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Yeah, same here. It’s been a constant drip lately, not even the usual “one bad day” thing. If they’re getting past moderation, I’d check whether they’re all coming from the same IP ranges / email patterns. Half the time it’s the same junk with slightly different names, which is just annoying more than clever. I’d also tighten anything that’s too easy to brute-force through, because once they find a weak spot they keep hammering it. And honestly, if you’ve got any of those “easy signup” plugins or old form stuff lying around, I’d nuke it. 40 in a morning is ridiculous though. That’s not random, that’s somebody’s little bot pile. At least lately.
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Yeah, that’s basically been my week too. Usually it’s the same dumb pattern — fresh accounts, random usernames, junk emails, then they start poking at the same signup path over and over. If they’re getting through moderation, I’d look at whether the bot’s just learning your exact form flow and timing. I’ve seen a couple forums get hit harder after some plugin update too, so I’d check anything old or half-broken in the signup stack. 40 in a morning is not “normal spam,” that’s a script somewhere chewing on it.
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Realistically, yeah, same garbage here. It’s usually not even “smart” spam, just a bot farm hammering the same weak signup path until something slips through. I’d check the boring stuff first: IP patterns, user agents, and whether they’re all hitting the same timing window after signup. Also worth looking at whether they’re getting in through email verification or just exploiting whatever moderation queue you’ve got. Half the time the “fix” is some old plugin or a form endpoint nobody’s touched in ages. If it’s 40 in a morning, that’s not random noise. Somebody found your door and is rattling it all day.
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In most cases, usually, yep. Same here, and it’s usually not even a “spam wave” so much as one bot crew just grinding the same signup route until something slips. If they’re getting past moderation, I’d stop trusting the obvious stuff and check the logs for patterns — same ASNs, same user agents, same weird timing after form submit. Half the time it’s some busted plugin or old signup path nobody remembers touching.
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Okay then. To be fair, yeah, same crap here. It’s never “a little spam,” it’s always some dumb bot swarm deciding your forum looks tasty for the week. If they’re getting past moderation, I’d be more suspicious of whatever’s sitting in the signup flow than the spam itself. Half the time it’s some forgotten add-on doing something stupid in the background and nobody notices until the junk starts piling…
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