Tomarty
February 19, 2016, 3:09am
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Duplicate and related threads (to name a few):
So PM bots are an issue, we all know that.
A solution I was thinking of is simply adding a captcha you must answer for every X amount of messages sent.
However, to add on to this idea, It will force you to answer a captcha more often if you add a group link into the PM.
So for example, I respond to 100 legitimate replies to people, then I must answer a captcha. However, if I sent say 20 mesasges that have a group link, every 20 messages with a group link, I have to answer a captcha, that way …
The idea is simple, and may solve the issue of pm botting.
Add a captcha you must answer if you sent more than 20 messages within an hour.
I’ve seen so many issues with pm botting, it needs to be addressed.
http://devforum.roblox.com/t/site-wide-captcha/21720
An issue that have been plaguing users of Roblox recently is spam in their PM boxes. The spam tends to consist of messages that try to get users to join groups (Because they played X game, and they’re ‘experienced’). Sometimes, it can be used for malicious purposes (Such as sending cryptic messages to discourage players from playing a certain game, or trying to get users to go to phishing sites).
Example of spam:
Example of harassing bot-messages:
I think that a form of human verification (…
http://devforum.roblox.com/t/someone-has-found-the-solution-to-pm-botting/20649
What if facebook or your email had this feature? it would add too much friction to socialization on roblox.