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Re: The real reason why Roblox removed server lists.

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CloneTrooper1019 is not online. CloneTrooper1019
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13 Jul 2017 08:51 PM
As you guys probably know, Roblox has a serious problem with spam bots. They go to ridiculous extents to bypass Roblox's anti-spam measures autonomously. When Roblox got rid of comments on games, the bots began using game servers to find active players to send their spam to.

By disabling this feature, the bots are effectively starved of active players to spam, because they have no easy means of detecting them or communicating to them.

Now some of you might argue that Roblox should introduce capatchas. While that would help, it wouldn't solve the problem for good. We've argued about this on the devforums a lot. The problem is that the people running these bots are willing to go to ridiculous extents to make them work. They completely automate the process of generating an email, verifying that email, creating the account, and sending out messages/friend requests to people in game servers in attempts to fool them. There are capatcha cracking services that exist where literally some 3rd world country offers people wages just to sit around all day and crack capatchas for very very cheap rates. The value of Roblox accounts on whatever black markets they are being sold on would be more than capable of compensating the price they'd pay to hire into capatcha cracking services.

It's a problem that is hard to solve, and Roblox is trying to find reasonable long term solutions that will quench these problems all together.
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IRAINBOWBOSS is not online. IRAINBOWBOSS
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13 Jul 2017 08:52 PM
Oh


yes
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Solidize is not online. Solidize
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13 Jul 2017 08:52 PM
Sounds right


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uDeviI is not online. uDeviI
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13 Jul 2017 08:52 PM
Oh(2)


England is my continent
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SergeantHippyZombie is online. SergeantHippyZombie
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13 Jul 2017 08:52 PM
We're gonna have to start a war against the hackers and captcha crackers!!!
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CheetahSp33d is online. CheetahSp33d
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13 Jul 2017 08:53 PM
Yeah but now I can't see exploiters and other people who join my games!


Smash and dash
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Spinax is not online. Spinax
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13 Jul 2017 08:53 PM
Please tell everyone this since you are respected,and can you please help me on this forum https://forum.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=221263094


Kewl...
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Uias is not online. Uias
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13 Jul 2017 08:53 PM
i normally don't read posts this length, unless it's you


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uDeviI is not online. uDeviI
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13 Jul 2017 08:53 PM
^ would smash br0


England is my continent
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GamerGeorge101 is not online. GamerGeorge101
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13 Jul 2017 08:53 PM
finally this was posted, thank you


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k00Iz is not online. k00Iz
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13 Jul 2017 08:54 PM
or you know, ip ban the bots even though im not sure if the ip OF the bots arent traceable so im probably being a stupid idoit atm
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Yuniux is not online. Yuniux
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13 Jul 2017 08:54 PM
No wonder...


𝓞𝓡𝓔𝓞
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DaimyoTakeda_Shingen is online. DaimyoTakeda_Shingen
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13 Jul 2017 08:54 PM
You created a far worse problem in the process....
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dragonzlayer80 is not online. dragonzlayer80
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13 Jul 2017 08:54 PM
This is why Clone is my favorite developer.


#code print ('go fast')
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ostrichmandude is not online. ostrichmandude
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13 Jul 2017 08:54 PM
B
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Yuniux is not online. Yuniux
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13 Jul 2017 08:54 PM
Thank you for posting this.


𝓞𝓡𝓔𝓞
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CloneTrooper1019 is not online. CloneTrooper1019
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13 Jul 2017 08:55 PM
@k00l They generate new IPs too, and they mask their connections so Roblox can't isolate them effectively.
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Goronado is online. Goronado
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13 Jul 2017 08:55 PM
you couldve just given us the option to turn off friend requests


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AdvantagePoint is not online. AdvantagePoint
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13 Jul 2017 08:55 PM
But bots can still join games and send you a fr.

Lol.


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k00Iz is not online. k00Iz
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13 Jul 2017 08:56 PM
oh, welp good thing i admitted i was probably being moronic

(btw: to avoid my name being tagged its with an uppercase i, not an l)
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a_mazeing is not online. a_mazeing
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13 Jul 2017 08:56 PM
is that a clone trooper
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CloneTrooper1019 is not online. CloneTrooper1019
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13 Jul 2017 08:56 PM
@Goronado That doesn't seem practical.
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jose01234 is online. jose01234
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13 Jul 2017 08:56 PM
Roblox's next step on the war on bot is 10 different captchas


Potatoes
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dillpick88 is not online. dillpick88
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13 Jul 2017 08:56 PM
Well, the only people falling for these scams aren't going to stop being fooled.

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systenman is not online. systenman
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13 Jul 2017 08:57 PM
Thats why
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