Automated fake account removal in obvious, repetitive cases.

[MaxiDownloads]

I think there should be a robot that helps autodelete fake accounts:

Ok, I'll be realistic. I know that no robot in the world will stop all fakes, and such a robot run too aggressively can inadvertently remove a good account. However, I have found a common recurring pattern in over 15 fake accounts I have reported in under a week.

1.) The account has two files: a wmv video file, and a readme text file.

2.) A whole bunch of late-release movies, many in theaters and not out on BluRay or DVD, posted all at the same time.

3.) The username is created in a short period of time, and dozens or hundreds of these WMV-TXT torrents posted all at once.

4.) Most of the filesizes are exactly the same. 728 and 296 MB seem to be the most common at this time.

5.) Random releaser names.

6.) The exact same generic, useless description on every single torrent.



Storyline
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For the sake of sharing, Please seed as long as you can

Enjoy HD releases

............ NFO .............
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For more info about this show check ReadMe file
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My suggestion is to have an automated robot delete the accounts that fit these specific criteria. The bot would be built-in to the TPB website, and scan during the uploading process. They are so repetitive that I think a botnet/virus is starting them. I started reporting fake accounts recently in order to help contribute to a safer TPB environment, and these accounts ail me to no end.

[gcjm]

TPB utilise many hybrid-super-computers to scan for fakes.
They're referred to as "Mods" and "Helpers".

I have found a common recurring pattern in over 15 fake accounts I have reported in under a week.

The majority of your "common, recurring patterns" are nothing that a script could search for; they are random, undefined or constantly changing elements.

If a script was based solely on "common factors" fakers would change their game in a minute flat leaving only legitimate unfortunates to be insta-banned.

Humans are better at the job. You are proof of the fact.

[Hankenstein]

You have accurately described the properties of a fake, but the solution should come sooner.

The simplest solution is to limit a first time poster to just one posting per day for the first week, instead of unlimited. This would limit the amount of bandwidth they waste and the numbers of IP addresses they are collecting.

These fakers are likely corporate in origin and can not post anything other than a fake.

[Kingfish]

You have accurately described the properties of a fake, but the solution should come sooner.

The simplest solution is to limit a first time poster to just one posting per day for the first week, instead of unlimited. This would limit the amount of bandwidth they waste and the numbers of IP addresses they are collecting.

These fakers are likely corporate in origin and can not post anything other than a fake.

And they will just post one torrent in a week or wait a week then start flooding.

[Hankenstein]

You have accurately described the properties of a fake, but the solution should come sooner.

The simplest solution is to limit a first time poster to just one posting per day for the first week, instead of unlimited. This would limit the amount of bandwidth they waste and the numbers of IP addresses they are collecting.

These fakers are likely corporate in origin and can not post anything other than a fake.

And they will just post one torrent in a week or wait a week then start flooding.

Isn't one torrent a week better than thousands a day?

When I said for the first week, I meant starting with the first posting.

[kjf]

What they will do is post legit torrents until the waiting period is over, and then start flooding fakes.

Sure, in the beginning you'll catch a few until they figure the system out. But they will adjust, as they have adjusted to every other attempt to automatically block them.

[Hankenstein]

What they will do is post legit torrents until the waiting period is over, and then start flooding fakes.

Sure, in the beginning you'll catch a few until they figure the system out. But they will adjust, as they have adjusted to every other attempt to automatically block them.

I am fairly certain these are corporate in origin. If this is the case, they can only post materials they have rights too.

And Yes, You are right, it is possible they might post some public domain materials for the first few. and do several "legit Postings"

But allowing unlimited uploads to new users you make their job easier and allows them to collect thousands of IP addresses a day. Why help them by giving unlimited access right away?

Why not limit a first time up-loader? Is there some compelling reason why a first timer needs to be unlimited?

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What they will do is post legit torrents until the waiting period is over, and then start flooding fakes.

Sure, in the beginning you'll catch a few until they figure the system out. But they will adjust, as they have adjusted to every other attempt to automatically block them.

kjf,

I worked in Corporate IT for 30 years. We had a project one time to replace a Mainframe Billing System with a Unix based distributed system with an intranet front end. We hired a guy to plan and architect the components needed to perform the transition.

Week after week his status report on the project was a litany of all the reasons why it could not be done. "Jsub on the mainframe won't interface with JES 2 on the mainframe" and so on. All were valid observations. He wasn't making anything up. We paid him to do this for over a year.

They eventually they let him go. It turned out it could be done. Just not with someone focused on failure.

It's easy to think of all the reasons why something won't work. But it prevents us from making real progress.

If you can't move until you have an absolute airtight solution then you often find you are stuck in one place.

You are right when you say they will adjust. That is not a reason to give up. They will always adjust, until it costs too much.

Isn't making them adjust better than letting them slide?

[kjf]

You aren't wrong; no first time uploader has any need to upload dozens of torrents in one day. However, no one in this thread actually has the ability to implement any solution.

As far as solutions go, the kind of pattern recognition suggested by the OP would go a lot farther than simple flood prevention.

[Hankenstein]

You aren't wrong; no first time uploader has any need to upload dozens of torrents in one day. However, no one in this thread actually has the ability to implement any solution.

As far as solutions go, the kind of pattern recognition suggested by the OP would go a lot farther than simple flood prevention.

I am fairly certain that a script to identify potential fakes is relatively easy to write. The characteristics of a fake are very consistent and normal up-loaders look very different for the most part. It it clear these torrents are themselves generated by scripts from one source.

These characteristics can be parametrized into an external file for easy update when the characteristics change. Such a script could red flag a posting to require a human review PRIOR to uploading. I doubt there are many if any new posters that would be selected. Even if there are some, a human makes the final decision on red flagged uploads.

That in combination with requiring up-loaders to build some level of trust prior to going unlimited could be very effective.

Look at Ebola. There are people alive today due to a cocktail of vaccines. No one vaccine could cure it, but a combination of the three along with early detection increases your survival rate very dramatically.

I understand that no one here can implement such changes, But doesn't some one who does read these suggestions? Or is there another place to make suggestions?

Hankenstein.