Spammer

[C de-Avillez]

On 02/10/2011 01:01 PM, Roy Jamison wrote:
> Oh, also at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk-recordmydesktop/+bug/604552
> il-mixu (michelbugeja) also spamming
> 
> Come on guys, I mean WTF!?? Do we not have things in place to stop
> this? If not, I suggest implementing a captcha or something before LP
> is overrun by dipsticks opening accounts freely, telling people
> reporting bugs that they can buy viagra or get a degree in
> psychology...next will be winnings from the Bank of Nigeria.... :(
> 

Well, first of all, please be polite. Being nice trumps over any
other modus operandi. If you are angry with something, it is usually
a better idea to cool off before emailing.

Now, to the case in hand (personal opinions follow): I do not see
the advantage in using captchas, or most of the other (re)validation
processes -- most of them, captchas in particular, are exploitable.

We _do_ have processes in place to deal with spamming. As Micah
pointed out, one should open a question against Launchpad on
answers.launchpad.org, and the LP admins will take care of the rest.

Secondly, the amount of spam we get is small enough -- but of course
still infuriating -- so that any action we take to (re)validate will
end up punishing the "correct" user. I am against this type of
protection -- since I am a "correct" user, now it would take me
longer to do something on LP than before. So I am being penalised,
*not* the spammer.

Finally -- Ray, did you open the questions on a.lp.o, or should I?

Cheers,

..C..

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