Destroy a spam USER

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Destroy a spam USER

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This user has spammed the Purebasic forum with 118 posts. Would it be possible to destroy these spams and especially to ban this user from the site, because it harms the reputation of PUREBASIC
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One of the mods has replied about it in another post -> viewtopic.php?f=17&t=78249

I don't think it destroys a product's reputation: I see spam on lots of product forums and know it's just the way life is. Nothing to stress over.
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Why not do an app to check the forum database and if detects an user posting the same post repeadtly, ban him?

I don't know if a simple php executed with a CRON would be enough but I thing would be a good idea
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Caronte3D wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:47 amif detects an user posting the same post repeadtly, ban him?
It's not posting the exact same post, though. They're slightly different.
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BarryG wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:01 pm
Caronte3D wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:47 amif detects an user posting the same post repeadtly, ban him?
It's not posting the exact same post, though. They're slightly different.
They are rather simple to spot and im sure the phpbb creators have several solutions. Just need to find the best phpBB extension and install it.
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Caronte3D wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:47 am Why not do an app to check the forum database and if detects an user posting the same post repeadtly, ban him?

I don't know if a simple php executed with a CRON would be enough but I thing would be a good idea
Now I will do spam with my comment :lol:
viewtopic.php?p=577309#p577309
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Another way:
If a post gets several spam reports, then ban the user
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Caronte3D wrote: Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:12 pm Another way:
If a post gets several spam reports, then ban the user
That would require some kind of user scoring system or otherwise malicious users could just create 5 new users, use those 5 users to do a spam report on somebody and have a script auto-ban any user :o
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By default, phpBB puts new users in a special group (Newly Registered Users). Their first x posts will have to be approved manually.
By default, it is set to 3 (this is of course the number of approved posts and not the number of posts sent (to avoid flood))

If this was not done at first, it can be changed later in the admin console.

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- Board Configuration
- User registration settings
- New member post limit: (set up > 0 to activate manuel approbation system)
New members are within the Newly Registered Users group until they reach this number of posts. You can use this group to keep them from using the PM system or to review their posts. A value of 0 disables this feature.
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It would already help to give a small number of trustworthy longterm users the ability to at least temporarily delete said posts and/or ban the user (for at least 48 hours until a mod has approved it). I wouldn't expect any misuse.
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The bot in question posted from 4 IP's and the posts also weren't the same.
The default permissions for moderators doesn't allow for bulk deletes from a user, all we can do is delete specific posts or topics and ban users from posting. its a little frustrating but that's what it is.
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What about make a PB app for moderators where login with the moderator credentials, find everypost from an user (manualli selected by moderator) and delete all?
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idle wrote: Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:10 am The bot in question posted from 4 IP's and the posts also weren't the same.
The default permissions for moderators doesn't allow for bulk deletes from a user, all we can do is delete specific posts or topics and ban users from posting. its a little frustrating but that's what it is.
Sounds like a spider basic project ;)

Though a phpbb extension or enhancement would make more sense.
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any user too delete ?

I see no spam marked posts.....
only thread about spam posts....
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