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Re: Require a small amount of merit to become a Junior Member
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LoyceV
on 12/07/2018, 18:53:29 UTC
Déjà vu, but it deserves it's own thread indeed. Please implement this!

Earlier today, I was listing spam accounts that post similar patterns. It think it's mainly bump bots that randomly select some phrases, and turn them into a sentence. Some of them could be humans who don't speak English and just copy text.
The worst bots include synonyms and homograph attacks in their posts, and I've seen similar spambots quickly adjust their spam when they get caught. They'll just become harder to find in an automated process.

There's also hundreds of them. They should be nuked
While just banning "a few" of the Newbie spammers I listed, BitRentX ran out of nukes:
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@sapta: let me know when you're ready for more, I can keep you busy all day Cheesy
Aaaand, there goes my limit. I'll look into it again later tomorrow if there's some more countries to nuke left.
I didn't know there is such a limit for Mods. That means I can entertain more than one Mod, just nuking Newbies.
It doesn't feel right that a spammer can create more accounts than a Mod can ban. That means it's a lost cause.

I think 3 things are needed
1. A minimum of even 1 Merit for Jr. Members. There will be some Merit trading, but at least it puts a limit on the current unlimited number of accounts that can reach this level. 5 Merit would probably be more effective in restricting their numbers.
2. No more signature for Newbies, so they can't just spam for some ICO tokens.
3. Newbies and probably Jr. Members too should no longer be able to bump threads. They can post, but the thread won't move to the top.
I think #3 is the most important one, as the bump bots are the worst spammers.



I just checked only a few phrases from the OP. These phrases were posted by the following Newbies in the past 4 days (note that it includes quotes and they shouldn't all be nuked without manual checking):
nice and nice
     1. Green Brandon
     2. FunkKeith
     3. Kelly Niwa
     4. Ward Bechma
     5. Enzfesmiddtim
     6. David-Powell
     7. Jerry Aguilera

Waiting for something more amusing
     1. Kazhama-Sinrie
     2. TsacSonjea
     3. Keyprovynsea
     4. Cysgicessscor
     5. JoannFen
     6. Lingrigeto
     7. StephensKatie
     8. JerardoSh
     9. Schorfheide-Terry
    10. Restringprollu

I wish you success
     1. dhon19
     2. lexx8217
     3. Hacivat
     4. Xanaxer
     5. kalamiotis
     6. Pirani93T
     7. vidy
     8. smiletoken
     9. polok1234
    10. goga69
    11. ClanPartisan
    12. buicong1996
    13. aboali2020
    14. polat M
    15. jamee03
    16. mnusdoh
    17. Djon64
    18. zzmb61
    19. khrishh74
    20. thomasdra
    21. PhillipTh
    22. ShashiMil
    23. Collins Jessica
    24. Songz Muri
    25. NickRo
    26. Luiporpieper
    27. NygelGoto
    28. paydifi
    29. StephanieAsh
    30. yazanyazoon
    31. taymen
    32. Marta Steczkowska
    33. JohnnyLeGrand
    34. CryptoJuan08
    35. evgenij69302
    36. canibor
    37. bluebkdn
    38. Mr.Shahab
    39. wenxue1988
    40. icosbull
    41. ntinakarras

remarkable trading fees
     1. arrado
     2. Songz Muri
     3. Anlachinald