Can we get bot protection on the site.

rubin16
rubin16 Scope Member Posts: 1,593 Championing
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I've noticed an increased amount of AI bots posting, creating posts or lurking on the website. Its also been causing increased traffic to the website, with the guest amount into their 1000's at times which is why people are complaining of website issues.

These bots are essentially DoS'ing the website.

I think its time scope adopted a Bot protection system such as a captcha.

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  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 3,180 Connected

    Unfortunately Bots are a fact of life on the majority of forums @Rubin16.

    And most of 'em are Russian spam Bots out to get everyone's data.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 6,409 Online Community Team

    Hi @rubin16 I've asked the brains behind the operation and he's advised the available captcha is inaccessible unfortunately. It's something we are actively looking into ways to mitigate the issue of bots.

  • rubin16
    rubin16 Scope Member Posts: 1,593 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1136499#Comment_1136499

    Yeah its finding accessibility ones that still manage to deter bots. I understand that thankyou. I just noticed that its starting to become a security issue with the site so wanted to make you aware.

    Thanks for your response as always.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 6,409 Online Community Team

    Thanks @rubin16, appreciate you looking out for the site and members. 😊

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