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Your User Account Might be Deleted – How to Stop This From Happening

I’m having a problem with spambots registering as users on the website. So, to combat it, I added a pluggin that automatically deletes unused accounts. It defines “unused” as “never posted a comment.” So, if you want to keep your account, you need to post a comment on a post.

If your account does get deleted – don’t panic! You aren’t banned from the website. You can re-register easily.

I’ve tried a few different tactics to fight the spambots, and this was the only one that is still working and doesn’t break the website. Some of you may recall that for a while there registration was impossible because of that – this has been a long, arduous battle. If you know a better solution, let me know!

29 Comments

  1. Lastiel Rusc | | Reply

    Yikes. Darn those spammers.

  2. Celebriel | | Reply

    Will posting here do the trick? 馃槈

    • dreamingfifi | | Reply

      Yup!

      • Cara Kendal | | Reply

        Ahhhh I鈥檓 not sure how to comment but hopefully this will work

  3. Vyc | | Reply

    Right-o!

  4. hawkeye | | Reply

    Send the rangers after the spam bots! I will volunteer to go 馃檪

  5. Ireth Tinuviel | | Reply

    Se i dawar tilis.

  6. Sophia Thornton | | Reply

    just commenting to make sure my account doesn’t get deleted ! also, i hope your health improves soon !

    • dreamingfifi | | Reply

      Thanks!

  7. Robert Skankey | | Reply

    I’m going to follow suit and post here to reserve my account! Thanks for all the hard work!

  8. Rothan | | Reply

    Well we are doing some pro-level spamming in order to make sure we are not identified as spammers, that’s interesting.
    Anyway… Hello Fifi
    I hope I will once again find time for Sindarin 馃檪
    I’m getting overwhelmed by the sheer mass of things to do all the time…
    No longer using Skype, as it stopped supporting Linux lately, from what I’ve heard, so I am even more out of touch than usual, but still never forgot about this place 馃檪

    • Draugondren | | Reply

      Rothan! Glad to see that you’re doing ok. I miss our discussions, lol.

      • Rothan | | Reply

        Hello Draugondren Sort of okay, not everything alright all the time, but if it were all easy… life would be no challenge.
        How are you? 馃檪

    • dreamingfifi | | Reply

      Hi Rothan!

      What would you think of a Discord server? The new version of Skype is causing people a lot of problems, and many I know have already switched. I’m floating the idea in the Skype group too. After the week is up (the deadline for the account deletion) I’ll post a poll about that and see if people would like that change to happen.

      • Rothan | | Reply

        Will have to try the Discord in order to find out if it will work for me… but I am already registered and it seems okay so far 馃檪
        Under the same nickname as here 馃檪

        • Rothan | | Reply

          Rothan#5234

  9. mindReach | | Reply

    Understood. Just posting here to avoid deletion, then. Thanks for the heads-up!

  10. Celebex | | Reply

    I guess I鈥檒l follow suit

  11. Celebex | | Reply

    I鈥檓 really an alien

  12. Akumaru | | Reply

    Commented already before, but just to be sure – here’s a new comment!

  13. Draugondren | | Reply

    Commenting here to make sure I don’t get deleted.

  14. Alphin | | Reply

    Am I still in? Oh, I’m. So, just waiting for the lessons to go on.

  15. Taurie | | Reply

    just commenting to make sure my account doesn鈥檛 get deleted 馃檪

  16. Kat | | Reply

    Good plan, I am def not a spam bot heheh

  17. Lithoniel | | Reply

    I think I should leave a comment. Does this work?

    • dreamingfifi | | Reply

      Yup!

  18. Nimlothiel | | Reply

    I think this is where you comment, sorry if wrong!

  19. Cstudent18 | | Reply

    I hope you get better

  20. vigildweller | | Reply

    Don’t delete me!

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