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b_b · 3065 days ago · link · · parent · post: Good lord. Thoughts on bulk spam?

Yes, it's definitely not a scalable solution. I don't have a better idea for now, unfortunately.

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user-inactivated · 3065 days ago · link ·

Did hubski ever implement an email verification check? I think when I created my account it didn't have one.

I don't know if that actually helps, but surely there's some reason every website has one.

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user-inactivated · 3065 days ago · link ·

Did hubski ever implement an email verification check? I think when I created my account it didn't have one.

Presumably not. Didn't have to for Ay-Nawn or kantos. In fact, both accounts are tied to the same email. Pretty sure Ay-Nawn had to be inactivated first for that to happen, though.

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user-inactivated · 3065 days ago · link ·

I don't know if that actually helps, but surely there's some reason every website has one.

So they have a real email address to spam/sell.

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user-inactivated · 3064 days ago · link ·

Or to ask about unauthorized access, or if someone forgets a password, etc.

And it surely does something to deter bots. I dunno.

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FuzzyWords · 3064 days ago · link ·

I don't think it can deter bots. One can create a single gmail account shared by all bots and then when registering do this: myspamaccount+bot1@gmail.com myspamaccount+bot2@gmail.com ...

All those emails will get redirected to the single account myspamaccount@gmail.com