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0 pointsBilal_io1y ago0 comments

I tried at first. It's a losing game against this number of spammy comments.

The temporary solution is to shadow ban the comments, the usernames seems to follow 2 naming schemas. Banning them completely will alert the attacker to change the naming schema, or to make it more random, which will make stopping them even more difficult.

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anigbrowl1y ago

For a bot-based DDOS attack it's easier to to do blanket shutdowns then it is for the attacker to whip up new randomization code. If it gets really bad just shutting down new account creation for 24 hours or making a timelag beween creation and posting is effective.

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0 pointsBilal_io1y ago0 comments

I tried at first. It's a losing game against this number of spammy comments.

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anigbrowl1y ago

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