Spam wave again this morning

Yeah, same here. It’s been one of those mornings where you delete 20 junk accounts and 20 more show up like nothing happened Usually,. Honestly the only thing that’s helped a bit for us is slowing signups down with some dumb friction — not full-on captcha hell, but enough to make the bots move on. Real users barely notice, bots hate it.

Honestly, Yeah, same crap here. We’ve got a couple signup traps in place already and they still keep poking through in waves, which is annoying as hell. What’s helped a bit for me is making the first post/first login do a little more work, not just the registration itself. Bots seem to hate anything that makes them wait or click around twice. Doesn’t kill it, but it cuts the dumb stuff down. Also, if your junk is mostly in one pattern, I’d check whether they’re reusing the same email domains or IP ranges. Half the time it’s the same garbage with a fresh coat of paint.

Yeah, same here. Feels like one of those “new day, same garbage” mornings. I’ve had a bit more luck rate-limiting the signup flow than messing with the actual forum posts, but it’s never perfect. The weird part is they’ll usually adapt after a day or two, which is why all the “just add a captcha” advice always sounds a bit too neat to me. At least lately.