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New Users are currently not able to register. The SPAM had gotten out of control, hopefully this will curtail it for a bit. If you really really want to register and are a real person, feel free to send a tweet to @kcrag and somebody will take care of you.

Sorry for the PITA...hopefully disabling registrations for awhile will let the spam bots pass us over.
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Dictator.
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Think it's safe to open it back up?
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I think a spambot on Twitter asked me to loosen up our restrictions, so I'd lean towards no.
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Open it back up and give it a shot. If it comes back then close or find a solution. Does the phpBB software support forum have a solution, maybe some extra verification methods to add?
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The first post says @kcrag, but @theKCrag seems to be the active Twitter account. That could be why no one's even asking to join?
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longviewmo wrote:The first post says @kcrag, but @theKCrag seems to be the active Twitter account. That could be why no one's even asking to join?
I honestly didn't even know this is how we were doing it. I don't think anyone has asked to join.
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I just added that (incorrectly) as I figured some human if they wanted to join bad enough could ask that way.
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I'll look into a better solution today. This is ridiculous.
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So I got a request today. What do I do about it?

@ajkirkpatrick

@TheKCRag Hey, can I sign up to the forums? Pretty please?
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ask for bribes.
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KCMax wrote:So I got a request today. What do I do about it?

@ajkirkpatrick

@TheKCRag Hey, can I sign up to the forums? Pretty please?
Have bots learned how to use American slang?
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We're getting tons of spambots signing up every day; apparently it is possible to sign up. I assumed signups were enabled.
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Maybe all these spambots will make me login more.
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OMG IT LIVES
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Brian Hylton ‏@bearincognito 1h
@TheKCRag hey, can someone verify my forum account??
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I don't know what to do.
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What's the username?
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‏@waterboy179 2h
@thekcrag how do I register for the online forums?
Anyone?
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Twitter account seems legit.
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Who's in charge of new accounts? I see that Carnell Manning is our latest use from what April? Is everyone anonymous now?
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