Reply To: Spam wave hitting my forum again

[hankroot]

Realistically, realistically, yeah, we’ve been seeing the same crap. It’s not even clever anymore, just noisy. What’s annoying is half the time they’re not even trying to blend in, so you end up burning time deleting obvious junk like it’s some kind of part-time job. First-post approval only really helps if the volume’s low. Once it turns into a flood, it’s just extra admin pain. I’d rather add a bit more friction at signup than babysit the queue all week, honestly. Lazy bots hate even tiny hurdles. Legit users usually don’t…