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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: CoriDavis on August 25, 2010, 11:56:11 am
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I noticed that for some reason I can only have a 1 character signature. to have a full signature, is it based on rank, or account age? I've risen to full member and it still won't work, what do I have to do?
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You can only have one signature because steve decided not the allow signatures anymore. Signatures where commonly used by spammers to post links to commercial websites. Only some of the older members where allowed to keep there signature.
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Aww... that's dissapointing...
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this would be a helpful suggestion though (if Steve ever reads this) try allowing signatures after the account is however many days/months old. most people with the intention of spamming will be caught by then, and won't likely wait however long just to spam the forum.
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Did anyone notice that a spambot showed up in this topic right after Floyd said that they use commercial things in their signatures? :P
And notice the 1 character in his sig is a "[" obviously starting a url attempt, so... Yeah.
I wonder why I didn't get to keep my old signature, I had a nice quote of my own in there.. ^^
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Yeah, I also noticed when I tried to put my name in the signature box it can be posted. Only 1 char can be written there? Is there any problem of that signature box?
modern furniture online (http://www.moderncollections.com)
modern sofas (http://www.moderncollections.com/modern-sofas.html)
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I missed the spambot. but yeah, the only url I was going to have on there was a picture I made,
(http://i36.tinypic.com/3325tmr.jpg)
I made the bubbles in Anim8or of course!
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OMG, did you see the NEW spambot? Wow.. :o
Nice signature, too.
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lol, thanks. and no I didn't, the newest one I've seen is mmmm. I wonder if it's the same person, if so, can't they block the IP address?
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Well, the newest one is right above your post with the signature. :P
Yeah, they can block IPs, although I'm not sure that many moderators get on here every DAY, so it may be a while before they're gone. ;)
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oh, I don't see that post, so it must have been removed already
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oh, I don't see that post, so it must have been removed already
Nope, still there. I'll quote it. :P
Yeah, I also noticed when I tried to put my name in the signature box it can be posted. Only 1 char can be written there? Is there any problem of that signature box?
modern furniture online (http://www.moderncollections.com)
modern sofas (http://www.moderncollections.com/modern-sofas.html)
Anyway, enough off-topicness, I guess.
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well, that guy had an on-topic question, but yeah, he did post links for Sofas..
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well, that guy had an on-topic question, but yeah, he did post links for Sofas..
Spambots have gotten very smart lately, they know what we're talking about. :P
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NOO! sorry... lol. anyway, maybe it would help to have more of the "type the letters you see here" things. those are supposed to stop bots.
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Spambots have gotten very smart lately, they know what we're talking about. :P
It's true, I was just on another forum recently and we had discovered that a bot had been posting there since 2007! a lot of its posts were on topic, the only give away was his poor grammar. googling its posts reveals it posts the same thing on various other forums. its getting harder to tell who's a bot and who's not these days. They search for commonly used words and phrases to copy/paste questions from other places that appear relevant, and even answer some on occasion to blend in. For all we know, You or I could be one. haha
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Spambots have gotten very smart lately, they know what we're talking about. :P
It's true, I was just on another forum recently and we had discovered that a bot had been posting there since 2007! a lot of its posts were on topic, the only give away was his poor grammar. googling its posts reveals it posts the same thing on various other forums. its getting harder to tell who's a bot and who's not these days. They search for commonly used words and phrases to copy/paste questions from other places that appear relevant, and even answer some on occasion to blend in. For all we know, You or I could be one. haha
Oh? Wow, that must have been quite annoying. >.>
I hope you're not a spambot, because I'm replying to your post. :P
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Wow, that is creepy. And no, i'm not a Spambot. I hope my grammar is okay anyway, hehe.
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Yes, we moderators have a hard time deleting all those spam posts. And now those spambots are getting smarter and smarter, it will be even harder. There some easy tricks to recognize them...but still. Ofcourse people of the forum can help by reporting spammers to the moderators. This can be done by simply clicking the 'report to moderator' button underneed every post ;)
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Yes, we moderators have a hard time deleting all those spam posts. And now those spambots are getting smarter and smarter, it will be even harder. There some easy tricks to recognize them...but still. Ofcourse people of the forum can help by reporting spammers to the moderators. This can be done by simply clicking the 'report to moderator' button underneed every post ;)
Oh, I forgot about that button! I'll do that from now on. :)
EDIT: Speaking of spambots, this is the worst I've ever seen! And it happened today! On the Cre8or forums! :o
http://cre8or3d.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1408;sa=showPosts
50 different topics, all with advertising spam...I feel for the moderators there.. :(