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Xelions • Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:47 pmThought I'd chime in
and ask something. So hlp was down for so and so right... And this place didn't see a visitor. Was there another backup forum or did everyone flood IRC?
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Hunter • Tue Oct 06, 2020 11:30 amSG Is no longer a port of call for HLPers, and most of the newer members don't even know we exist. But it doesn't matter, SG is pretty much a retirement home now anyway..
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Xelions • Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:16 pmThat started well but ended with a bleak outlook. I miss simplier days. Social media is a thorn and reddit is a means with no end
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Top Gun • Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:23 amThe HLP Discord is where most people were hanging out during the downtime. I don't think there are very many people left who use the IRC channel.
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Top Gun • Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:24 amDamn but it's been a while since I poked my head in here though...
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Xelions • Sat Nov 07, 2020 1:54 pmI think I heard of discord once before this and it just seems like a replacement with more integration that isn't
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Xelions • Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:13 pmEverytime I hear reddit mentioned I think quora.. oh and I just visited reddit
feels like a generic news site
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Hunter • Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:37 pmI'm going to bombard you with down arrows because you don't exist inside my echo chamber! Reddit in a nutshell
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Hunter • Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:39 amLol 81 user activation requests. I'm guessing each and every one of them a spam bot.
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Xelions • Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:32 pmHow can a bot get past captcha and I can't
stupid images
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Hunter • Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:29 pmWell the registration requires admin approval anyway, so you couldn't create an account here without telling me first.. Kinda sucks, but there is now a queue of 500 bots! So that gives you an idea of just how many spambots use this site.
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Hunter • Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:35 pmBtw: If someone reading this wants to create an account, you're gonna have to find some other way to let me know..
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Xelions • Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:46 amI'm assuming it's to do with the forum software. What would be a simple solution to this problem? Thought of some tricky methods that only maybe sophisticated bots could get past. It really shouldn't be a challenge for a person
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Hunter • Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:12 pmWell the Q&A method works best, but some spambots are actually real people (likely low paid freelancers) and they just breeze through and start spamming soon after a fake reply to a topic.
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Hunter • Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:12 pmIt's surpising so many come here, given that the forum is dead, but I guess it's more to do with how much organic traffic comes through the server as a whole (even if most of it is bots).
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Hunter • Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:16 pmCorrection:The Q&A method DID work well, but it seems like the bots can get through it now - strange that, considering many of the questions normally couldn't be answered by a bot.
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Hunter • Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:26 pmSince it doesn't seem to be working, rather than disable registration entirely, I've created a three step system that should help..
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Xelions • Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:54 pmNew system seems okay. If the bots are in fact people, can't really do anything about that. A fixed day count rotational Q&A but injected with some reverse polarity questions - and thinking I'm on the right track when I'm not and it's still correct
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Hunter • Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:42 amSeems to have worked - was getting dozens of bots per day, now haven't had a single one.
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Hunter • Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:42 amHopefully regular users (if any exist) can still successfully register.
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Hunter • Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:38 amIn that case I'll have to recruit Summer Glau to lead the resistance. Yum
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Hunter • Sat May 08, 2021 4:10 amJust completed two weeks hotel quarantine. Weird feeling, was like a realllllyyy long layover, lol.
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Xelions • Wed May 26, 2021 4:40 pmIn no way is this a comparison but.. if I bought an island off the coast of oz can I call myself a country? or do I have to apologise to Australia
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Hunter • Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:47 pmHows the land of
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Xelions • Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:48 am..and just about everything else the real 1 has. Anyhow late Merry Christmas to ya all, and Happy New Year 2s
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