I have been running a forum (http://www.scaffoldersforum.com) for around 16 months and all of a sudden we are getting bombarded with "spam" signups. Although most users are not actually spamming the forum, I don't want our member count to become artificially inflated.
Our Forum Is Getting Loads Of Spam Signups
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do you have any spam prevention mods in place? -
We have recaptcha on signups and we have Typepad antispam beta.
It is very strange that we have had a massive increase in spam during the last week or so. Previously we would get a couple of spam signups a week, but during the last week we are getting 10-15 a day?Comment
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I would add a few more
there are some good articles on stopping spam at the org and maybe even here as wellComment
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im getting the same thing, i have image catpcha, then questions, then recaptcha, and they STILL get through, i have noticed a huge increase in the last week as well. like you, 10 or 15 a day, they post like 5-8 intro threads all over the site, no links though.Comment
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