Even before the Overmind, there was the invasion of S.P.A.M.- the Sinister Persistent Android Malcontents.
To me, spamming Forums and other useful places with 'bots is pretty much the lowest form of human endeavor. It's right up there with setting your kids on fire. It destroys the very concept of the Internet, which is a place where we can all share our knowledge, skilled labor and opinion.
That said, this is the world we live in, and I've had to update the Forum's safeguards again, in a hopefully non-futile attempt to keep S.P.A.M. off of the 'boards. Hopefully the new catchpa will be successful where the old ones weren't, at least for a little while.
