captcha isn't going to fix the spam problem, these are humans working at spam farms and they must be going from leaked/compromised passwords from some hacks from other sites (or from this site, which would be more concerning)

or they're just trying generic passwords, I don't know

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the way the passwords are stored is already pretty secure

but no amount of security will help if people use 'qwerty' or '123456' as a password and even moreso if they use the same password on other sites

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the board doesn't particularly cost something to host on its own. it runs on my server, which also hosts other things, so... yeah. the Patreon donations I receive also largely cover the hosting costs, so there's no problem there.

it's just the maintenance. I don't check this board often, and dealing with ADHD doesn't help.

realistically, I'd just need a way to deal with the spam attacks. it's one thing if they're just your typical spammer accounts, but if old accounts are getting hacked, that's concerning.

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no, I can't view passwords. they are stored as hashes, with an algorithm that is especially designed to be computationally intensive.

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I can change people's passwords, but I can't see what their passwords are.

From the server's perspective, it's easy to hash a given password, but infeasible to undo the hashing to recover the original password.

The login page works in a similar fashion: the password you enter is hashed, and if that matches the stored hash, then you're considered logged in.

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The inactive account thing is pretty much that -- users with few posts who have been inactive for more than one month are moved to the inactive group, which technically has the same permissions as the banned group. They can PM staff members to have their account reactivated. Once that is done, they won't be deactivated again.

We had a bit of a similar situation at the melonDS board, though afaik it didn't involve accounts getting hacked. Accounts would be registered and go dormant for months, and suddenly come back to life and post spam. The deactivation system is intended to combat that.

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Posted by Thierry

btw does this board not have password requirements? as much as I hate them they're kind of a necessity at this point. I know some websites that outright reject passwords containing overused strings like the ones you mentioned

here's a fairly thorough standard:
-must be at least 8 characters long
-must contain at least one letter, one digit and one special character (e.g. & or @)

there's no requirements for uppercase/lowercase in this one (I haaate those)

see, that's the issue

we're all different there

I hate when they require special characters

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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you borked your image embed, you need to link to the image itself, not the imgur page

other than that, nice level design, I like it!

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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hi

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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gralb

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SMG2.5 was maybe too ambitious for its own, but also the way things worked was far from ideal, from my perspective

I remember when I wanted to advertise the project on 3D modelling sites and such (and hope to get more contributors)

"we have been working on this project for 3 years!"

"all we have to show is, err... a couple unfinished galaxy models"

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I wasn't even aware the SM64DS hacking scene had gotten advanced like that. Back then I was under the impression it was pretty niche. Then again, it was what, the 2010s?

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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hello from Belgium

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I'm on a mission

(trying to get ADHD meds that aren't available in my country)

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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Elvanse, so lisdexamfetamine. Close enough

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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you're a storm

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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this board is pretty much a shell of its former self. there's a bit of a community left but not really anything to make it worthwhile. the board doesn't really have a reason to be other than history...

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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the first iteration of the site was centered around SM64DS hacking

it's here: https://kuribo64.net/archive/

that project died to my ADHD, as usual. although it seems other people have picked it up, so that's nice.

the current board was centered around SMG hacking, and it met a similar fate. also didn't help that there was a lot of drama and I wasn't really good at handling these situations.

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cool story

can you atleast turn down the caps lock, or is your keyboard broken

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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holy shit, think of the kids

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melonDS the most fruity DS emulator there is

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