Auto kicks/mutes for spambots

[Myst]

I'm not sure if this has been a long term problem, but since I joined this server again there have been a couple of spambots which make chatting almost impossible for a few minutes, especially if there are no Ops available. So my suggestion would be to kick/mute someone automatically if they type too many single messages in a given time.

Screenshot for illustration.

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[DarthLego5679]

I think this could be a good idea, but sometimes Trusted need to type several messages in a short time because of the space limitations. Would it only apply to normal players? Or do you mean single character messages, such as your screenshot shows?

 

[Myst]

^
I don't think any trusted would type and enter 10 single lines in less than one second. And that's the usual speed for spambots. So that could be a good cap already. As usual for suggestions, I don't know if it's possible to do, but I don't see anything wrong with the concept.

 

[DarthLego5679]

Hokay, carry on.

 

[Razinao]

I spoke to KingSam shortly after our encounter with "TheHacker98", and proposed 10 messages in 5 seconds is a kick. We might be seeing that come in, we might not.

 

[destroyerx1]

10 messages in 5 seconds seems a bit strict.

 

[Razinao]

That means you have to physically type 10 things in five seconds.
I don't know anyone who does that and still makes sense without flooding the chat. Not even I enter a message every 0.5 seconds.

 

[Chinner2]

I agree with Razinao. Who would type 10 messages in 5 seconds unless they were trying to spam.

 

[Shinyshark]

Heey
Guys
How
Are
You
Doing
Because
I
Am
Banned
*kick*

Imagine it like that, not like one sentence in 10 seconds.

 

[Jayfeather]

Heey
Guys
How
Are
You
Doing
Because
I
Am
Banned
*kick*

Imagine it like that, not like one sentence in 10 seconds.

Auto Kick for flooding the chat with something that could be in one sentence :3

Edit: So basically what I'm saying is that would be deserved.

 

[Eternal Bliss]

I think they should just be auto-muted for a bit (as myst proposed in the OP) and there could be a message saying slow it down or something along those lines. After 2-3 auto-mutes, they could be kicked.