Just don't post excessively to up your rank - posting excessive replies to old threads or making too many low quality threads clutters up the place and they'll be removed with a warning.
Just don't post excessively to up your rank - posting excessive replies to old threads or making too many low quality threads clutters up the place and they'll be removed with a warning.
Oh no, not again! (Starts sweathing nervously.)
I have seen the exact same question asked by someone who went on an excessive posting spree shortly after. Please don't do the same.
Oh no, not again! (Starts sweathing nervously.)
I have seen the exact same question asked by someone who went on an excessive posting spree shortly after. Please don't do the same.
They're generic bots that scour the internet for forums with vulnerabilities, sign up and just post seemingly random stuff. I think the logic is that search engines like Google do their rankings based on how often something appears online, so the spambot work to post as much as they can and they don't care where.
Our security is pretty good so they don't get through very often, but just to show you how many there are, I have this at the top of the forum on my view: