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The new security system in use has been stopping me from getting near the site, it does the verification and then says ok and then waits for fiddlerman to respond, which times out
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This is the message I get, almost gave up tonight then suddenly it worked, hope you can help, obviously something has to be done about the amount of spam, which just lately hads been unbelievable, mostly from AI generated sources, maybe someone is trying out their software, and being paid to place ads on behalf of others, its not unknown.
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I only had this happen earlier today - after a couple tries I just decided to return later.
If it doesn't happen too often, the added security screening is a nusance I can put up with.
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@stringy said ... obviously something has to be done about the amount of spam, which just lately hads been unbelievable, mostly from AI generated sources, maybe someone is trying out their software, and being paid to place ads on behalf of others, its not unknown.
I don't see where there is a lot of spam on this site. When it appears, it is deleted and the spammer is banned. The other day, 2 were posted. I deleted one and Fiddlerman deleted one. We delete the spam quickly, and again, I honestly am not seeing a lot being posted at the moment. It comes in spurts like everywhere else. The first thing I do, every time I log on, is check for posts that are spam. I log on often. I check in without logging in during the day and check spam, also. I may not be seen as logged in, but I am looking in as a guest, looking for spam or other issues.
No forum, or website, is perfect. But, I think this forum is pretty clean and we work hard to create this space for you. Any spam is removed promptly.
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Fair enough, I wont bother reporting the spam anymore.
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@Mouse -
Are you getting the cloudflare human verification check everytime you try to just go to fiddlerman.com?
That AND another verification when logging in?
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Different platforms work differently with me. My tablet is mostly OK, but my laptop with chrome is poor. I think Edge is as bad as chrome, otherwise I'd reinstall Firefox and try that.
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ELCBK said
@Mouse -Are you getting the cloudflare human verification check everytime you try to just go to fiddlerman.com?
That AND another verification when logging in?
It's been a while since I logged in, but I think it's yes to both. And login verification is always a pita. It would help if I could change my login I.D. - I may be getting that wrong.
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Yes, I am getting the login verifications. I responded to Fiddlerman's question about it in the chat roll. I am good with the added layer.
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It seems a little excessive to me right now.
I frequently get the Cloudflare verification when I haven't loaded a page from this server in more than about 10 minutes. Sometimes, when I take a long time typing a post (perhaps because I'm trying to find a link, or just typing a lot), the Cloudflare verification comes up when I try to submit the post, and then the post ends up not being submitted.
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I've been getting many more (I just didn't want to make a big deal of it) - sometimes when I leave one thread & go to another, but also when I submit a post.
Just lost a whole post - one that took me more than a few minutes to put together, got another verification when I submitted it... poof, just went blank.
Only wondering - why so much verification after we've been allowed to log in?
Okay... I know I need to quit posting so much, this could be a good thing for me. 🥴
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I directed a chat message to Fiddlerman, but maybe I will PM with the additional comments. I lost a post yesterday, also.
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Just a heads up, and to limit the number of PM's, 😂, I PM'd Fiddlerman.
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I've been getting many more (I just didn't want to make a big deal of it) - sometimes when I leave one thread & go to another, but also when I submit a post.Just lost a whole post - one that took me more than a few minutes to put together, got another verification when I submitted it... poof, just went blank.
Only wondering - why so much verification after we've been allowed to log in?
Okay... I know I need to quit posting so much, this could be a good thing for me. 🥴
I go through the verifications as well to log in. Sorry about that.
I'll look at the settings and tone it down.
As for your post disappearing, That has happened to me too. I now select all and copy in advance of posting just in case. It shouldn't happen, but if it does, you'll be happy that you saved your post.
Mainly this happens to me when I haven't been active for a while.
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Just lost a whole post - one that took me more than a few minutes to put together, got another verification when I submitted it... poof, just went blank. . .
A lot of times, I write what I’m going to post on a Word doc, and then I copy & paste it.
I started doing this with other sites (e.g., sending message to customer service things, etc.,) after too many times of having what I wrote out “disappear”.
It’s an extra step, I guess, but it’s just a habit for me now. I just keep a "drafting" Word document on my desktop.
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I already draft posts in a Word document if I know they're likely to take a long time to write -- this was something I started doing because of long COVID, because I sometimes needed to finish writing the next day. But I sometimes take longer than expected to write something that I think is only going to take a minute or two; often this happens when I just need to look something up or find a link.
And when the new security verifications started, I certainly didn't expect them to pop up again after barely ten minutes of inactivity.
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I've taken to composing in my email inbox, but that's mostly because I'm on a tablet, and it's harder to type.
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Thanks for the suggestions!
I usually do make a copy before I submit a post/reply, especially if I spend much time - just hadn't been having trouble like that for a while & got lax.
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Hopefully you guys are not having to verify that you're human much anymore.
Our site was under attack and this was a way to stop it.
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