ending attacks. No problem!

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yes - and the Indian stuff seems new, though by the 88 crew.

You've likely thought of this, but as has happened at other sites, perhaps a delay of a day or more could be required before a submission. Combine this with the requirement for an email address and confirmation by email. This would require additional planning/hassle for the spammers.

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    [–]hfxB0oyA 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Or get people with lower karma to correctly answer a calculation. If you don't answer it correctly, your message is frozen for x hours before you get to try again. And the lower your karma is, the longer the calculation has to be. A minor annoyance for someone posting one message, but it could add up for people trying to plaster the place with garbage.

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      [–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      Yeah, that's true. Maybe as an image file with the numbers skewed or something?

      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      That's in place for registering and posting, but not for voting

      [–]rakwar 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

      is this site affiliated with Reddit in any way as it has the old Reddit style? I quit Reddit recently due to their over censorship and forcing people now to have email to spam them. I knew it was coming someday as it will to this site to someday

      [–][deleted] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

      Yes - Reddit code, but otherwise devoted to free speech &c.

      [–]rakwar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      thank you for the feedback

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        [–]rakwar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        thank you for the information...as i suspected but had to confirm :)

        [–]rakwar 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        late to reply but thank you for your effort

        [–]scrubking 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

        China has an entire city dedicated to e-propaganda and social manipulation.

        [–]magnora7 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        What city?