Users automatically join and then disconnect from a channel in an
effort to "spam" links to weird YouTube pages. Any way to stop?
reddit / irc

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LOLGoodMeme · 2018-05-24 22:59

A user with the name "Max" joined my darkmyst channel and then
disconnected. No chat, no nothing. I am fairly sure he logged in only
to log back out and thus spam the channel with his disconnect message.
His disconnect message had a youtube link in it. Wanting to make sure
this was nothing inappropriate being linked to the channel, I clicked
it.

The channel was "Fadak TV" on YouTube, some Islamic channel
apparently.

Is there any way to stop this sort of spam before it begins?

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A-UNDERSCORE-D · 2018-05-24 23:03

Ban the user?

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0o0oo000oo0 · 2018-05-24 23:31

Low quality post.
Not informative.
Do not be a fag.

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yunocchi · 2018-05-24 23:32

I believe I am aware of this particular spam campaign. Your best bet
is following the advice of /u/A-UNDERSCORE-D and banning the
particular host in question. You can ask the operators of the network
in question whether or not they support filtering content - It may be
possible to filter the specific spam (especially if the host runs
InspIRCd).

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noeatnosleep · 2018-05-24 23:37

Final warning.

We don't insult other users, and we don't use slurs.

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0o0oo000oo0 · 2018-05-24 23:41

You can't have a final warning without a first one

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noeatnosleep · 2018-05-24 23:46

You damn sure can.

Your first is your final.

I'd love for you to stay around, and I'd love for you to continue to
roast people, if it's obviously good hearted and slur-free, but I'd
prefer for you to provide constructive criticism instead. Either way,
behave or begone.

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0o0oo000oo0 · 2018-05-24 23:51

> You damn sure can.


No

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noeatnosleep · 2018-05-24 23:52

Yes

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0o0oo000oo0 · 2018-05-25 00:01

https://gfycat.com/BouncyAmusedGoshawk

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noeatnosleep · 2018-05-25 00:02

Yes yes yes yes

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0o0oo000oo0 · 2018-05-25 00:04

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooope

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rubinlinux · 2018-05-25 01:47

On my network, we disabled user generated quit and part messages for
this reason.

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phate408 · 2018-05-25 04:40

We have previously implemented rate limits on JOIN commands to fight
this. Allowed a burst of quite a few for when people connect, but
limit someone keeping a sustained rate up.

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VersedNJ · 2018-07-31 01:13

You can also make the room invite only, I know on the efnet #android
and ircnet #worldchat we do that often when the trollers come out to
play, and the regulars who unfortunately get caught  and can't get
into the room, are savvy enough to PM one of the regulars to invite
them in.