Spam / Forum Password

[PyTom]

I give up.

To stop the unending and wearying waves of spammers, I've set a password that new members are required to know to join the LSF. Members with at least 5 posts can find the password at:

viewtopic.php?f=72&t=56372

Feel free to give this to anyone legit, but don't post it publicly. I've also created a channel on the Ren'Py discord where new users can ask for it. The will be changed on an as-necessary basis.

Thanks to spammers, the permissionless Internet is no more.

[Imperf3kt]

I understand the difficulty of this decision.

If you require additional moderation help, I'm sure there are a few members who are more than capable/willing to help.

[arty]

I'm really glad you took this step. I felt really sorry for the mods with how the waves of spammers just kept coming every day, and it discouraged me from checking the forums.

[LateWhiteRabbit]

I'm glad you took this step, because the spam was really getting out of control.

I feel it's necessary, unfortunately. It was getting discouraging to check the forums and see so many new topics that weren't actually new topics.

[PyTom]

I feel it's necessary, unfortunately. It was getting discouraging to check the forums and see so many new topics that weren't actually new topics.

This is, honestly, why I did it.

[Dodo]

It sucks that it had to come to this but I agree with your decision completely. Some people get a kick out of ruining it for others :/

[PyTom]

I've cleaned up at bit more of the spam mess, by going in and deleting some of the profile fields from users with 0 posts. Hopefully, this will get rid of some of the stealth spam, where users would add links to their profiles.