And please enlighten me: do you all have to enter the verification code and also answer these verification questions for every post here?
No. It's been so long since I joined so I don't remember but I think the forum was then so obscure that anti-spam wasn't even needed.
This is sick.
The spamming industry is sick and it's consequences are a pain but unfortunately necessary...
I've seen global forums with +100k users becoming virtually unusable for weeks because of spam attacks from a few individuals. That is in my opinion much worse than new users having to verify themselves up to the point where most spammers are filtered away.
Welcome here and enjoy your GS-911!
Unfortunately this thread may now serve as a reference manual for spammers on what is required to sneak in.
@Dann, could you please change the part where you mention a specific number?