Netherlord Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 whats the point in a filter that does not block links? that's the point of the filter. all it does is stop it from auto-linking. what good is that? Competitors are stealing my members so a fix on this would be appreciated. Like when you block a url it not only unlinks it. but removes the url text. Combining with the word filter does not work. sorry if i sound ungrateful. this has annoyed me a lot today.
MADMAN32395 Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 If they are stealing people from you. Then why not ban the user or restrict from posting and using pm?
Netherlord Posted January 12, 2016 Author Posted January 12, 2016 Just now, MADMAN32395 said: If they are stealing people from you. Then why not ban the user or restrict from posting and using pm? I do... but they make a new account and keep doing it over and over and over and over with a proxy. It would be easier to block the link.
MADMAN32395 Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Just now, Netherlord said: I do... but they make a new account and keep doing it over and over and over and over. It would be easier to block the link. Block IP address. Utilize banning features. You placed a punishment on an account and they made a new one. That's ban evasion.
Netherlord Posted January 12, 2016 Author Posted January 12, 2016 1 minute ago, MADMAN32395 said: Block IP address. Utilize banning features. You placed a punishment on an account and they made a new one. That's ban evasion. I block ip... they use a proxy to bypass it. I ban account they make another. Yes that is ban evasion. But i cant know who they are until they start posting it again. But if the url was blocked... all this goes away. they will try it see its pointless and stop.
Nathan Explosion Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 @Netherlord You should take a serious look at @Kevin Carwile's Rules application. In just under 5 minutes I've put together, and tested a rule that hides a topic or post if its content has a specific piece of text (ie the domain name/url that you are wanting to filter) Totally bypassing the need for the url filter or using the profanity filter (which used to work for the above scenario) and instantly moderates the post without modifying the actual content itself. And I've even exported it for you if you want to try it out. I'm sure Kevin will pop in soon (I have tagged him so he'll get the nag....again ) and suggest any changes to the rule hehe. url-filter.xml
Netherlord Posted January 13, 2016 Author Posted January 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Nathan Explosion said: @Netherlord You should take a serious look at @Kevin Carwile's Rules application. In just under 5 minutes I've put together, and tested a rule that hides a topic or post if its content has a specific piece of text (ie the domain name/url that you are wanting to filter) Totally bypassing the need for the url filter or using the profanity filter (which used to work for the above scenario) and instantly moderates the post without modifying the actual content itself. And I've even exported it for you if you want to try it out. I'm sure Kevin will pop in soon (I have tagged him so he'll get the nag....again ) and suggest any changes to the rule hehe. url-filter.xml I should. i did not know it was capable of that. he said he would gift me an app because of an issue i had with one of his and not being able to use it so i may cash it in for this. I tried the free version and it is wonderful. but i found it hard to use when trying to output notifications. I do wonder how easy this will be to use though. I dont doubt that i will do what is mentioned but do i get a notification when it occurs etc, or does it go into the dark of night? does this also affect pm's?
Nathan Explosion Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 15 hours ago, Netherlord said: I should. i did not know it was capable of that. he said he would gift me an app because of an issue i had with one of his and not being able to use it so i may cash it in for this. I tried the free version and it is wonderful. but i found it hard to use when trying to output notifications. I do wonder how easy this will be to use though. I dont doubt that i will do what is mentioned but do i get a notification when it occurs etc, or does it go into the dark of night? does this also affect pm's? You can configure an email notification, an inline notification or a PM notification. The item is hidden, so will still be viewable to those who have access to view those items - not done enough messing about with it to see how it would affect PMs but it can run on any and all content. Mess around with it on a test site - it's definitely something I'll be using once I go to IPS4 on my live site.
bassangler Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 I had the same problem once. It went away when the sheriff showed up on their doorstep with a restraining order.
SJ77 Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 On January 12, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Netherlord said: I do... but they make a new account and keep doing it over and over and over and over with a proxy. It would be easier to block the link. Use the profanity filter to block their urls
Netherlord Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 4 minutes ago, superj707 said: Use the profanity filter to block their urls That's the problem. You can't ! 1: Block the url and it stops it from linking... Url still shows as text... 2: Block the url text in profanity filter. Text is blocked but it still hyperlinks to the site. You cannot use both together. they cancel each other out.
InsideEdge Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 My new members that join the site are called Rookies, they need 5 approved posts until they can become Members. Rookies have limited priviliges with posts, PMs and use of the shoutbox and chat. Any rookie that looks like a spammer is placed in Member (MP) meaning that they continue to be Rookies with moderated posts until we think otherwise. Any Member (MP) that continues to spam the site is outed as a spammer.
Management Lindy Posted January 18, 2016 Management Posted January 18, 2016 I actually had this in our internal system in November and have noticed it's coming up more lately, so I'll reprioritize and ensure it gets implemented soon. Essentially, it will block a post if it contains a blocked URL.
Koby Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 The issue is it's simply so easy to use an url redirect service such as Google's own Link Shortener for such users to still bypass any form of address block. I haven't checked if it was working on 4.1.x as it use to on 3.4.x, but doubling the ban via url filter and word filter ensured it got censored and not linked back.
chilihead Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 There will always be workarounds, when they see it is blocked and they still post it, you know they saw the block and can then be moderated. 9 minutes ago, Lindy said: I actually had this in our internal system in November and have noticed it's coming up more lately, so I'll reprioritize and ensure it gets implemented soon. Essentially, it will block a post if it contains a blocked URL. I like this.
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