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The "Buy Used Car" Bot

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Norucabe at 5 Jul 2011: 18:39

So okay then, what the hell's with the obvious fucking BOT spamming all over fchan? Can someone possibly ban the creator, or delete all the posts or something? These bot posts are uselessly bumping up many threads, and I've seen that we've lost more than ten really good threads because of the spam bumping! NOT WANT!

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at 7 Jul 2011: 04:18

I say let the bot stay, at least it's activity.
Which this site would have more of, if it didn't have such a fuckhuge DNP (90% can't draw worth poots) and admins didn't run the place like a daycare with power-drunk nannies.

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at 8 Jul 2011: 07:18

I think they're hilarious, considering the content of fchan.

*posts pic of dragon taking a shit*
"Awesome, source?"
"I agree. Buy this used car."

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at 8 Jul 2011: 11:22

A captcha is required to post in /d/ and other discussion forums. Why isn't one required to post in the image boards?

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at 8 Jul 2011: 12:41

>>4

Becuase those are silly, and make chans grind to a absolute halt. Nobody wants to write a captcha per post, it just makes all people leave in the end.

I set up some things that i think will stop the bot for awhile. Lets see what happens.


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at 8 Oct 2011: 08:40

The captcha is certainly slowing me down here... as i'm on a mobile hotspot i have to reload the pic through a trick key combo before it shows the correct one :)

But other than that it's not too much of an issue. just a few characters.

Problem with using it in image threads is that it means you can't use directory dumpers and the like, which are very handy tools for (and for encouraging people to) upload(ing) a 30-page comic, or a set of images from a particular artist/theme, which are the lifeblood of some threads.

Surely if people like the entertainment value the bot brings, meaning it can't just be IP-banned (or have it's particular phrases filtered out if the post consists of nothing else), perhaps it can be forced to auto-sage? Therefore it won't over-bump those threads.

(Though if it's doing it in response to other people's posts, won't it only do it in ones that have already been recently bumped?)

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