What the...?

[shadow_death_]

Hey, I have a question.
So far, I've done almost no promotion for http://balanceforums.info.
I've had to put it into Locked Mode due to spam I get. I haven't had this problem on any other forum, and I haven't even submitted the site to any search engines, promotion sites, top sites, etc.
I'm really confused about this.
Everything was also about

Spoiler

pornographic and sexual

content.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

Spammers will find your forum even with no promotion. Better security precautions is what is needed.

 

[shadow_death_]

I've tried, and I'm going to do IP blocks.
What confuses me is that they had time to put an avatar and make signatures and fill out their profiles completely...

 

[CyberFreak]

Rather then banning ip's and risking blocking legit users and having a massive ban list, add a better visual confirmation to the registration page, StopForumSpam integration and email validation. You could also try to block some email domains.. Just don't block gmail or hotmail though!

Prevention is better then cure. Banning IP's is what you do after they get through. You should stop them as best you can getting to that point. Banning IP's is pretty useless unless you have a large database of IP's of spammers like Stopforumspam.

 

[shadow_death_]

Thanks, I appreciate the tip.