On the last page, user:
karekas33 follows exactly the same post pattern, but he did actually do as the giveaway instructs. He could be the Genesis Alt
(TM Timelord). Going through his post history, I was surprised to see he typed a few real messages. So I entered them into Google, big surprise, it's copy/pasting:
I banned him and PMd cyrus to look into the others.
Thanks! I see the bans in
modlog now. I'll update my post with it.
20 out of 22 banned.
Games and Rounds really should be a sub board where posts in there don't count towards activity or post-count because it's being massively abused by farmers.
That would be good indeed. It's so easy now to copy/paste the same post over and over again while being "on topic" in Games and Rounds.
@Lauda: Can you link/explain the different kinds of bans in the OP?
BadBear explains it, but I had to search for it:
Autobans. Isn't what it sounds like, it means someone pressed the ban button, but it's automatically carried out, as opposed to be manually entered. Though there is a mod or two running scripts because of the spammers. This results in the message You were banned by a forum moderator, email xxx. Both global mods and admins use this, so it isn't a guarantee it was a moderator, just more likely. I use autoban instead of manual bans for permanent bans because it's faster and more efficient.
All bans in the modlog are autobans, and permanent.read more