General Questions under spam attack

That amardas is one ambitious fellow. Imagine what he could accomplish if he used his powers in a positive way!

Or evil…

You think he could empower me to shoot spiders out of my eyes?

People would fear me if I could shoot spiders out of my eyes.

Seriously, there needs to be some kind of limit on threads per minute for a given user.

Not just 900 numbers. The “+” means that you’re supposed to dial international, and “91” is the country code for India.

There really does, and it’s speeding up now.

It’s been posting for almost five hours!

Well, you do have to wait 60 seconds between posts.

We need Jack Bauer on the job!

knock knock knock

Colibri…

knock knock knock

Colibri…

knock knock knock

Colibri…

There is. One a minute. Or does the board hate only me?

I’m picturing some poor schmuck in the slums, posting fervently, and wondering why he hasn’t received one call.

“Maybe if I post just one moooore…”

"Chloe, I need a trace on that number now! Chloe? Chloe?!! …Dammit!!!"

I think someone is on it. The spam thread that was here in ATMB is gone.

Per 5 minutes, or per hour, or per day, or something. One per minute is obviously not enough of a restriction.

It’s almost certainly being done by software.

(I know)

But still, the visual is priceless.

:smack:

Of course. This is an inside job.:smiley:

It’s still ongoing in GQ.

I think a mod may be on it. It seems to have stopped, but the old threads aren’t gone yet.

Either that, or the spammer has moved on to a forum with gullible users.

Gah! I spoke to soon. It has started up under a different name.

OOOH! A sock! He’s soooo banned!