Yay! Spammers moved to IMs now

Fionalein

an old grumpy cat
Joined
Jul 30, 2019
Messages
1,849
SL Rez
2017
What the title says, I just got an IM with a link to a sex site. I cannot offer a solution idea either as I'm no fan of restricting IMs to users with a certain post count.. maybe a 24 hour ban from IMing after account creationn would help but again I fear they wil adapt to that as well.
 

Fionalein

an old grumpy cat
Joined
Jul 30, 2019
Messages
1,849
SL Rez
2017
Oh, I guess it missed me.

I must be especially innocent :D
I guess the bot algorithm just scanned the recent posters, they even personalized the message by including the userame in the text. While I'm stil annoyed I highly appreciate the effort they took.

Ohh here is an idea: limit IMs per minute. While I can see some highly technophile user with several tabs open sending 5 IMs within 10 seconds... I'd say more than 10 a minute will be pretty hard for humans to do.
 

GoblinCampFollower

Well-known member
Joined
Sep 20, 2018
Messages
5,390
SL Rez
2007
What the title says, I just got an IM with a link to a sex site. I cannot offer a solution idea either as I'm no fan of restricting IMs to users with a certain post count.. maybe a 24 hour ban from IMing after account creationn would help but again I fear they wil adapt to that as well.
I think this may be the only option... requiring 5 posts sounds reasonable and would make this much harder to do.

I also like the idea of a restriction on IM's sent per minute. Even 10 per minute is a lot for human users I think. I usually am sending letters that take a while to type...
 

Fionalein

an old grumpy cat
Joined
Jul 30, 2019
Messages
1,849
SL Rez
2017
I usually am sending letters that take a while to type...
Same, but I often spellcheck, look up links, crossrefference between IM and public post and then finally send 3 at once.... or at least try to as some forums tell me I have to wait 30s between postings 😿

I deliberately suggested an inhumanly high number as it would still hamper bots but hardly ever affect real users. 10 is something no sane human would usually achieve unless very specific situations like several users asking for spicey details on something you don't want to post publicly and you just copy paste them a "here you go {%LINK}" message. So I think it is possible but clearly hard to pull off.
 
Last edited:
  • 1Thanks
Reactions: GoblinCampFollower

Romana

The Timeless Child
Joined
Sep 21, 2018
Messages
5,097
SL Rez
2010
They're still going. I got it today. How do I delete the damn thing, anyway?
Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet, but I can't find the delete button once you select it.
 

Rose Karuna

Childless Crazy Cat Lady
VVO Supporter 🍦🎈👾❤
Joined
Sep 24, 2018
Messages
2,455
Location
Central Florida
SL Rez
2005
Joined SLU
2007
They're still going. I got it today. How do I delete the damn thing, anyway?
Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet, but I can't find the delete button once you select it.
When I went into messages someone had already deleted it for me. I did get the email though.
 
  • 1OMG!
Reactions: Fionalein

WolfEyes

Well known member no one knows
Joined
Sep 20, 2018
Messages
4,502
SL Rez
2004
Joined SLU
2009
Same, but I often spellcheck, look up links, crossrefference between IM and public post and then finally send 3 at once.... or at least try to as some forums tell me I have to wait 30s between postings 😿

I deliberately suggested an inhumanly high number as it would still hamper bots but hardly ever affect real users. 10 is something no sane human would usually achieve unless very specific situations like several users asking for spicey details on something you don't want to post publicly and you just copy paste them a "here you go {%LINK}" message. So I think it is possible but clearly hard to pull off.
You've never met samanthaprater Resident have you. Hundreds of posts, emails, voice mails in the span of an hour. On more than one platform. She's had many names. I could give you a taste of that nightmare but I'm not that cruel.
 
  • 1Wow!
Reactions: Tirellia

Fionalein

an old grumpy cat
Joined
Jul 30, 2019
Messages
1,849
SL Rez
2017
You've never met samanthaprater Resident have you. Hundreds of posts, emails, voice mails in the span of an hour. On more than one platform. She's had many names. I could give you a taste of that nightmare but I'm not that cruel.
She had a very brief interlude in SLU... better don't mention her.
 
Last edited:

WolfEyes

Well known member no one knows
Joined
Sep 20, 2018
Messages
4,502
SL Rez
2004
Joined SLU
2009
She had a very brief interlude in SLU... better don't mention her.
I know. I was one of the two people I know of that warned Cris about her. That was almost a year ago.

Matter of fact, she is still spewing her lies where ever she can get away with it. She's been doing the same thing every day for over 3 years now. She never stopped. Energizer bunny has nothing on her.
 

WolfEyes

Well known member no one knows
Joined
Sep 20, 2018
Messages
4,502
SL Rez
2004
Joined SLU
2009
They're still going. I got it today. How do I delete the damn thing, anyway?
Maybe I haven't had enough coffee yet, but I can't find the delete button once you select it.
I haven't gotten one.... yet.

...


Nope. I'm not that lucky. I'll get one sooner or later. :shakefist:
 
  • 1LOL
Reactions: Sid

Tirellia

Cold and Wet
Joined
Sep 20, 2018
Messages
424
SL Rez
2007
Joined SLU
2014
SLU Posts
320
Matter of fact, she is still spewing her lies where ever she can get away with it. She's been doing the same thing every day for over 3 years now. She never stopped. Energizer bunny has nothing on her.
All the roleplaying groups in SL. Friendliness, over-friendliness, enthusiasm, over-enthusiasm, anger, rejection, more anger, hate, disappearance, silence, apologies, accusations. Rinse and repeat.
 

Maggy Hazelnut

Cat Herder
Joined
Sep 20, 2018
Messages
370
Location
N. Cascade Mtns
Joined SLU
March 2009
SLU Posts
1332
Today was my turn to get a message from someone named ceron75 advertising his/her porn site. He/she's still online to apparently sending out more porn links.
 
  • 1Thanks
Reactions: Free