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[–] 86 points 3 months ago*

"If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."
- Terry Prachett

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago* (5 children)

    Ehm... this looks like a pretty easy approach to tackle bots

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    We use the same honeypot system on my discord server, and man is it good at catching both basic spambots and the most tedious (or mainly inattentive) kind of user. The newest generation of bots try to only post in the more active channels though, so it's not a perfect solution.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I had similar issues with spam bots. Best defense is both a honeypot channel and cross channel spam prevention within a certain time bracket, about 1.3 seconds to 8.6 seconds is the sweetspot. The lower covers terrible internet and thats why its not 0.0 seconds.

    I made my own bot for it actually, had a support subreddit and everything, got banned from there for bullshit. Now you lot have to put up with me.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    Totally worth it

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