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July 03, 2023 at
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This is getting ridiculous. Maybe the answer is having new joiners answer a couple sprint car questions that are either common knowledge for most of us, or a little harder requiring a look up. These clowns will have no clue as to the answers. Correct answers, you are in. Miss a question, admission denied. Just a thought
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July 03, 2023 at
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And NO, sending emails back to them will NOT work
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July 03, 2023 at
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Posted By: maddog53 on July 03 2023 at 07:47:52 AM
This is getting ridiculous. Maybe the answer is having new joiners answer a couple sprint car questions that are either common knowledge for most of us, or a little harder requiring a look up. These clowns will have no clue as to the answers. Correct answers, you are in. Miss a question, admission denied. Just a thought
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That might be worth a shot. Clearly nothing else is working.
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July 03, 2023 at
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411 - I forwarded this 'CATCHA' sort of idea post to Jeff this morning to see if it's something that can be programmed within the confines of the software he uses.
He also has finished the programming so I can delete/ban these spammers in a one-step process.
So at least if the spammers figure out their 'efforts' are short-lived, maybe they'll move on to somewhere else.
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July 03, 2023 at
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Posted By: dmantx on July 03 2023 at 11:45:27 AM
411 - I forwarded this 'CATCHA' sort of idea post to Jeff this morning to see if it's something that can be programmed within the confines of the software he uses.
He also has finished the programming so I can delete/ban these spammers in a one-step process.
So at least if the spammers figure out their 'efforts' are short-lived, maybe they'll move on to somewhere else.
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I see a problem with this as well because if any of these are actually 'people' posting these, they, along with us can figure those out. Obviously if it is a computer, no. Plus, will we have to do one of thise 'captcha's every time we log in? No need for that. I think my suggestion is best as it leaves those of us already here, to be able to freely post. Only newcomers will be asked the initial couple of questions. No answers, no join
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July 03, 2023 at
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Alternatively, the forums could be moved from a 1995 platform to one from at least post-2010, any of which would immediately solve all of this and can be integrated in less than a day lol.
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July 03, 2023 at
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That's fine--just don't complain about why your 1995 tech isn't working in 2023 times lol.
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July 03, 2023 at
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Posted By: j20s on July 03 2023 at 01:23:34 PM
Alternatively, the forums could be moved from a 1995 platform to one from at least post-2010, any of which would immediately solve all of this and can be integrated in less than a day lol.
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That would work. Of course, it would take some money to do that. That could raise the cost of what you pay to enjoy Hoseheads.
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July 03, 2023 at
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A new spammer post just popped up.
And the new button Jeff made for me worked to delete their account - and deleted a previous post of theirs as well...so there's no reason anymore to email the spammer to delete their account.
So lets see how this goes going forward.
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