"Torrent Link, Please" SPAM
posted by elsewhere on Mon 9th Apr 2007 19:12
Conversations What's with the frequent requests for a "torrent link, please", it seems like there's one on every story even when the story has nothing to do with a particular software package? Is this some new annoying trend I'm unaware of?
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Couldn't resist...
by fretinator (4.24) on Mon 9th Apr 2007 21:29 UTC
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2005-07-06

Torrent link, please!

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RE: Couldn't resist...
by drewunwired (1.8) on Tue 10th Apr 2007 22:52 in reply to "Couldn't resist..."
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2005-07-06

No fair... that was too easy!

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Annoying
by Tyr. (2.64) on Tue 10th Apr 2007 00:02 UTC
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2005-07-06

Some kiddie with to much time on his hands. I already reported one of his aliasses to Thom, but he keeps creating new ones as soon as the old one's banned.

Well at least his comments are being bombed to -5 oblivion pretty fast.

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Comment by Almafeta
by Almafeta (3.36) on Tue 10th Apr 2007 14:29 UTC
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2007-02-22

I'm guessing that said poster, somehow, has got the impression that OSNews is a 'warez' site.

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Suspended
by Adam S (Staff) on Tue 10th Apr 2007 19:51 UTC
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2005-04-01

Any account I find like that is immediately suspended. Also, I'm going to set something up in v4 code that to compare IP to suspended accounts, and if its suspicious, it won't allow you to register a new account.

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RE: Suspended
by Almafeta (3.36) on Tue 10th Apr 2007 21:04 in reply to "Suspended"
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2007-02-22

Just to note, I've seen bad things happen in the past on other sites because someone's IP was, by pure chance, close to that used by some other author.

I assume there'll be a "long way" around this automatic block, just in case?

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RE[2]: Suspended
by Adam S (Staff) on Tue 10th Apr 2007 21:08 in reply to "RE: Suspended"
Adam S Member since:
2005-04-01

Just to note, I've seen bad things happen in the past on other sites because someone's IP was, by pure chance, close to that used by some other author.

I assume there'll be a "long way" around this automatic block, just in case?

Definitely. I'm not going to be crazy about it. Certainly better to suspend more than to block legitimate registrations.

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