Forums → Support Forum → [necro] A way to keep out spammers that post with 4-3 words.

Uhmmm yea maybe.. But they could go for example:
ya ya ya ya ya ya ya. I think that counts as spawn as well. Its a good idea, and i know what you mean, but there will be to many loop holes for spammers.

wow mr... lol same idea as me. ahh JINX. XD
Anyways i meant spam not spawn.. sry bout the dbl post

There should be a word limit too like for example you post the the the the the the the the the; there should be a limit of how much you post that word!!

ske, this idea has already been suggested. as to the word limit, thats quite a bad idea because if you were writing a merit post, you may say "the" quite alot.

Ya i must agree... Hmmm it is a good idea thow. But its not only that. People can instead write just 7 words. Instead of I like PS3. I really really like the ps3. Its just spammers will constantly find new ways of screwing up topics. Its in there blood.

How about about if the word is repeated 2 times or more in a row then the a message will pop up saying: There cannot be 2 words in a row.

This has been suggested many times.
This would take way too much coding, and what if you were saying a small message that was your E-mail, or such. That would get aggravating. Also, spammers would just get around it by doing this: "Bob bob bob bob bob bob bob"

This is a no, I think.

I suggested this is the past before, but Carlie told me that spammers will find a way to get through any restriction no matter what. Word limits, double word take aways, blockers, they all don't work.

So As I said few days/weeks ago, there is really no way to make this site 100% spam-free, as far as I know, or not make that for long.

Ban, or warn the members.

Also, not all posts are spam when beneath 5 words. I got a full point across in the above sentence without the need for excessive explanation. It's easy as warning, or banning if it's spam.

It's easy as warning, or banning if it's spam

um making the two word limit thing.. that wont work either, cuz there are sentences that do involve 2 same words right after each other. Ex: If something happens to you, you can be upset or happy. See?
The word limit just wont help at all. We are starting to get into alot of coding here, and it's just gonna be useless because spammers will find a way through that

Oh ok now I get it, so spammers will find a way, oh well at least I tried helping.

I think this idea is less better than the one Shin made.

Invisible sumbit button.If you post 3 words the sumbit button wont asppear.If you put 6 words then it will apppear and let you submit.

Users would just use this:

"This game's bad bad bad i hate it"

to get around simple things like this..sorry but it just wouldnt work out.