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Today I logged in to 3 examples of very odd posts on my forum in my moderation queue. Like many of us, I have the Registered usergroup set so that none of their posts are visible. Once I approve 2 posts by Registered members, they get promoted to Registered (Confirmed) and then they can participate without further approvals. This eliminates virtually all spam because spammers are generally unable to jump into a conversation and post relevant, on-topic replies. Sure, I get floods of 50+ Russian spams in the moderation queue every week, but a few clicks on Spam Cleaner and they're gone and my users never see it.
So take a look at these 3 vaguely legitimate but obvious gobbledygook posts:
This was in reply to a thread about updated tooltips on my website.
This was in reply to a 6 year old thread about the API my website uses.
This is in reply to a strategy thread about clearing dungeons to get a specific item.
I've had spammers try to write legitimate posts in various qualities of English to get past my approval process, but these seem different somehow.
So take a look at these 3 vaguely legitimate but obvious gobbledygook posts:
This was in reply to a thread about updated tooltips on my website.
This was in reply to a 6 year old thread about the API my website uses.
This is in reply to a strategy thread about clearing dungeons to get a specific item.
I've had spammers try to write legitimate posts in various qualities of English to get past my approval process, but these seem different somehow.
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