Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted January 4 Those Russian Bastards won't leave us alone, as they try to penetrate the Registration system I have on a regular basis. Just last night I had THREE attacks from Russia, of Spammers who want to penetrate and post hundreds of Spam posts, and in some cases--take over the site. Spammers from around the world are also trying, and even some here in the US, and boy these people are relentless. If I did not have my manual system of having to approve them--I am quite sure we would have had some nasty messes to clean up. THANK YOU to those who have donated, as your money was spent to create the technology by our Web Developer to keep our GREEN REFUGE safe. Trolls Thwarted... We have had a number of Trolls who attempted to sign up, and when I call them to "confirm" their information? I get crickets, with no return call. Another actually answered his phone, and after I identified myself he responded with...."oh,...you have a wrong number." Right. I could tell by his hesitation, and tone of voice that he was BUSTED. This extra work is a hassle, but it actually saves time for me overall instead of later deleting their posts, arguing with them about their posts, banning them, etc. I am not going to report this stuff all the time, but I wanted you to know that I am working to make sure our Duck Pond remains CLEAN. The posts written after our loss the last couple of days have had some superb analysis and writing. I so appreciate all of you, and it makes want to do what it takes to preserve this safe set of sites for the long-term. Final 2024 Numbers of the Two Sites We had over 300,000 unique readers between the two sites for 2024, and even if you are on the forum a couple of times a day--you are only counted once for the entire year as a unique reader. I figure between 'bots crawling the sites, and accidental hits--I can safety tell people that we serve over a quarter-million unique readers a year! This is great for volunteers to know that their time spent impacts thousands of readers, and for those who donate--you are helping Oregon fans around the world. (We had readers from over 50 countries in 2024) Charles 1 1 2 3 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 2 Share Posted January 4 All right, children. Everyone under their desk! If you don't get this, congratulations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
