by TurdPile » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:39 pm
It isn't really clear what is actually being done, and why. Pretty much the synopsis is that the forum is mainly ID based (you go to a profile, it would be listed in the URL as an ID, like my user ID was 83). This number can be used to make a simple iteration and count up and just grab a bunch of usernames. Due to recent events, we are attempting to limit the ways bots can crawl this forum and pull a bunch of usernames.
What has been done so far is:
- Change profile links to use Username, rather than ID.
- Disable some memberlist functions entirely.
- Disable post searches if they use an ID (username searches will still work; "author=XX" in the URL versus "author_id=123")
There are numerous places on the forum where a user ID will be used instead of a username; so if you spot one, please PM me and I will add it to the list. (I know about Private Messages using ID; I'll get around to that soon PMs fixed).
I have mostly rescinded my role as Admin.
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