New anti-spam technique implemented (mods take note) - Page 3

Happy Monkey · 08-22-2012, 08:23 PM

How many monkeys are in the banner?

When was the cellar established?

Griff · 08-22-2012, 08:25 PM

What gang was Serena celebrating with her victory jig in London?

Happy Monkey · 08-22-2012, 08:24 PM

Though I like BigV's idea about using the tagline.

Undertoad · 08-22-2012, 08:29 PM

What's a tagline?

Happy Monkey · 08-22-2012, 08:31 PM

Are you asking, or are you positing that a potential member would ask?

Undertoad · 08-22-2012, 08:32 PM

No new registrations in the last hour, we may have won. I've spent the time deleting obvious spam accounts opened in the last week, but I couldn't get them all. But if this question/answer gets the job done, the spam will slowly stop as the accounts are used.

glatt · 08-23-2012, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

No new registrations in the last hour, we may have won. I've spent the time deleting obvious spam accounts opened in the last week, but I couldn't get them all. But if this question/answer gets the job done, the spam will slowly stop as the accounts are used.

So far, no spam in the queue when I came in this morning. You weren't up early cleaning them up, were you? If not, that's a very good sign.

sexobon · 08-22-2012, 08:33 PM

Q: What is the username of the Owner/admin of the Cellar?

It's the first thing that comes up under FAQ. You could even ask them to "Answer the following Frequently Asked Question." to clue them in. If someone isn't smart enough to figure out where to find the answer, we probably don't want them here anyway. It would seem to be a step the spam bots would have trouble with yet the answer to the question is right here (and it never hurts to get people to read the FAQ before they start posting anyway).

Undertoad · 08-22-2012, 08:34 PM

A potential new user has no idea what a tagline is.

Coming up with a question with no cultural bias is harder than it seems. The first ones you came up with had a bias of you needed to already be on the Cellar to understand them.

Griff · 08-22-2012, 08:38 PM

Everest is a good one. Wait for them to break it.

Happy Monkey · 08-22-2012, 08:37 PM

Me? The first ones I came up with are in the banner at the top of every page.

glatt · 08-23-2012, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Me? The first ones I came up with are in the banner at the top of every page.

My page doesn't have the banner.

(But I suppose you have to be on the Cellar a while before you learn about the Sterile for Work viewing option.)

ZenGum · 08-22-2012, 08:38 PM

I would not have been able to say what a tagline was when I joined here.

Undertoad · 08-22-2012, 08:40 PM

not you hm

ZenGum · 08-22-2012, 08:47 PM

Well, we could ask them about the squirrel which flies a plane on a treadmill around a tree ...

08-22-2012, 08:23 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	How many monkeys are in the banner? When was the cellar established? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-22-2012, 08:25 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What gang was Serena celebrating with her victory jig in London? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-22-2012, 08:24 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Though I like BigV's idea about using the tagline. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-22-2012, 08:31 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Are you asking, or are you positing that a potential member would ask? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-22-2012, 08:38 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Everest is a good one. Wait for them to break it. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-22-2012, 08:29 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What's a tagline?

08-22-2012, 08:32 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No new registrations in the last hour, we may have won. I've spent the time deleting obvious spam accounts opened in the last week, but I couldn't get them all. But if this question/answer gets the job done, the spam will slowly stop as the accounts are used.

08-22-2012, 08:33 PM	#8
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Q: What is the username of the Owner/admin of the Cellar? It's the first thing that comes up under FAQ. You could even ask them to "Answer the following Frequently Asked Question." to clue them in. If someone isn't smart enough to figure out where to find the answer, we probably don't want them here anyway. It would seem to be a step the spam bots would have trouble with yet the answer to the question is right here (and it never hurts to get people to read the FAQ before they start posting anyway).

08-22-2012, 08:34 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	A potential new user has no idea what a tagline is. Coming up with a question with no cultural bias is harder than it seems. The first ones you came up with had a bias of you needed to already be on the Cellar to understand them.

08-22-2012, 08:37 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Me? The first ones I came up with are in the banner at the top of every page. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-22-2012, 08:38 PM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I would not have been able to say what a tagline was when I joined here. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-22-2012, 08:40 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	not you hm

08-22-2012, 08:47 PM	#15
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, we could ask them about the squirrel which flies a plane on a treadmill around a tree ... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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