Spambots and how to deal with them

Hmm... how about this:

When a new user account is created, redirect them to a welcome page with links to "Please introduce yourself here" and "All you need to know about Pirate-Community".

I have no idea if that would be easy to implement; if it's very difficult then obviously don't bother. But if it's relatively easy to do, it might be nice.
 
Yeah, it wouldn't do anything in the same way as displaying the code of conduct does nothing.
 
That's odd, in the past few months I know of two other forums (one of which I'm an admin on) that have had a spambot infestation.

Maybe they're getting organized! :shock:
 
Is it possible to get captcha for phpBB? That'd probably filter most of the bots when they're registering.
 
Admins, save us!
The Spam Bots are hitting hard!
Manfred said:
Is it possible to get captcha for phpBB? That'd probably filter most of the bots when they're registering.
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They use Capcha, but bots have gotten smarter and have resumed their bombardment.
 
Master4lyf1 said:
They use Capcha, but bots have gotten smarter and have resumed their bombardment.
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Okay, I didn't remember if there was one. For some reason phpBB forums always has this spambot issue, more than other forum softwares, as I've seen.
 
The only thing we ask is that if you see a bot post, please report it by clicking over the triangle with the exclamation mark and follow the instructions.

That's enough to bring us attention so no need to contact us directly or using other topics to bring that up. Members that reply to bots can get penalized for that.
 
We've been using captchas for ages but they're useless now that bots have become better than humans at solving them. We are, on the other hand, also using a much more efficient solution which prevents almost 99 bots out of 100 from registering. So, no worries, everything is under control.
 
Comment ? said:
I believe you are actually one of them.
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Beep boop, oh bollocks discovered! ("Runs" away making 'clink clank' noises with his metal footsteps.)
By the way sorry for the late reply, I'm an idiot and I forgot to activate the email notifications.
 
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