How come the most players online is 443 when we only have 334 players?

[JoeMaster13]

Look at the total members and most online.

[micahdg]

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

[JoeMaster13]

What is a spambot?

[roadkilered]

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.

[JoeMaster13]

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.

[roadkilered]

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.

[micahdg]

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?

[roadkilered]

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

[micahdg]

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...