2015-06-16, 10:19
Some of them will attempt padding, and that will expose them to moderators where they can be banned. Sometimes it just flat out stops them. Either way, until we have a better way to deal with PM spam this is what we're doing.
As for why we can't blacklist banned add-on names, that won't really work, at least not with a huge chunk of them. They contain common words like genesis, or 1 channel, which can easily be a false trigger. Xfinity is also the name Comcast gives to their TV service, and a lot of people ask how they can watch xfinity with Kodi and they're talking about cable card tuners.
I've actually suggested a one-time-popup that could be dismissed that was based on keywords, but the idea wasn't well received and we don't know of a MyBB plug-in that does this.
As for why we can't blacklist banned add-on names, that won't really work, at least not with a huge chunk of them. They contain common words like genesis, or 1 channel, which can easily be a false trigger. Xfinity is also the name Comcast gives to their TV service, and a lot of people ask how they can watch xfinity with Kodi and they're talking about cable card tuners.
I've actually suggested a one-time-popup that could be dismissed that was based on keywords, but the idea wasn't well received and we don't know of a MyBB plug-in that does this.
