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SirVer (sirver) wrote on 2017-10-13: Re: [Bug 1614403] Re: Ideas to prevent spammers, make their work harder

#64

I’d not like that. I feel it is our fault that we are not more inclusive towards non-English speakers - and we have no offer for Asian natives at all. That is bad enough, but understandable because our community does not have somebody who could lead and moderate an Asian sub community. Maybe that person shows up eventually though.

Actively excluding everybody writing in a non Latin based language sends the message that we do not want such people, which is incorrect and quite harsh.

> Am 13.10.2017 um 08:31 schrieb kaputtnik <email address hidden>:
>
> The last spams were are all written in an asian language. I think a
> serious user didn't write that way, because he can see that all posts
> are english/german/spanish/francaise.
>
> Should we try to hide all posts written in a non latin language?
>
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> Title:
> Ideas to prevent spammers, make their work harder
>
> Status in Widelands Website:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Also with the new captcha solution we got several spammers from India
> (it seems). I guess these are real human since some people do work for
> a few pennies. We could do nothing to prevent registering such
> accounts, but maybe we could make their work harder.
>
> Some ideas:
> - Allow only new topics if a specific time has left. So if a user creates a new topic, it is not allowed for him to create another new topic for about (f.e.) 1 hour. Maybe this would cause other implications because the spammer has time to find other places where he could write his spam (f.e. wiki)
>
> - Creating a "phrases blacklist": If a post/topic contain one of
> theses phrases prevent saving/posting. Examples for phrases from the
> latest spam floods: "baba ji", "Baba ji", "Tantrik" or just a regex
> catching (telefone) numbers like "+919829791419". The admins should
> then be informed when this happens.
>
> Other ideas welcome :-)
>
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Actively excluding everybody writing in a non Latin based language sends the message that we do not want such people, which is incorrect and quite harsh.

> Am 13.10.2017 um 08:31 schrieb kaputtnik <1614403@bugs.launchpad.net>:
> 
> The last spams were are all written in an asian language. I think a
> serious user didn't write that way, because he can see that all posts
> are english/german/spanish/francaise.
> 
> Should we try to hide all posts written in a non latin language?
> 
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to
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> 
> Title:
>  Ideas to prevent spammers, make their work harder
> 
> Status in Widelands Website:
>  In Progress
> 
> Bug description:
>  Also with the new captcha solution we got several spammers from India
>  (it seems). I guess these are real human since some people do work for
>  a few pennies. We could do nothing to prevent registering such
>  accounts, but maybe we could make their work harder.
> 
>  Some ideas:
>  - Allow only new topics if a specific time has left. So if a user creates a new topic, it is not allowed for him to create another new topic for about (f.e.) 1 hour. Maybe this would cause other implications because the spammer has time to find other places where he could write his spam (f.e. wiki)
> 
>  - Creating a "phrases blacklist": If a post/topic contain one of
>  theses phrases prevent saving/posting. Examples for phrases from the
>  latest spam floods: "baba ji", "Baba ji", "Tantrik" or just a regex
>  catching (telefone) numbers like "+919829791419". The admins should
>  then be informed when this happens.
> 
>  Other ideas welcome :-)
> 
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