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Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by YachtForums, Dec 4, 2007.

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  1. YachtForums, Dec 6, 2007
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    What I find intriguing is the direct relation between online personalities and how their character so closely matches their posts when you actually meet them. I’ve had the good fortune of meeting a few YF members and I think we’ve had more fun… logged off!

    The Internet has made the world a much smaller place. It removes barriers, levels playing fields and forgets the distance between us. How ironic, in this… the last of meeting places… we grope together and avoid speech.

    YF is family to me. Glad to be here.
  2. hbyachtboy, Dec 6, 2007
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    9999 is here........so close
  3. Dan Evans, Dec 6, 2007
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    1 more!!!
  4. hbyachtboy, Dec 6, 2007
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    oh wait 9999 is a bot. His profile does not seem too real.
  5. Kevin, Dec 6, 2007
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    Well that's it... 10,000 just joined: Welcome "aky". (Unless of course 9,999 hasn't been removed yet.)
  6. Yacht News, Dec 6, 2007
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    my boat storys are as sad as my boat
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    Aky seems to be the 10,000th legitimate member of YF, WELCOME!!!!!!!
  7. YachtForums, Dec 6, 2007
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  8. Yacht News, Dec 6, 2007
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    Oh goodness, Carl you were not kidding, it's really a high percentage of bots.
  9. YachtForums, Dec 6, 2007
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    OK, one more to go. Like I said, there's a one-in-two chance of member #10k being a bot. I'm staying awake for as long as it takes...
  10. YachtForums, Dec 6, 2007
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  11. YachtForums, Dec 6, 2007
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    YF's official member #10,000...!

    We have a human! Welcome "armanat" from the Grand Cayman Islands!
  12. Dan Evans, Dec 7, 2007
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    Congrats Carl, I hope you proud of your accomplishment!
  13. KCook, Dec 7, 2007
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    But have you told armanat about the secret initiation ceremony yet? :eek:
  14. Arniev, Dec 7, 2007
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    Carl,
    CONGRATS on this YF Milestone!
    The thousands of line code you've written and all the great reviews featured in YF have paid off.
    OUTSTANDING!
    Arnie
    :)

    Welcome to YachtForums, armanat!
  15. YachtForums, Dec 7, 2007
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  16. Loren Schweizer, Dec 7, 2007
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    You're not going to make him clean up after the bots, are you?
  17. YachtForums, Dec 7, 2007
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  18. YachtForums, Dec 7, 2007
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  19. K1W1, Dec 7, 2007
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    Hi Carl,

    Isn't there some sort of process/procedure you can introduce to the registration page that will stop bots registering?

    Isn't that what those funny hard to read letters and numbers are on some websites?

    Or maybe a validation process where new members have to respond to a validation e mail and paste in a code or symbol you sent them in the validation e mail?
  20. YachtForums, Dec 7, 2007
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    ALL of these measures are in place. Bots come in many forms. Some are automated. Some are human. I'm working on a more advanced method that will require answering a question that is marine related. Bots can't answer a question they are not programmed for. As for humans, we can weed out a bunch of 'em with a silly question, such as "is the bow the front or the rear of a boat?" Believe it or not, this will be effective because a large percentage of the hired humans don't speak English. These measures won't entirely eliminate the problem, but it will reduce it substantially. I'll work on this over the holidays, but I've got some other deadlines to meet now.
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