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    05-07-2012 09:57 PM #1
    I don't know if you have noticed but lately there's just been a crap load of bots in TCL and OT forums. Not sure if it's like this on other forums. About every other day there's some bogus post/thread being made by a bot and it's pretty annoying.

    Can anything be done about this? I don't know what registration is like now but perhaps you can implement a captcha in the registration process to decrease/eliminate bots?

    Thanks

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    05-07-2012 10:35 PM #2
    doesn't matter...they slip by.

    you should see the number of spammers/bots that DO get caught by the registration process...it's amazing

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    05-08-2012 07:22 PM #3
    wouldn't implementing captcha reduce the amount that slip by? Better than whatever the amount is now..or is implementing that a lot easier said than done and not worth it?

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    05-14-2012 10:26 AM #4
    I think its interesting that they now are double-teaming. Have one make a question, and a second answer it with their spam-link.

    I wish "Report Spam" would launch a tactical strike against their website.

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