Comments on: Spamming Twinks https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/ Hello. I see you. Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 By: Byron Ellacott https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/comment-page-1/#comment-5220 Wed, 31 May 2006 23:57:07 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/#comment-5220 We sometimes get the odd belly-up dolphin in the river here in Brisbane, Australia. Mostly though, we have a problem with gray nurse sharks in the estuary system — they swam in when they were young enough to get past the shark nets, then grew up. It’s strongly recommended that you do not swim in any of Brisbane or the Gold Coast’s waterways.

]]> By: Foton https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/comment-page-1/#comment-4910 Wed, 31 May 2006 12:52:30 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/#comment-4910 Goddammit. I was hoping not to learn anything today.

I should apologize to the spammers trying to educate my ignorant ass, and I would, if only they used legit email addys.

]]> By: Wreak https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/comment-page-1/#comment-4907 Wed, 31 May 2006 12:49:21 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/#comment-4907 Actually, there are such things as fresh water dolphins, and among others they’re found in southeast Asia. Very cool to see, actually 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_dolphin. Just my 2c. Back to your regular gaming programming.

]]> By: Chris https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/comment-page-1/#comment-4906 Wed, 31 May 2006 12:43:13 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2006/05/31/spamming-twinks/#comment-4906 Naw, some dolphins do live in rivers.

http://www.wcug.wwu.edu/~narf/dolp/riverd.shtml

Just not many (of the total species), plus they tend to be endangered.

I had so much spam sneaking through Akismet (due to overloading and timeouts) that I ended up turning on the much hated captcha. When I’m getting between 1000 and 2000 spam messages daily, and a 50 or more aren’t reviewed by Akismet (leaving me to do it, horrors!), it’s time to turn on the captcha again.

If I had the time, I’d modify the code that updates the spam table in WordPress to also update a block list and kill the originating IPs at the firewall.

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