139609-spam-solution-suggestions

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			I'd like to suggest how to eliminate the spam completely. Restrict forum access to those who have at least once bought something from NCstore, or purchased a copy of the game or redeemed a CREDD atleast once :) This way, even the player who can't pay anything, can save up 10 plat and purchase a CREDD once in their life to get forum access.
			
				
	Edited October 9, 2015 by Whimsicalalien	
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Napalm. 
 
I could stand Babaji and his black magic mumbo jumbo, but this other stuff... just insufferable.
 
Although, the forum access idea is good too. 	
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or just make a section of the forums that is the only section f2p can post. That way at those of us that are still new to the game and f2p can get questions answered. I could live with that as someone who cannot yet spend money on the game due to commitments in others that I need to close out.
 
At worst ONE section would get spammed that way making the job easier for moderators.	
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99% of spam is from automated tools. An easy fix is to just moderate all user's first post. All modern forum software comes with a setting to do this. An automated spam tool never manages a single legit post so never gets through. Real humans, can spot other real humans, with a fast glance. Approve them once, and then they can post normally.
 
You can set how many posts a user needs to make before being off moderation, but I have never seen a need for a number higher than 1.
			
				
	Edited October 9, 2015 by Kichwas	
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I'd like to suggest how to eliminate the spam completely. Restrict forum access to those who have at least once bought something from NCstore, or purchased a copy of the game or redeemed a CREDD atleast once :) Now, even the player who can't pay anything, can save up 10 plat and purchase a CREDD once in their life to get forum access.
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This is the worst idea that I have ever seen.
 
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			make forum posting require a sub. That should sort it - i think!	
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make forum posting require a sub. That should sort it - i think!
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I think this is a little bit too limiting :P
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You know the spam is bad, when there are two anti-spam threads going, made mere hours apart from each other ... but they couldn't see each other FOR THE FREAKING SPAM GETTING IN THE WAY.
 
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I need a burner phone so I can call Babaji. Google voice only lets me call US numbers for free. Does skype work for international numbers? For free I mean.
 
Just limit free accounts to only one thread start per hour. Nope, can't convince me that is too limiting for legit free players, 99% of the time there are already thread(s) on the very same topic, people are just too snowflake to reply to existing threads.	
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I need a burner phone so I can call Babaji. Google voice only lets me call US numbers for free. Does skype work for international numbers? For free I mean.
 
Just limit free accounts to only one thread start per hour. Nope, can't convince me that is too limiting for legit free players, 99% of the time there are already thread(s) on the very same topic, people are just too snowflake to reply to existing threads.
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What about an omnibit threshhold? Only accounts that have spent X number of omnibits in the store can get forum access. That would at least force Babaji to summon an imp to farm for him before he could spam again and even players who can't drop real money can do it. 
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It is only ONE section, just the General Discussion.
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Hi all,
 
Thanks for your feedback, everyone. We are aware of the issue and discussing options.
 
-Team WildStar	
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Why?
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			I think we should just do a better job at teaching people there are other sections than General. The reason the spam is distracting is because too many people are posting anything they want in here without even looking.	
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I'd like to suggest how to eliminate the spam completely. Restrict forum access to those who have at least once bought something from NCstore, or purchased a copy of the game or redeemed a CREDD atleast once :) This way, even the player who can't pay anything, can save up 10 plat and purchase a CREDD once in their life to get forum access.
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I'd like to suggest how to eliminate the spam completely. Restrict forum access to those who have at least once bought something from NCstore, or purchased a copy of the game or redeemed a CREDD atleast once :) This way, even the player who can't pay anything, can save up 10 plat and purchase a CREDD once in their life to get forum access.
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Just make it so they can only make one thread every 15minutes.
 
It's usually just the same guy/bot making a ton of threads.	
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We block everybody from china.
 
 
I got this.
 
 	
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We block everybody from china.
 
 
I got this.
 
 
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It's a good idea - and something we may end up doing. The issue for us is that we want at least some space where new players can post, for example if they're having tech difficulties. Wherever that is, the restrictions have to be fairly loose - and we'll get spam.
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			WOOHOO!!!  Oct 10 and its 2:20 AM and i think Mr Babaji is going to hit 3 pages of spam tonight.  If he hits 3 pages i hear we will all get a lifetime supply of Spicy Chicken Curry, canned Spam, Beef and Broccoli and coupons to Miss Babaji's Massage Parlor.	
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WOOHOO!!!  Oct 10 and its 2:20 AM and i think Mr Babaji is going to hit 3 pages of spam tonight.  If he hits 3 pages i hear we will all get a lifetime supply of Spicy Chicken Curry, canned Spam, Beef and Broccoli and coupons to Miss Babaji's Massage Parlor.
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			I just logged on to check up on things. Wat happen?	
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			yay at 20 pages of spam now... this needs to be fixed.	
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It's a good idea - and something we may end up doing. The issue for us is that we want at least some space where new players can post, for example if they're having tech difficulties. Wherever that is, the restrictions have to be fairly loose - and we'll get spam. 
 
We're working on it from a few different angles. Better tech, optimizing our settings, adding manpower. It'll be better soon. 
 
In the meantime - apologies - and bear with us. 
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As I stated in the other thread (which got deleted somehow), a practical solution is to have a validate-mechanism that gives you permission to post.
Mostly it is a picture with letters an numbers one must read and enter (or do mathematical operations with it) to validate and to unlock the "post" button.
I know this can be annoying but is less time-consuming. If it is a good mechanism, only human can read it (or neuronal networks which are trained on specific patterns).
Additionally there should be a limitation on how many threads one can open per hour. Should slow down the spammers and the mods can
spot those few posts much faster.	
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			Captcha is the primary thing a bot can break.	
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Yeah well. How about a captcha with some animals on it which has to be named. I do not think a simple program could solve that.
I mean I study computer science and I know what I talk about. Such systems are hard to write and thats something those spammers can't afford.	
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