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I range ban India from my websites. Cut my spam by 95%.

by cjbgkagh 4y ago

PaywallBuster 4y ago
- corrral 4y ago
  What's supposed to be at that link? I see a bunch of shit about Hunter Biden and what may or may not be this guy(?) gloating about wage theft.
  - happytoexplain 4y ago
    For me, the first thing is "leftwingers tend to be ugly and rightwingers tend to be beautiful". It seems to mostly be political shitposting.
    - corrral 4y ago
      Ah, yeah, that one's new since I posted. The account falls into "can't tell if this is a parody of right-wing "hustle" bros, or if this guy(?) is serious" territory.
  - PaywallBuster 4y ago
    first example from search result https://twitter.com/SaaSWiz/status/1528633428106588160 https://twitter.com/SaaSWiz/status/1528633428106588160
- cjbgkagh 4y ago
  I do wonder how many of the remaining 5% are Indians with VPNs. We’re in a niche industry so we ignore enquirers from people we can’t verify. So no big deal. Just a shame that we can’t really do business with India via a website. Edit: I don’t have a Twitter account so was unable to see what was linked
  - spullara 4y ago
    Why would you need a Twitter account? I just went to that link in private browsing and it shows me their profile page, which is the link.
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hallway_monitor 4y ago
This is honestly a great idea. None of my sites need or want non-US traffic. Why am I allowing it at all?
- corrral 4y ago
  Not a new tactic. A classic way to cut down exploit attempts to something you can actually monitor rather than a firehose, for sites that don't need an international audience, is to blackhole IP blocks from China and Russia. Sites have been doing that since at least the early 2000s.
- teh_klev 4y ago
  This is futile. There's these services called VPN's that let me exit my traffic into the US.
  - CSMastermind 4y ago
    For a motivated attacker for sure but if you're just trying to cut down on run of the mill low quality stuff this seems effective.
  - shapefrog 4y ago
    > This is futile. I will pop by and rob you later, I assume you have no windows, doors or locks and wont call the police after I clean you out because it would be futile.
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I range ban India from my websites. Cut my spam by 95%.

PaywallBuster 4y ago

corrral 4y ago
What's supposed to be at that link? I see a bunch of shit about Hunter Biden and what may or may not be this guy(?) gloating about wage theft.
- happytoexplain 4y ago
  For me, the first thing is "leftwingers tend to be ugly and rightwingers tend to be beautiful". It seems to mostly be political shitposting.
  - corrral 4y ago
    Ah, yeah, that one's new since I posted. The account falls into "can't tell if this is a parody of right-wing "hustle" bros, or if this guy(?) is serious" territory.
- PaywallBuster 4y ago
  first example from search result https://twitter.com/SaaSWiz/status/1528633428106588160 https://twitter.com/SaaSWiz/status/1528633428106588160
cjbgkagh 4y ago
I do wonder how many of the remaining 5% are Indians with VPNs. We’re in a niche industry so we ignore enquirers from people we can’t verify. So no big deal. Just a shame that we can’t really do business with India via a website. Edit: I don’t have a Twitter account so was unable to see what was linked
- spullara 4y ago
  Why would you need a Twitter account? I just went to that link in private browsing and it shows me their profile page, which is the link.
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hallway_monitor 4y ago

This is honestly a great idea. None of my sites need or want non-US traffic. Why am I allowing it at all?

corrral 4y ago
Not a new tactic. A classic way to cut down exploit attempts to something you can actually monitor rather than a firehose, for sites that don't need an international audience, is to blackhole IP blocks from China and Russia. Sites have been doing that since at least the early 2000s.
teh_klev 4y ago
This is futile. There's these services called VPN's that let me exit my traffic into the US.
- CSMastermind 4y ago
  For a motivated attacker for sure but if you're just trying to cut down on run of the mill low quality stuff this seems effective.
- shapefrog 4y ago
  > This is futile. I will pop by and rob you later, I assume you have no windows, doors or locks and wont call the police after I clean you out because it would be futile.

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