Pointless announcement

[Savonarola]

I just happened to catch a bunch of googlebots crawling good ol' FFForums. A typical guess would be that they were indexing. Maybe we'll be famous soon.

Check out the first two results for this google search for "fayfreethinkers".

[Savonarola]

Possibly due in part to the Google caching, spambot canvassing has increased exponentially. Over 100 posts have been deleted today alone.

I am about to implement a preventative measure. Please be aware that any posts that are made in the next couple hours may be lost; I recommend saving anything you want to post in case this happens.

Here is how the modification works: Any post that is submitted within five seconds of the reply page generation will be redirected to a preview. You will not be able to post a reply without waiting for the five seconds to elapse. (Generally this is not a problem with mere humans, since it takes time to type a response, but spambots are hellbent on efficiency.)

Please bear with us while we try to manage this new wave of bots.

Thanks for your cooperation,
--Sav, FFForums Mod@Large

[Savonarola]

The modification appears to have been successful. Post at will!

If you encounter any problems, please send me a private message that includes details.

Thanks,
--Sav