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bot storms
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:30 pm
by rlown
What is up with the bot storms lately?
Re: bot storms
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:52 am
by ERIC
At this point, it appears to be pretty normal. Usually only lasts for a few days.
Re: bot storms
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:37 pm
by rlown
Might as well not show the stats anymore. They seem to be pushing 500-1000 every day.
Re: bot storms
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:50 am
by ERIC
I was able to track down and block a Chinese search engine crawler that's been part of, if not all of the problem.
Re: bot storms
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:53 am
by rlown
Re: bot storms
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:10 am
by Wandering Daisy
I think we have some scam stuff today. Could you check it out? If I go to the post and notify this way, is there any chance my computer will get infected?
Re: bot storms
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:12 am
by ERIC
Hey WD. Sorry, I'm not following. What are you observing that leads you to believe there is scam stuff going on? A particular post? PM?
Unless someone posts/PMs you a bad link that you click on, there's no way this site will infect your computer.
Re: bot storms
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:08 am
by Wandering Daisy
The two posts have now been removed. Someone else must have done this. Thanks for the reassurance that flagging these posts will not infect my computer. It was in the backpacking sub-forum.
Re: bot storms
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:47 am
by ERIC
Oh, I see what you were asking now. No, using the "report this post" button is not only safe, its use is appreciated by the Admin/Mod team. When you do report a post, we get notified with a direct link to the post and it gets taken care of much more quickly.
Re: bot storms
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:30 pm
by maverick
The two posts have now been removed. Someone else must have done this.