10 Jan 2012 fzort   » (Journeyer)

Recent spamming

This is an embarrassment, people. Srsly. Aren't we supposed to be hackers here?

A while ago I suggested adding e-mail confirmation for new accounts. But here's an even simpler idea: since these idiots can't even understand what nofollow means, why don't we just filter out hyperlinks for observer journal entries? Replace them with the text "[filtered]" or something.

I haven't touched the mod_virgule code in a while, but that would be a piece of cake to implement. I'd do that, if only I knew there would be a dim possibility of the patch getting considered.

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