Solved What's up with not being able to post simple replies? (2 Viewers)

[Jon]

I cannot remember the exact reasons why I chose 100 posts, but it might be due to hackers using old accounts for spamming. Most user accounts have less than 100 posts.

 

[GPGeorge]

I cannot remember the exact reasons why I chose 100 posts, but it might be due to hackers using old accounts for spamming. Most user accounts have less than 100 posts.

That makes sense. I also think that hackers/spammers can work in teams, setting up accounts that lie dormant for a while until they are exploited.

 

[Jon]

That makes sense. I also think that hackers/spammers can work in teams, setting up accounts that lie dormant for a while until they are exploited.

That is exactly what they do, because the dormant user doesn't notice posts that they didn't make.

 

[cheekybuddha]

I also think that hackers/spammers can work in teams,

It's more likely to be bots that they set up rather than actual people sitting there doing the posting.

It would be cleverer if you could whitelist internal links (www.access-programmers.co.uk/...) from the blocker though.

We often ask new posters not to tack on to old threads but start a new one and post a link back to the old one as reference - that gets the generic 'Oops!'

 

[GPGeorge]

It's more likely to be bots that they set up rather than actual people sitting there doing the posting.

It would be cleverer if you could whitelist internal links (www.access-programmers.co.uk/...) from the blocker though.

We often ask new posters not to tack on to old threads but start a new one and post a link back to the old one as reference - that gets the generic 'Oops!'

I'm going back a few years for that observation about teams of people. There may have been bots involved, but someone was keeping track of accounts set up for spamming. I suppose once the set up accounts were in place they could then automate the spamming. Gnarly Bastids they are.

 

[cheekybuddha]

Gnarly Bastids they are.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Sounds like a job for an AI Agent!!!