New user approvals

[admin]

There were 100s of new users in the "awaiting approval" queue... and it's going to take me some time (because I can only check so many IP addresses per hour) to work through them all.

Anyway, please be polite to the new posters, and (as usual) I apologize for the delay.

[OrygunBison]

Uh...I don't think we need any "new users" as you call them. In fact, we don't need any outside influence at all. We already have everything figured out.

[TransAmBison]

I remember a new user that came on Bisonville right before Homecoming a number of years back. Made for quite the fireworks.

[Bisonbythelake]

I remember a new user that came on Bisonville right before Homecoming a number of years back. Made for quite the fireworks.

Thank you Admin! I promise I will be nice since it appears you do have it all figured out and I am a BISON fan!

[Hammerhead]

Probably f'hawker fans who wanted to talk smack before the game.

[TAILG8R]

Probably f'hawker fans who wanted to talk smack before the game.

He said several hundred not several ...

[Kevin]

we're getting new bros, bros?

[BisonHorns]

Make sure you mention the dues, and that there are no math or spelling expectations.

[BISONBRI53]

I hope it is the people from FB who keep telling people to be nice... WRONG place to come if that's who it is.

[admin]

Done! I kept track of the locations for the last 35 IP address locations for "users waiting for confirmation":

Anastasiyevka (2)
Yaounde
Paris
Amsterdam
Kaluga
Los Angeles
Waltham
Hanoi
Grand Forks (approved)
Montreal
Cebu City
Karachi
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Fargo (approved)
Sargodha
Mumbai
Ahmedabad
Fargo (approved)
Tokyo
Phoenix
Fort Collins (approved)
Noida
Tra Vinh
Hanoi
Fargo (approved)
Perth AUS (approved - but I have my doubts)
Olongapo
Hai Phong
Paris
Basi
Istanbul
Saint Petersburg
Plymouth (approved)

I don't reject new users just based on their location, but if their username is gibberish, their username has been registered on a lot of boards recently, if the ISP sounds like it'd be one a spammer would like, and/or the IP address shows up as being flagged as a spammer... it's very time consuming which is all the more reason I should stay on top of the user registrations.

[WeAreThePride]

I'd put my bet on a rival team setting up a spam system. I'm not a tech wizard, but probably not difficult to generate a great many fake accounts from randomized locations behind a VPN?

Seems odd though, you'd think they would rather spam with ND and MN towns. Maybe VPNs don't work that way, idk.

EDIT not a rival team, a fan of a rival team. My bad.

[ZHerd]

Awesome, I’ve never conversed with a bot from Tra Vinh…maybe

[tony]

I'd put my bet on a rival team setting up a spam system. I'm not a tech wizard, but probably not difficult to generate a great many fake accounts from randomized locations behind a VPN?

Seems odd though, you'd think they would rather spam with ND and MN towns. Maybe VPNs don't work that way, idk.

EDIT not a rival team, a fan of a rival team. My bad.

I believe that spammers start by getting a list of vbulletin site addresses. Then they try to register all of them because the script would be the same. Apparently, when they buy these lists, they also get the answers to each site's security question... I probably should change that to a math word problem.

[El_Chapo]

did PrairieChickenBison make the cut??

[admin]

did PrairieChickenBison make the cut??

Normally, I'd approve a user name like that right away without checking IPs and stuff... but I don't see the user name so they might need to retry.

[StL Bison Fan]

Done! I kept track of the locations for the last 35 IP address locations for "users waiting for confirmation":

Anastasiyevka (2)
Yaounde
Paris
Amsterdam
Kaluga
Los Angeles
Waltham
Hanoi
Grand Forks (approved)
Montreal
Cebu City
Karachi
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Fargo (approved)
Sargodha
Mumbai
Ahmedabad
Fargo (approved)
Tokyo
Phoenix
Fort Collins (approved)
Noida
Tra Vinh
Hanoi
Fargo (approved)
Perth AUS (approved - but I have my doubts)
Olongapo
Hai Phong
Paris
Basi
Istanbul
Saint Petersburg
Plymouth (approved)

I don't reject new users just based on their location, but if their username is gibberish, their username has been registered on a lot of boards recently, if the ISP sounds like it'd be one a spammer would like, and/or the IP address shows up as being flagged as a spammer... it's very time consuming which is all the more reason I should stay on top of the user registrations.
Spouse grew up in cebu. Suspicious

[VirginiaBison]

Done! I kept track of the locations for the last 35 IP address locations for "users waiting for confirmation": ..... I don't reject new users just based on their location, but if their username is gibberish, their username has been registered on a lot of boards recently, if the ISP sounds like it'd be one a spammer would like, and/or the IP address shows up as being flagged as a spammer... it's very time consuming which is all the more reason I should stay on top of the user registrations.

Yes it is. I know from experience. Thank you for what you do!

[BisonHorns]

Spouse grew up in cebu. Suspicious

I would have approved them all except one.
Grand Forks

[WeAreThePride]

I believe that spammers start by getting a list of vbulletin site addresses. Then they try to register all of them because the script would be the same. Apparently, when they buy these lists, they also get the answers to each site's security question... I probably should change that to a math word problem.

Ah, that makes sense. Don't you guys have a list of a few dozen security questions? I always assumed sites would do that and pick one at random.

[El_Chapo]

Normally, I'd approve a user name like that right away without checking IPs and stuff... but I don't see the user name so they might need to retry.9725

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[Bisonbythelake]

Make sure you mention the dues, and that there are no math or spelling expectations.

No math or spelling good I will fit right in.. can I pay my dues with ITunes and Amazon gift cards? they keep calling and telling me that’s how I can pay my taxes so I have lots of those sitting around.

[MankatoBison]

I'd put my bet on a rival team setting up a spam system. I'm not a tech wizard, but probably not difficult to generate a great many fake accounts from randomized locations behind a VPN?

Seems odd though, you'd think they would rather spam with ND and MN towns. Maybe VPNs don't work that way, idk.

EDIT not a rival team, a fan of a rival team. My bad.

Its bold that you think that there are any fans of other FCS football teams.

Seems like a pretty big stretch to me.

Not purple whatsoever

[Kevin]

I'd put my bet on a rival team setting up a spam system. I'm not a tech wizard, but probably not difficult to generate a great many fake accounts from randomized locations behind a VPN?

Seems odd though, you'd think they would rather spam with ND and MN towns. Maybe VPNs don't work that way, idk.

EDIT not a rival team, a fan of a rival team. My bad.

Nah bro it's just constant. I set up a vbulletin and a phpbb for customers last year and within hours they were flooded with spam accounts. If the account is approved they auto post about dick pills and insurance.

Which might be an upgrade from the SHIT that tab posts these days.

[NDSUBowler]

Thank you Admin! I promise I will be nice since it appears you do have it all figured out and I am a BISON fan!

This is exactly what a spy WOULD say.

[Kevin]

No math or spelling good I will fit right in.. can I pay my dues with ITunes and Amazon gift cards? they keep calling and telling me that’s how I can pay my taxes so I have lots of those sitting around.

I demand this guy be renamed El Escobar immediately.

Or does he have to banned 30 times first for continuity purposes?

[Bisonbythelake]

I demand this guy be renamed El Escobar immediately.

Or does he have to banned 30 times first for continuity purposes?

For the record I did try to submit El Hipopotamo De Cocaina or El Hipo for short but I was told a big girl down in Brookings already had that…

[DakotaOkie]

Ah, come on...you don't believe there are two Bison fans in Anastasiyevka? The Bison are big time!