Famcraft

Pleas and Troubleshooting => Bugs and glitches => Topic started by: JoeMaster13 on August 26, 2012, 07:16:10 AM

Title: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: JoeMaster13 on August 26, 2012, 07:16:10 AM

Look at the total members and most online.


(http://i.imgur.com/ehuvRl.jpg)

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: micahdg on August 26, 2012, 12:41:45 PM

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

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: JoeMaster13 on August 26, 2012, 01:18:40 PM

What is a spambot?

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: roadkilered on August 26, 2012, 03:33:26 PM

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.

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: JoeMaster13 on August 26, 2012, 03:41:36 PM

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.

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: roadkilered on August 26, 2012, 04:02:19 PM

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.

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: micahdg on August 26, 2012, 05:30:42 PM

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?

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: roadkilered on August 26, 2012, 07:18:37 PM

I don't see posts anymore at all... I just see fake accounts with links to advertisements.

Title: Re: How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?
Post by: micahdg on August 26, 2012, 09:51:13 PM

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...