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Re: Rid comments of scambots.

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Skittleblend is not online. Skittleblend
Joined: 23 Jul 2011
Total Posts: 29790
06 Aug 2016 12:31 PM
Create an overwhelming number of obstacles for scambots.

List of obstacles/TLDR: CAPTCHA, Play before commenting, verify your account before commenting, filter scam links quicker

1) 【CAPTCHA】

A CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human before they can comment. They look like this: https://www.roblox.com/CAPTCHA-telling-you-to-go-allusive-item?id=30201450

•This means MUCH less bot comments that scam and advertise

(No they can't get around it, they're kids) Plus it would still make it much less convenient to bot, and heavily cut botting even if some users use java web crawlers and other junk to solve captcha. Not too many people will spend time thought and energy doing that. This update will get rid of a majority of scambot comments.

2) 【Play before commenting】

Why the hell are people commenting before playing the game? The comments are for commenting on the game, not judging the thumbnail and title and advertising areas. What relevancy can a post from a user who didn’t play the game possibly have? This just makes it easier for bots. Let's make it so you must click play and move around for a few seconds before commenting.

By having users do this first, we:

•Decrease bot-comments (This is too complex for botters to feel like getting around this step) Most bot comments will already be blocked by CAPTCHA; Play to comment adds another obstacle for the rare bots that manage to get around CAPTCHA, sweeping up the remnants.

3) 【Verify your account before commenting】

•This will also cut scam-comments, as it is another obstacle for bots.

•Will also result in more users verifying their account, meaning less account loss :)

You already have to verify your account to forum – so why not to comment as well?

Now that's three obstacles for bots.

4) 【Filter scam links quicker】

Simply have someone scroll through the comment sections of popular games to search for links that managed to get through our insane obstacles to add to the filter. (Each link has a creator, so if that creator managed to create bots that get through all of these obstacles, that link will be on the popular game comments and be easily spotted)

This is easy to do even now when there's no obstacles- very often a select few of specific links make up the bulk of the spam-comments, making them easy to target – yet ROBLOX is taking weeks to filter a link that’s obvious and has gone rampant. It will be even easier than it already is to filter, with CAPTCHA, Play to comment, and verify email obstacles blocking pretty much all scammers' bots already.

•This will halt scam-comments with those popular scamlinks and get rid of the remaining scam-comments that manage to slip through the crazy wall of obstacles we created.
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Each of these individual updates will cause lots of slow down for bots, and when they’re all launched at once, they’ll be an overwhelming number of obstacles for scambots and get rid of them once and for all, increasing the quality of the comment sections.

Also please add catalog comments back since they'll be alright with CAPTCHA, Verifying email, and link hunting defending it from bots.

Would you want to be a botter on ROBLOX with all these obstacles in the way? I don't think so.

Aaand that's my suggestion.
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bigbriangoad is not online. bigbriangoad
Joined: 27 Sep 2012
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06 Aug 2016 12:31 PM
get rekt

Fried not Baked
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Anthonychi is not online. Anthonychi
Joined: 06 Jun 2010
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06 Aug 2016 12:40 PM
We need the bot check for the log in too.

If all of this happened, TIX would have survived for 5 more seconds


ROBLOX made a mistake and removed TIX instead of player points. Just a typo guys XD
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barbiethedoll is not online. barbiethedoll
Joined: 16 Feb 2015
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06 Aug 2016 01:25 PM
yep.. people think they are real people when most of them are bots

its almost impossible to reach the end of the work at a pizza place comments because theres all these people saying "stop scammimg"
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Theosaurus23 is not online. Theosaurus23
Joined: 13 Jul 2013
Total Posts: 896
06 Aug 2016 03:29 PM
Yep. This obviously needs to happen, if any roblox admin reads this, why wasn't this in place since roblox was released? Even more since you thought about deleting comments on all items from the roblox profile.
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QuackOn is not online. QuackOn
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06 Aug 2016 08:03 PM
Support, hope a mod sees. (bump)

https://www.roblox.com/Medal-item?id=472333142 ~ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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NotHULKo is not online. NotHULKo
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06 Aug 2016 11:08 PM
bump
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iiNerbaz is not online. iiNerbaz
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06 Aug 2016 11:16 PM
Support All the way to the moon and back.


-iiNerbaz
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injury is not online. injury
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Total Posts: 27951
06 Aug 2016 11:16 PM
I agree and support, but I don't agree with number 3. Verifying accounts won't deter spam, because it's really easy to verify an account. Someone could use a throwaway email or something. Plus, although the forums require a verified email, bots have still managed to create posts.


gather 'round the good stuff
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iiNerbaz is not online. iiNerbaz
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06 Aug 2016 11:17 PM
Buy verifying takes time and effort so they would just give up.


-iiNerbaz
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facesmasher07 is not online. facesmasher07
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07 Aug 2016 01:39 AM
Support on everything


But I love 2


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timothy40454 is not online. timothy40454
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07 Aug 2016 01:44 AM
Bumipty bump bump.

Tix Or Riot


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tommo1993 is not online. tommo1993
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07 Aug 2016 05:16 AM
This will make things more difficult for scammers but it will not stop them.
They will always come back and try to steal accounts on Roblox.
My account was stolen once but I got it back because I check my email.
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cuteboy3672 is not online. cuteboy3672
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07 Aug 2016 05:39 AM
Support.
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Skittleblend is not online. Skittleblend
Joined: 23 Jul 2011
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07 Aug 2016 06:33 AM
"We need the bot check for the log in too"

Also a good idea. Anything to slow em down

"I agree and support, but I don't agree with number 3. Verifying accounts won't deter spam, because it's really easy to verify an account. Someone could use a throwaway email or something. Plus, although the forums require a verified email, bots have still managed to create posts."

It's not as effective as the other three, but it's still an extra inconvenience for botters. Anything to slow'em down. Plus you can only register a certain number of accounts per email, meaning the guy will have to keep making more emails. More work for them.

"This will make things more difficult for scammers but it will not stop them.
They will always come back and try to steal accounts on Roblox.
My account was stolen once but I got it back because I check my email."

CAPTCHA will stop a majority of them, and with the combination of that, play to comment, verifying email, and filtering, it will be very difficult to bot on ROBLOX.
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LegoRocks2010 is not online. LegoRocks2010
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07 Aug 2016 07:01 AM
support


Sig.
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xdude52 is not online. xdude52
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07 Aug 2016 07:10 AM
Support

Also, verifying accounts before commenting is already a feature I believe

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Rizicks is not online. Rizicks
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07 Aug 2016 07:15 AM
k


The bear ツ
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hist0ryr0cks123 is not online. hist0ryr0cks123
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07 Aug 2016 02:01 PM
support


~ 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬𝟏𝟐𝟑
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pullman45 is not online. pullman45
Joined: 09 Jul 2012
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07 Aug 2016 02:05 PM
Full out support 11/10 idea.

No sarcasm btw.
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iifierymoon is not online. iifierymoon
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07 Aug 2016 02:09 PM
One of the best suggestions I heard. Support.


government's corrupt
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floopy54321 is not online. floopy54321
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07 Aug 2016 02:14 PM
full on soup art


moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo
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Catneps is not online. Catneps
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07 Aug 2016 03:09 PM
Definitely support


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Enderdude87 is not online. Enderdude87
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07 Aug 2016 03:15 PM
support
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Clurny is not online. Clurny
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07 Aug 2016 03:21 PM
support
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