Spam wave hitting anyone else?

[Den]

I’m seeing a stupid amount of junk signups and bot posts again this week. Same pattern, random usernames, garbage links, then a few get through if I’m not on top of it. Might just be my forum getting targeted, but it feels worse than usual. Anyone else dealing with this right now? I’ve tightened a couple settings already, still annoying as hell. Could be wrong though.

[crawl_void]

From my experience, in my opinion, Yeah, seeing the same crap here too. Mostly junk signups with the weird random names, then a couple slip past until I catch ’em. Feels like the usual bot wave, not much else. Google’s garbage crawlers are never the problem anyway, it’s always this nonsense.

[sergbank]

Yeah, same here. It’s been a pretty steady trickle the last few days, nothing crazy huge but enough to be a pain. Random usernames, junk profile links, then the occasional post that looks like it was scraped from three different places and run through a blender. I’ve had a couple get through too if I’m not watching the queue. Feels like the usual bot junk, not some mystery traffic thing. I didn’t see anything weird on the legit user side, just the same low-effort spam crap.

[Pike]

Yeah, same here. Not a huge flood, but enough to be annoying as hell. Random signups, junk links, couple posts slipping through if I’m not watching the queue. Usual bot trash, nothing mysterious.

[Pike]

Yeah, seeing it too. Same dumb pattern — burner signups, profile-link junk, then one or two posts that somehow make it through if you blink. Well, Honestly feels like the same wave every few weeks. I’ve had better luck just nuking the obvious stuff fast than trying to tweak settings forever. The settings help a bit, but it never really stops it, just slows the idiots down.

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