No Longer Allowing Certain Content

Drako · 04-21-2022, 04:38 PM

This is understandable. Combolists take little to no effort to make. All you need is a proxy list and a program that can sit in the background while you do nothing. The forum has also been spammed with them constantly since last year.

If people really want to make a contribution, just post accounts in the Account section.

ConcernedCitizen · 04-21-2022, 06:01 PM

(04-21-2022, 04:38 PM)Drako Wrote: This is understandable. Combolists take little to no effort to make. All you need is a proxy list and a program that can sit in the background while you do nothing. The forum has also been spammed with them constantly since last year.

If people really want to make a contribution, just post accounts in the Account section.

I'm hoping that this change also lowers the prevalence of fake Open Bullet/OB Anomaly/Anomaly crack posts we have seen, that usually contain viruses and PUPs.

mothered · 04-22-2022, 05:26 AM

(04-21-2022, 04:38 PM)Drako Wrote: The forum has also been spammed with them constantly since last year.

You got that right.

At one stage, I was hitting the ban hammer each and every day for months.

Oni · 04-23-2022, 12:02 AM

(04-21-2022, 04:38 PM)Drako Wrote: Combolists take little to no effort to make. All you need is a proxy list and a program that can sit in the background while you do nothing. The forum has also been spammed with them constantly since last year.

I generally try to stay pretty neutral, but these are two sections I wasn't ever fond of. One of the things I value is "playful cleverness". There's nothing playful/clever about a bunch of recycled combos. If someone managed to get a free Brazzers account, kudos to them I guess.

Defeat · 05-08-2022, 09:48 AM

I wonder how many members we lost to this. We had a few I thought were bots but I haven't seen them lately.

Oni · 05-08-2022, 01:54 PM

(05-08-2022, 09:48 AM)Canadian Moose Wrote: I wonder how many members we lost to this. We had a few I thought were bots but I haven't seen them lately.

I would guesstimate about 10-15%, though the majority of that traffic was disingenuous. There's the possibility of us readding the sections in some form, with tighter restrictions on what's allowed. Right now I am not sure what form that would take.

Yaiba · 05-09-2022, 10:37 PM

Smart move Oni, as well as the rest of the staff team. Another example of why this forum is still active after 10 years running strong.

mothered · 05-19-2022, 11:02 AM

Quote: posted combo lists and I don't see anything of value in them.

Agreed.

As said In my other post, many users purely contributed to monetize their links. A lot of combos were dupes and outdated.

hacxx · 06-13-2022, 05:51 PM

Thanks for clarifying about the compromised and combolists section.

Exiled · 06-29-2022, 02:51 PM

Most forums who want to stay online need to disallow certain things so it isn't a surprise to see this.