Suppose I'm a new user and want to post something on the forum.
To do so I need to create a username and a valid email address which has to be
confirmed by BL. I just tried this with a fake address and got stuck.
However the people/bots who post the spam on BL Forum can apparently can go away
with this.
I'm pretty sure this is a headache not only for the users of BL but for the
admins as well. But now that TLG owns BL, I'd expect this problem to have
been resolved by now and so I wonder how it is still possible that BL can't
stop this spam.
And if I may throw another tantrum: large and popular websites like Brickset,
New Elementary, and Eurobricks don't have this problem at all. They use tried-and-true
techniques to prevent this spam.
It's also completely incomprehensible when you consider that Briclink recently
made it impossible for sellers and buyers to add personal notes, because that
would be 'unsafe'.
However, if there's anything that's trusted, it's the accounts of
registered buyers and sellers with a long history. Or am I missing something
here?
I'm pretty sure this is a headache not only for the users of BL but for the
admins as well. But now that TLG owns BL, I'd expect this problem to have
been resolved by now and so I wonder how it is still possible that BL can't
stop this spam.
I just tried this with a fake address and got stuck.
However the people/bots who post the spam on BL Forum can apparently can go away
with this.
Easy: buy a large number of super cheap domains from an unscrupulous registrar
in a country that historically is lax about dealing with cybercriminals, so that
the email addresses are real and you control all of them. Email verification
doesn't check for humans, just for working emails.
Netherlands, Overijssel
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
USA, Indiana
