Level 50
I just popped the laracast twitter account a message too. Hey ho... :-(
Sep 23, 2016
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Level 18
We have a Spammer
Spamming a thread, 45k replies.
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/authlogin-is-not-working
Level 80
At least they’re honest: “Test spam”.
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Level 11
Check his experience points after only 2 hours!
507,270
:D
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Level 47
Up to 46k replies now. I wonder what hes testing...
Level 52
Testing experience points ^^
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Level 3
RIP my post.
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Level 18
@abhishek009 probably best starting a new one :(
Level 3
@JoeDawson : You could answer here :D
Level 18
Looks like they really want that #1 spot on the leaderboard, watch out @bashy ;)
Level 3
How to check who is at #1 position ? @JoeDawson
Level 18
@abhishek009 it's at the bottom of the Forum :) https://laracasts.com/discuss
Level 3
@JoeDawson : What is the use of experience ?
Level 50
On the plus side, at least they're only spamming that one thread - imagine if they decide to do it to them all...
Level 50
I missed it... but from the sound of it, perhaps it was a test to see what security Laracasts has before the real spam attack..
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Level 59
Thanks, everyone. I've deleted his/her account, and added a couple more checks to prevent anyone from replying that frequently.
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Level 3
@JeffreyWay : Off topic. What sublime theme are you using in Redis series ? Just curious :P
Level 104
@abhishek009 it looks like FreshCut by DayleRees
Level 65
@JoeDawson Jeez! I missed it :P what page was it on?!
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Level 18
@bashy not sure how many pages there were in the thread, but there was over 65,000 replies last I saw lol.
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Level 3
I saw 75 k replies.
Level 50
The guy is still in the leader board with ~500 k points
Level 75
Say whaaaaaaaaat!
Level 50
@jlrdw even if you get 10 points per reply, we have people who saw 75 k replies, that's 750 k points. The update must have hit when he only had 50 k replies.
Level 55
I missed everything, this "guy" sounds legendary ;)
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