Yo Ableton! Make us register to post on this forum...please!

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:13 pm

There have been an increasing number of SPAM posts to our beloved Ableton forum...its' starting to get a bit ridiculous.

Can you please, please, please enable the feature that makes new individuals registering for this forum have to go through the validation process where they provide an email, then must click on a link to activate before they can post anything.

It's too easy for the freaking spam-bot a$$holes who post Viagra links to flood this forum with their crap

gafferuk · Post by **gafferuk** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:15 pm

Make it a vote.

Spiralgroove · Post by **Spiralgroove** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:21 pm

kinda pointless when the spambots register themselves these days

Contra · Post by **Contra** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:30 pm

or some type the letters below into the box, then also respond to the registration email. double whammy

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:36 pm

gafferuk wrote:Make it a vote.

I thought only EvilEvilEvilEvil was allowed to do votes on this forum

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:38 pm

Spiralgroove wrote:kinda pointless when the spambots register themselves these days

Well that really sucks then...a spambot can create an account with a username/firstname/lastname then wait for an email from the forum, then click on the activation link that re-verifies them back with the forum?...that is pretty sophisticated sh!t that someone should be putting to better use than thinking people actually respond to the crap that those spambots put out.

Spiralgroove · Post by **Spiralgroove** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:40 pm

jb61264 wrote:
Spiralgroove wrote:kinda pointless when the spambots register themselves these days
Well that really sucks then...a spambot can create an account with a username/firstname/lastname then wait for an email from the forum, then click on the activation link that re-verifies them back with the forum?...that is pretty sophisticated sh!t that someone should be putting to better use than thinking people actually respond to the crap that those spambots put out.

yeah, they can
everything except if theres a "click on the picture of a kitten" type verfications
and thats still just one click for a person to do

i freqent 6 or 7 different forums that get that same spams from the same usernames

its frustrating

gafferuk · Post by **gafferuk** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:47 pm

Perhaps a section only for owners of live could be a good idea?

Spiralgroove · Post by **Spiralgroove** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:49 pm

gafferuk wrote:Perhaps a section only for owners of live could be a good idea?

its been requested many times :-/

gafferuk · Post by **gafferuk** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:52 pm

Spiralgroove wrote:
gafferuk wrote:Perhaps a section only for owners of live could be a good idea?
its been requested many times :-/

May be it's because ableton wants warez users to one day buy a copy?

Spiralgroove · Post by **Spiralgroove** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:02 pm

probably

you can really tell who the warez users are by the questions they ask though

frisbeedisk · Post by **frisbeedisk** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:07 pm

jb61264 wrote:
gafferuk wrote:Make it a vote.
I thought only EvilEvilEvilEvil was allowed to do votes on this forum

Spiralgroove · Post by **Spiralgroove** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:07 pm

Contra · Post by **Contra** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:53 pm

Spiralgroove wrote:

rock the casbah!!!!

jb61264 · Post by **jb61264** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:46 pm

Spiralgroove wrote:
jb61264 wrote:
Spiralgroove wrote:kinda pointless when the spambots register themselves these days
Well that really sucks then...a spambot can create an account with a username/firstname/lastname then wait for an email from the forum, then click on the activation link that re-verifies them back with the forum?...that is pretty sophisticated sh!t that someone should be putting to better use than thinking people actually respond to the crap that those spambots put out.
yeah, they can
everything except if theres a "click on the picture of a kitten" type verfications
and thats still just one click for a person to do

i freqent 6 or 7 different forums that get that same spams from the same usernames

its frustrating

there's gotta be a way to filter out those bastards