My new Elgg social network (SimplyFair.net) was hit by spammers this morning. They erased my members and put 10 of their own in instead. Two of them were active when I went to the site, which was really spooky. My developer was able to erase them and restore my members. But she's asked me to consult with you folks to see if there are plugins or other means of combatting this menace. Would appreciate your help.
My developer says her company's servers are being hit regularly by spammers, apparently from China. Looks like they think they can have a field day with social networks here. We're going to be adding a captcha to our site. But are there other resorts?
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ohh! ThX & lolzrs
the really brilliant part is when the (8-13yrs)
kids post on the wire that the other one 'fb Suxxx" !
we've had even moms send pm`s about @fbfk ♥ ♥ !;-X
@ DhrupDeScoop , I agree with your suggestion. However, I have a question, Are you sure that "(only ~5000 lines;) htaccess ip blocks since forever" does not slow down the site ?
What code needs to be placed in htaccess to ban a country?
@JoDeJo Spam Login Filter let's you block countries. Try it.
Rodolfo Hernandez
Arvixe/Elgg Community Liaison
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