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After we started using Cloudflare, we did get a lot less attack, but the spam registrations are out of control. I need to revert the changes. Endless war with spammers. :mad:

I wouldn’t mind if a youngster asks a senior related question. But a forum is often shaped by its members more than admin - if a thread keeps getting reported, I may remove it to avoid more trouble.

Sorry for the annoyance. Cleaned up 40 spammers and added stronger measures to block more.

Nothing to worry about, but if a new member follows you — especially one who has only made a couple of posts — it’s usually a spammer. You can report them on their profile pages.

We block some versions of Chrome browser. Your smartphone and tablet are running on the same Android but using different versions of Chrome.

I missed this thread, please see my answer in another thread. Please tag me (@Matrix) for similar problems in the future.

@outlander Welcome to the forums. :) We blocked very old versions of Chrome a few weeks ago — it’s the only way to stop thousands of spam bots from bombarding us at once. Please upgrade your Chrome or use a different browser.

Out of the latest seven introduction threads, three turned out to be scammers, I’ve cleaned them up. For everyone’s safety, please avoid any private interactions with members who have fewer than 200 posts. Let’s keep conversations in public threads where we can all look out for each other.

Sorry about that. At this point, I can only suggest clearing your browser’s cache and cookies. If it only happens occasionally, I recommend trying to live with it for now.

We are now using extra security and protection (Cloudflare) to keep the site fast and safe, user sessions may occasionally need to refresh, which can log you out even if you use ‘Remember Me’. Clearing browser cache and cookies may help.

That’s strange. Wales is part of the UK, right? I’ve set it so the UK shouldn’t see the human verification prompts.

If you follow US politics, you’d recognize what inspired that thread just from the title.

Yes, I was making adjustments here and there. You shouldn't get the verification prompts again. We are getting huge amount of visits from all kinds of AI bots, spam bots and scrapers, they are more active than ever.:mad:

I’ve made some changes that will hopefully address the speed issues reported by some members. If you’re seeing excessive human verification prompts (which are ideally only shown to suspicious traffic), please let me know.

I know it’s super fast right now from Brisbane area. Any other AU members?