Subject: Baffling.
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Posted on: 2011-07-20 18:12:00 UTC
If human, I cannot discern motive/goal. If bot, I cannot discern what it's trying to sell.
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no by
on 2011-07-20 17:32:00 UTC
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no
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Maybe by
on 2011-07-25 13:09:00 UTC
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Maybe if I have time later.
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yes by
on 2011-07-23 03:42:00 UTC
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yes
Turnabout is fair play. -
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. by
on 2011-07-21 21:56:00 UTC
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Ne. Nyet. Mei. Nein. Ochi. Iie. Nincs. Nej. Lo.
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Hmm... by
on 2011-07-20 18:00:00 UTC
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Re: Hmm... by
on 2011-07-20 21:32:00 UTC
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The strange-character post has a different IP address from this one and the ones on the Permission request. The posts, collectively, contain: exotic (and highly obscure) characters, a random image and HTML tags (the blinking). Whatever posted these has both created new threads and replied to existing ones.
Most likely conclusion: a spam posting bot on a test run. The spammer runs a test program to see what the bot can do on the Board, that it can change proxies and that said proxy IPs are not blocked. Once that's assured the spammer can set up a spamming run and fire away. Probably best that a Board admin does block those two IPs.
Er... sorry. I've been rewatching Sherlock, I suppose I got carried away! -
A certain admin... by
on 2011-07-21 02:50:00 UTC
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Doesn't particularly like to ban proxies, unfortunately - there are people who use proxies for legitimate reasons like bypassing firewalls (of the school-imposed sort, usually), and there's a darned big lot of them.
Not that I'd know anything about his/her likes and dislikes, of course.You may also want to set noscript to paranoid mode, as it seems YWA is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
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Don't be - that's helpful! by
on 2011-07-21 00:56:00 UTC
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I just hope we don't have to shelter from a bot spam attack again. Urg. I've only just cleared out all the ypurs from last time...
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Re: Hmm... by
on 2011-07-20 20:51:00 UTC
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I do believe this... thing did the same sort of thing on someone's permission thread. They might have also been the one who made that really weird post with the weird symbols and the like. It could be very stupid trolling? ;]
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Baffling. by
on 2011-07-20 18:12:00 UTC
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If human, I cannot discern motive/goal. If bot, I cannot discern what it's trying to sell. -
Re: Baffling. by
on 2011-07-21 10:17:00 UTC
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*picks up scalpel, looks at it thoughtfully*
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Only one way to find out.... by
on 2011-07-20 23:06:00 UTC
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*grabs it with a giant pair of tongs*
Where do we dissect this thing? >_> -
Let's do this! by
on 2011-07-21 01:24:00 UTC
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*Brings in a insanely amount of scalpels and knifes*
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Excellent idea! by
on 2011-07-22 09:47:00 UTC
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*offers her collection of medical scanners snitched from the Trekverse*