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 Jan 10 2012, 02:06 PM
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Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 83 Joined: 24-September 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 1,372  |
I have a friend (really!) that is getting into CMC and I told him to be sure to register on this site. Not sure if he has done it yet, but I noticed a few posts by new members recently. Knowing this is a fairly small corner of the web, I was a bit surprised at their "Member No."
Joined: 23-November 11 Member No.: 126,725 Joined: 25-December 11 Member No.: 136,339 Are we really getting 10k new members a month? |
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Jan 10 2012, 04:56 PM
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FRRAX Owner/Admin Group: Admin Posts: 15,437 Joined: 13-February 04 From: Ohio Member No.: 196 |
I cleared everyone out of the cache of validating members (apparently the auto remove wasn't working). It deleted 1,500+ registrations. In 5 minutes I had 4 new ones. So, I added a math problem to the registration process that has a field looking for a number (even if you blow the math problem, but put in the right number of digits it will let you in). Most of the bots fill in required fields with text to get through (like "Russia" for car type and "slovenia" for car use, etc). We'll see if having to put in a specific quantity of numbers slows the bots down. Or, one of these days I'm going to upgrade to different board software and I might move to a new server as well. We'll see how it goes. I've been putting it off for a while now.
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Jan 13 2012, 02:13 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 813 Joined: 21-January 04 From: Santa Barbara, CA Member No.: 141 |
QUOTE (trackbird @ Jan 10 2012, 11:56 AM)  So, I added a math problem to the registration process that has a field looking for a number (even if you blow the math problem, but put in the right number of digits it will let you in). Is it possible to add some captcha type field to the registration page? |
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Jan 13 2012, 02:48 AM
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FRRAX Owner/Admin Group: Admin Posts: 15,437 Joined: 13-February 04 From: Ohio Member No.: 196 |
QUOTE (JKnight @ Jan 12 2012, 09:13 PM) QUOTE (trackbird @ Jan 10 2012, 11:56 AM) So, I added a math problem to the registration process that has a field looking for a number (even if you blow the math problem, but put in the right number of digits it will let you in). Is it possible to add some captcha type field to the registration page? There already was one, but they seem to walk right through it like it doesn't exist. It's the ones generated by the board software. If you're bored, log out and go try to register again. That's what I did after I made the changes. You'll see exactly what's there. I'm open to ideas. The math problem seems to have nearly stopped them...for now. |
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