Scott =)

You can also click "My Journal" in the main menu to quickly find your own journal, journal entries, and replies. And you can search all journals by using the search tool.

You can also click "My Journal" in the main menu to quickly find your own journal, journal entries, and replies. And you can search all journals by using the search tool.

You can also click "My Journal" in the main menu to quickly find your own journal, journal entries, and replies. And you can search all journals by using the search tool.

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4663-comic-book-memories

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4674-tos-84-cgc-94/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/3554-n2wdw39s-comic-book-room/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4401-the-sagii-tapes-reel-one/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/3730-sci-fi-before-the-space-age/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4746-by-the-numbers/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4708-todays-underground/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/1014-footsteps/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4651-new-cases-meh/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4788-jwkyle39s-journal/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/4722-rusty-skrulls-and-sunken-treens/

This is the original view of this journal on the Chat Boards. This view is locked, so members can no longer reply here. This journal is also posted in the new Journals section, which is unlocked. Click the link below to see any other comments about this journal and post new replies. https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/blogs/entry/2352-random-jabberings-by-jeffro/

Thanks everyone. The recent spammers have been banned, and their threads hidden/deleted. We've also restored the setting that automatically hides posts by new members until an admin has approved them. Once an admin has approved a post by a new member, that member can post freely from that point forward. Scott

Thanks for the heads up! They're banned and their threads are now hidden. I've also fixed an issue in the admin settings that was allowing new users to post 5 times in the first day instead of 3. They'll now only be able to post 3 times. The spammers picked a good time to show back up. Ordinarily, moderators can ban a user and a background process will automatically hide their content a few minutes later. Unfortunately, there's a large background process running (search index) that will prevent any other process from running until it's done. It should be done in about 2 days. That means that moderators need to ban each user and also manually hide each thread in order for the content to disappear promptly. As you might imagine, this makes the process more tedious for moderators. We'll continue to monitor this, and evaluate whether we should reinstate admin approval for posts from new users or add some other protection. Thanks everyone for your patience.

Update: We made some adjustments late last week: Posts by new members will show up immediately. They no longer require moderator approval. Members cannot use the chat boards until their email address is verified. This mainly applies to new members, but would also apply to existing members who update their email address on file. New members can only post 3 times in the first 24 hours after initially visiting the boards. So far, so good. So no Captcha for now If we see spammer activity spike back up again, we'll consider additional measures to help keep them at bay.

That's another example of a link that's pointing to an unusual URL structure: http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=comicgen&Number=1185068&Searchpage=2&Main=1149529&Words=ft88&topic=&Search=true#Post1185068 It looks like it's pointing to some kind of search result page rather than a normal thread URL. The redirects don't seem to support it. I found the thread by looking at the list of topics on his profile page, though: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/59816-1000-dells-1940-1950/

Yes, that's one of the options we're exploring The delicate part is making sure that those types of obstacles aren't too hard for real people. Those puzzles can lead to a lot of frustration / complaints / etc, but newer versions of the technology are better and could make that a non-issue.

Heads up: we've made some additional updates to restrict spam activity, which I announced here: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/436839-update-on-spam-threads/ Based on the changes in that announcement, we also reverted the change I mentioned in this thread (only allowing new members to post once in the first 24 hours) back to the old value. Stay tuned!

Note: You could still see spam thread(s) if a spammer created an account in the past and has already made other posts with it. Possible, but unlikely.

Due to the recent spike in spam activity, we've made an update to the boards that hides posts from new members until a moderator has reviewed and approved them. Once a moderator has approved a post by someone, that person will be able to post freely from that point forward, without a moderator needing to intervene. Good News: That means you shouldn't see any more Korean / Chinese / etc spam threads! Bad News: Making legitimate new users wait to have their posts published isn't our favorite thing in the world. We're working on other solutions to prevent robots from creating accounts / make posts at all, but those updates will take longer to get done. Once they're done though, we should be able to remove the restriction on new members and put things back the way they were before Thanks for your patience and for doing such a good job of reporting the spammers to us! Scott

Hey guys! Thanks for the heads up on this. The spammers who have joined/posted in the last 30 minutes or so have been banned. We're looking into several options for blocking these spam posts proactively instead of reactively. In the meantime, I've adjusted settings so that new accounts can only post once in the 24 hour period after their chat boards account is initially created. This should help limit the amount of spam threads in the short term, but the downside is that real users will run into this same restriction if they try to post more than once in the first day Hopefully we can get a better solution in place fairly quickly so that we don't have to limit posts from new accounts so severely. Until a better, more permanent solution is in place, you'll probably continue to see spam threads. I can't promise that someone will be available to block them 24 hours a day, but please continue to report them and they'll be cleaned up as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience! Scott

It's possible that there are "zero posters" who have been chatting via PM for years, long before we were hiding any profiles. Unlikely, but possible