Don't allow URL's in the title

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Don't allow URL's in the title - Bish0pQ - 03-21-2018

Hello everyone,

So I'm pretty sure everyone that is active here has seen a thread like this pop-up:

Spoiler:

Now I've seen tons of these threads and reported them all, but I just thought that it would be easy to just disallow URL's in the title field, since they ALL put a URL in the title field. Now, maybe this could be extended by allowing it for members that are bronze or have > 10 posts or whatever but I think this would greatly lower the burdain on staff and it would keep the forum a little bit more clean.

What are your opinions about this?

RE: Don't allow URL's in the title - mothered - 03-21-2018

I'm all for this.

I keep having to deal with spam on a daily basis, one as recent as an hour ago. Unless I sift through all logs, I couldn't put a figure on the number of bans I've hit.

RE: Don't allow URL's in the title - Bish0pQ - 03-24-2018

(03-21-2018, 11:25 AM)mothered Wrote: I'm all for this.

I keep having to deal with spam on a daily basis, one as recent as an hour ago. Unless I sift through all logs, I couldn't put a figure on the number of bans I've hit.

I can imagine, I see SPAM like this AT LEAST 2 times a day, and you mods already have your hands full with moving threads and checking content... So this should be something that could easily lower the burdain on you guys.

RE: Don't allow URL's in the title - mothered - 03-25-2018

Keyword filtering will also help.

Without going Into specifics, some bots/spam tend to use profane terms that are not usually posted by members of this board.

RE: Don't allow URL's in the title - hacxx - 03-25-2018

Yes i agree. Using a pattern to block that kind of spam will be a time saver. Currently Sinisterly is the most clean forum i have ever seen dedicated to digital content, hacking/coding without spamming threads to carding or magic pills.