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https://vesc-project.com/comment/6667#comment-6667
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6375#comment-6375
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6666#comment-6666
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6659#comment-6659
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6657#comment-6657
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6607#comment-6607
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6574#comment-6574
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6521#comment-6521
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6488#comment-6488
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6395#comment-6395
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6652#comment-6652
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6653#comment-6653
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6651#comment-6651
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6478#comment-6478
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6477#comment-6477
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6476#comment-6476
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6475#comment-6475
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6311#comment-6311
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6650#comment-6650
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6636#comment-6636
https://vesc-project.com/node/2740
https://vesc-project.com/node/2739
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6634#comment-6634
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6633#comment-6633
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6632#comment-6632
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6215#comment-6215
https://vesc-project.com/comment/5314#comment-5314
https://vesc-project.com/comment/5092#comment-5092
https://vesc-project.com/comment/4954#comment-4954
https://vesc-project.com/comment/4878#comment-4878
https://vesc-project.com/comment/4297#comment-4297
https://vesc-project.com/comment/4241#comment-4241
 

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A good challenge at the registration is all you need. Not google searchable one. That has worked so well for me. Almost a year spam free.

 

 

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Thanks for reporting the spam, deleted them now. I have installed the recaptcha module now, hope that helps a bit. Now there is cleantalk, the challenge question, recapcha, honeypot and email verification. It is just insane how many spammers and spambots are out there...

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I suppose this counts as well:
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6691#comment-6691

 

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It's still getting though with these math questions
https://vesc-project.com/comment/6702#comment-6702

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Using a math question as a challenge to weed out spam is not a good idea. Math is what machines are best at. You want to use a question with an answer that is obvious to your target community but not obvious to a machine. That's not an easy thing to come up with but once you find it, there will be almost zero spam. 

 

 

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Thanks for reporting again, they are now deleted.

There is not only the math question at the login, there is also a question and a recaptcha where the account is created:

2021-01-11_11-40.png

There is also the paid cleantalk-module that checks every registration against a database with known spammers that they maintain.

This reduces the spam a lot, but does not completely get rid of it. Please let me know if there is anything else I can try or if you can come up with a better question.

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Hi,

I am no means an expert on this, but isn't it an efficient way to create an obstacle for a bot by adding intentionally mistake to the question? And maybe also to add mixed logic to the same question?

For the registry like:

"This site should work without spams, so to get rid of them please write down below what this site is about and also what <siix plus 1> is in the same line (sum 4+1 characters)."

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Can we do a bigger step ? Switch to another System with some more features like email-notification etc... I like the xenForo Software used bei pedelecforum.de

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Well, spam's not gotten any better. Any chance of report buttons on posts and an active moderator?

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In the challenge question during registration, you don't want the answer to be too obvious. Like "VESC". It can't be googlable either. At least not in the first 5 search results.

It needs to be somewhat a little challenging to get people thinking, requiring some context to get it right. For example, on my site I am asking: "What powers your favorite vehicle?" The answer is "electricity". That got the spam to zero.  It may also be a good idea to rotate the questions/answers.

Math questions are very much useless. And that google recaptcha is better than nothing but has long been beaten by robo spammers. The one with the picture is way more effective.

 

 

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Looks like the spam is not only present in the forum of this site, but also at the "Documentation" page. A lot of spam messages at the "VESC Hardware" page: https://vesc-project.com/node/311

Edit.: More spam 

https://vesc-project.com/node/3030

https://vesc-project.com/comment/7643#comment-7643

https://vesc-project.com/node/3028

Lot of spam replies here: https://vesc-project.com/node/2825

https://vesc-project.com/node/3026

https://vesc-project.com/comment/7454#comment-7454

https://vesc-project.com/comment/7627#comment-7627

Lot of spam replies here: https://vesc-project.com/node/1507

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All deleted! THX again.

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Sorted.

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All sorted out, thx.

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https://vesc-project.com/node/148

^^This one even has a spambot that is providing some relevant information to the forum topic, then a spam link. Scary stuff.

Is this the only location on vesc-project where a user can report spam?

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