No-explained ban? What the...

Are you experiencing any issue while using this forum? Post it here!
Post Reply
User avatar
The MNZ
Posts: 1203
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:50 pm
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Britannia

No-explained ban? What the...

Post by The MNZ »

I'd like to know the reason of permanent ban of this account 1 hour after creation. The reason wasn't explained on banlist.
User avatar
GeneSuomi
Posts: 1137
Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:15 pm
Location: Finland

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by GeneSuomi »

As far as I remember it was a bot which advertised something
And the story was whatever was the song what it was
User avatar
Buka
Posts: 2037
Joined: Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:30 pm
Location: Ukraine, Kyiv
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Buka »

The MNZ wrote:I'd like to know the reason of permanent ban of this account 1 hour after creation. The reason wasn't explained on banlist.
The reason is obvious from the name, IMHO. Spamming.
User avatar
Trigger Happy
GeneRally Trackmaster
Posts: 7134
Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:54 pm
Location: CZE
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Trigger Happy »

To explain bit more, where problem happened: in banning form are two rows - ''Reason for ban'' and ''Reason shown to the banned'' - the second displays the info in ban list. By mistake Paw filled just the first of the rows by reason ''spamming''.

And yes, it was spambot.
User avatar
Alex
Posts: 2319
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:35 pm
Location: Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Alex »

This guy actually managed to post 3 times, putting an actual guess to my guess a car round. But yeah, he is a moronic spammer.
Look to the left ----------------> that's to the right, mate :(
Owner of Team GeneAlex
GRACE S1 - 25th out of 47 drivers and 14th out of 18 teams. Not bad for a first season eh?
GRC S18 - 15th out of 26 (7th out of 14 in junior standings)
User avatar
Alex
Posts: 2319
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:35 pm
Location: Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Alex »

And sorry to bump but why did adellara get banned yesterday? Did he post an advert or spam a topic or something?
Look to the left ----------------> that's to the right, mate :(
Owner of Team GeneAlex
GRACE S1 - 25th out of 47 drivers and 14th out of 18 teams. Not bad for a first season eh?
GRC S18 - 15th out of 26 (7th out of 14 in junior standings)
User avatar
Trigger Happy
GeneRally Trackmaster
Posts: 7134
Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:54 pm
Location: CZE
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Trigger Happy »

There's reason: spamming. It's so obvious, that your question is useless, because includes searched answer.
User avatar
Alex
Posts: 2319
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:35 pm
Location: Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Alex »

Ah thanks, I just saw another forum and the cheeky little guy edited his posts days after he originally posted it. How ingenious of the slimy little git! :misch:
Look to the left ----------------> that's to the right, mate :(
Owner of Team GeneAlex
GRACE S1 - 25th out of 47 drivers and 14th out of 18 teams. Not bad for a first season eh?
GRC S18 - 15th out of 26 (7th out of 14 in junior standings)
User avatar
XYY
GeneRally Trackmaster
Posts: 4813
Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:37 pm
Location: Germany (NRW)

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by XYY »

Sorry to get up such an old one but why was "quality123" banned forever? Did he do something worse than all the other spammers? :D
User avatar
Alex
Posts: 2319
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:35 pm
Location: Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Alex »

Yeah, I just wanna see his post just for lulz and a hate PM/email
Look to the left ----------------> that's to the right, mate :(
Owner of Team GeneAlex
GRACE S1 - 25th out of 47 drivers and 14th out of 18 teams. Not bad for a first season eh?
GRC S18 - 15th out of 26 (7th out of 14 in junior standings)
User avatar
Trigger Happy
GeneRally Trackmaster
Posts: 7134
Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:54 pm
Location: CZE
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Trigger Happy »

XYY wrote:Sorry to get up such an old one but why was "quality123" banned forever? Did he do something worse than all the other spammers? :D
Solved, thanks. ;)
User avatar
SammieVL
Posts: 1080
Joined: Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:16 am
Location: Roermond, the Netherlands

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by SammieVL »

Because this is about bans, im just asking - why do spambots and such first get banned and then just their account removed?

Cant you just remove their account in once instead of blocking them first?
Do you have/need useful GeneRally tips & tricks?

Well...

The Great Track Tips & Tricks Topic
User avatar
Alex
Posts: 2319
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:35 pm
Location: Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Alex »

Yeah why can't we just get rid of them? Or permanently ban their user name so they won't be able to rejoin?
Look to the left ----------------> that's to the right, mate :(
Owner of Team GeneAlex
GRACE S1 - 25th out of 47 drivers and 14th out of 18 teams. Not bad for a first season eh?
GRC S18 - 15th out of 26 (7th out of 14 in junior standings)
User avatar
DuklaLiberec
Posts: 1853
Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:54 pm
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by DuklaLiberec »

I've got a sugesstion, which also works at new spammers: If a user post a post, a mod or an admin have to approve their post. If the user gets three approvals, he'll be able to use all forum features and to post without approvals. I know it from another forum and no spambot has succeeded to spam after the admin had brought it in there. ;)
User avatar
Alex
Posts: 2319
Joined: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:35 pm
Location: Kingston Upon Hull, UK
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Alex »

Bob Barker wrote:I've got a sugesstion, which also works at new spammers: If a user post a post, a mod or an admin have to approve their post. If the user gets three approvals, he'll be able to use all forum features and to post without approvals. I know it from another forum and no spambot has succeeded to spam after the admin had brought it in there. ;)
:loveyou: Brilliant idea! :D
Look to the left ----------------> that's to the right, mate :(
Owner of Team GeneAlex
GRACE S1 - 25th out of 47 drivers and 14th out of 18 teams. Not bad for a first season eh?
GRC S18 - 15th out of 26 (7th out of 14 in junior standings)
User avatar
Lukeno94
GeneRally Carmaster
Posts: 4128
Joined: Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:59 am

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Lukeno94 »

The reason usernames aren't perma-banned is so that legitimate users can register in the future with those names, also, theoretically, a massive attack on the forum could end up with lots of perma-banned accounts that make a mess everywhere, I would guess. xD
User avatar
Trigger Happy
GeneRally Trackmaster
Posts: 7134
Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:54 pm
Location: CZE
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by Trigger Happy »

Bob Barker wrote:I've got a sugesstion, which also works at new spammers: If a user post a post, a mod or an admin have to approve their post. If the user gets three approvals, he'll be able to use all forum features and to post without approvals. I know it from another forum and no spambot has succeeded to spam after the admin had brought it in there. ;)
Definitely possible and commonly used option, but no, we're trying to keep this forum new-users friendly, so we don't use any settings like avatar/signature/PMs/BBCodes/smilies/posting new topic after 3rd/5th/10th post, similarly we don't want to bother the majority of fair new users by being under an approval for first posts and waiting on mods actions just because the 2-4 spam posts per 2-3 weeks.
User avatar
DuklaLiberec
Posts: 1853
Joined: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:54 pm
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: No-explained ban? What the...

Post by DuklaLiberec »

@Ivo: I can understand your argument. ;) It would be okay if you won't use this function, because our forum isn't that much affected by spammers.
Post Reply