# Might this be the shortest-lived Doper ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 11, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439 "2008-10-11T05:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/1 "2008-10-11T05:46:03Z")
[madhuri123](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=3701815) 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/2 "2008-10-11T10:20:34Z")
I don’t know - the link doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/3 "2008-10-11T12:28:20Z")
Nah. We get some in 1-2 minutes. We sometimes catch them before they can post, just because we find their name suspicious and check. Hell, now that **Marley’s** on the job :eek: I’ve seen him ban guys that were just sitting at home in India/Russia who were just _thinking_ about signing up on the SDMB. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/4 "2008-10-11T16:33:40Z")
It seemed like the **TOOT** sock was pretty short lived. [note]The preceeding post contained a clever anagram designed to avoid acrimony.[/note] ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/5 "2008-10-11T18:17:49Z")
People who sign up with user names like **BuyV1agra** have life of a couple of minutes usually. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/6 "2008-10-11T22:53:41Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Nah. We get some in 1-2 minutes. We sometimes catch them before they can post, just because we find their name suspicious and check. > > Hell, now that **Marley’s** on the job :eek: > > I’ve seen him ban guys that were just sitting at home in India/Russia who were just _thinking_ about signing up on the SDMB. 😛 You people may think he’s kidding, but he’s only exaggerating a bit. 😉 I’ve definitely nailed some spammers in two minutes or less. They’re not hard to identify, and it’s fun to take them out. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/7 "2008-10-11T22:54:35Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > It seemed like the **TOOT** sock was pretty short lived. Seven minutes, tops. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/8 "2008-10-12T05:58:09Z")
This is good to hear. I am on some message lists where it takes days for someone to get bounced. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/9 "2008-10-12T06:46:29Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I’ve seen him ban guys that were just sitting at home in **India** /Russia who were just _thinking_ about signing up on the SDMB. 😛 what the ..?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/10 "2008-10-12T11:17:32Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > People who sign up with user names like **BuyV1agra** have life of a couple of minutes usually. Yeah, people like that are just begging to be banned as soon as someone sees them. It almost seems unsporting. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/11 "2008-10-12T14:56:26Z")
Do you guys have a captcha registration thingie? I thought that was supposed to keep the spambots out. Then again perhaps the lowlifes have a captcha decoder program or something… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/12 "2008-10-12T15:48:17Z")
We do, and as far as I know, it does. But we get spammed by carbon-based lifeforms too. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/13 "2008-10-12T15:58:51Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > We do, and as far as I know, it does. But we get spammed by carbon-based lifeforms too. Obviously what’s needed is a new CAPTCHA technique that selects for higher vertebrates and weeds out things like slime mold and spammers. Why not a CAPTCHA image of a simple problem like 2+2, and make the user type the answer. Humans and some birds would have no problem solving it, but trolls and spammers would at least have to ask someone for help. Damn! By posting this here first I just lost the ability to patent my idea, didn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/14 "2008-10-12T16:16:49Z")
Maybe it can screen out any registrant who performs mitosis or asexual reproduction or something. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/15 "2008-10-12T16:19:15Z")
Hey! What I do at my computer _besides_ surf the Dope is none of your bussiness! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/16 "2008-10-12T17:48:16Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > Hey! What I do at my computer _besides_ surf the Dope is none of your bussiness! If’n I was a mitosiser, I shore wouldn’t be broadcasting that around… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/17 "2008-10-12T17:52:07Z")
Modding sounds like fun. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-this-be-the-shortest-lived-doper-ever/467439/18 "2008-10-12T18:31:53Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Modding sounds like fun. Easily the dumbest thing I ever volunteered for. It’s sucked up hours of my day, every day. Time I used to spend actually reading and _enjoying_ the SDMB. This isn’t to say that I wouldn’t do it all again. I would.