How to handle lots of spam sign ups?
Pirate Praveen PublicSeen by 161I think we should stop new sign ups at least temporarily. Also see https://git.fosscommunity.in/community/poddery.com/issues/32
Stop new sign ups temporarily
proposal by Pirate Praveen Closed Wed 22 May 2019 4:01PM
Outcome
We can stop new sign ups temporarily and figure out ways to stop spammers in the meantime.
I think we need to stop new sign ups temporarily and figure out a way to stop spam sign ups permanently.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 3 | 100 | 6 |   | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Not voted | 50 | 94 |               |
Yes. Have to handle spam. Else it will affect real users too.
ok, this must be sustainable
Diaspora HQ suggested disabling http 1.0 stopped spam sign ups, we could try that.
After http 1.0 was disabled, the spam sign ups have stopped for now. We will have to now think about cleaning up existing spam accounts.
i think we could try setting captcha image_style to
almost_invisible? we've already setdistortionashigh.