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Author Topic: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?  (Read 3999 times)

Offline JoeMaster13

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How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
« Opened on August 26, 2012, 07:16:10 AM (Edited September 18, 2012, 12:21:57 PM) »
Look at the total members and most online.


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Offline micahdg

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We had a big spambot problem when we first set up the forums.
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Offline JoeMaster13

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What is a spambot?
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A spambot is a fake account that is used to advertise products or link to malicious websites. Think of it as a person  that sends junk emails to you.
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I hate it when that happens. How do you know if someone is a spambot. Doesn't the player log into Minecraft and join the server then create an account or do they just google web sites and make false accounts and advertise or be annoying.
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I look trough the memberlist and if I see that they have a website advertising some type of irrelevant products like handbags ,I assume it is a fake account. I just hover my mouse over the link.. I do not actually click on them.
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Offline micahdg

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We implemented that check at registration which requires you to identify the minecraft block and since then, the spambot registrations have dropped to about zero. Have you been finding any road?
BNVS.<tyty1147> acualy
BNVS.<tyty1147> ima do a test
tyty1147 lost connection: disconnect.quitting
tyty1147 lost connection
tyty1147 lost connection

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I don't see posts anymore at all... I just see fake accounts with links to advertisements.
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Hmmm... I'll try to keep an eye on that too then. It's likely that a human is doing the registration process but then the bot is failing at posting...
BNVS.<tyty1147> acualy
BNVS.<tyty1147> ima do a test
tyty1147 lost connection: disconnect.quitting
tyty1147 lost connection
tyty1147 lost connection