Plague of Advertisement Introductions?

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  1. Usagi Convoy

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    What's up with all these advertisement introductions lately? Is there anything that can be done about it?
     
    #1 Usagi Convoy, Jan 14, 2017
  2. A Jewel of Rarity

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    We are doing our best at removing them as they come, we have no known way at the moment on how to stop them though.
     
    #2 A Jewel of Rarity, Jan 14, 2017
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    When I joined, there was a test question (Fill in the blank: Twilight ______) that had to be answered before I could complete the sign up process.
    That was before the switch to XenForo.
    Is there anything like that still in use?
     
    #3 Fenris Rose, Jan 14, 2017
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    Yep, I think @A Jewel of Rarity is switching around captchas we're trying make sure we are using one the bots haven't figured out.
     
    #4 Dragonbait, Jan 14, 2017
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    Have you considered drone strikes targeting the locations of the IPs?

    I know it'd be expensive, but I honestly think it'd be the best solution.
     
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    I know the right guys to bribe if you want to do that. I used to work in Predator while I was in the Air Force.
     
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    Any update on this?
     
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  8. A Jewel of Rarity

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    This is still quite a difficult issue to resolve but we haven't forgotten about it we are still removing accounts and threads as we see them, its just the preventing part that is the issue.
     
    #8 A Jewel of Rarity, Jan 24, 2017
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    Me and @Ridley Wolf could find the bot programmers, and uhh...
    SWEARS WARNING

    That might be a decent solution to the problem.
     
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    I'm up for it.
     
    #10 Fenris Rose, Jan 26, 2017
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    Are there still privilege levels for new members? Cause a bot just posted a status update.
     
    #11 Usagi Convoy, Jan 27, 2017
  12. A Jewel of Rarity

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    I've messaged Tyro with some Xenforo addons which should be able to help with the spam.
     
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    How about this? Also NSFW
     
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    I'd be good with that, too.

    Honestly, I just really like hurting people who deserve it.
     
    #14 Fenris Rose, Jan 27, 2017
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    Can't help but wonder if this is the work of the shnitzeldouche.
     
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    Not sure how all that works, but it wouldn't surprise me if he pointed these a-holes in our direction somehow.
     
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  17. A Jewel of Rarity

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    We have taken some action against it now and it seems to have stopped for now, I only say for now because I don't wanna say its 100% fixed.
    I will wait a few days before saying we have succeeded in preventing spam.
     
    #17 A Jewel of Rarity, Feb 7, 2017
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