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| Thread ID: 86537 | 2008-01-20 06:59:00 | Stopping forum spammers | radium (8645) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 632092 | 2008-01-21 09:24:00 | Im with Metla, Bletch & FoxyMX on this one... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 632093 | 2008-01-21 09:39:00 | I just thought maybe a well implemented clause in registrations would be a better prevention than cure, with out stopping the fundamentals of this message board. Really Spam here hasn't been an issue for me as per se, I was welcoming a discussion on topic and my basis for the discussion was less spamming = less work for the mods. But now it’s palpable that it’s not an issue for them. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 632094 | 2008-01-21 09:40:00 | And what about people like SurferJoe? PF1 members on holiday? Random helpful overseas members? I am talking about people 'signing up' for an account, so members on holiday could still access it, as they would already be authentitcated. It is a NZ forum, so maybe the cost of no spam, is no overseas people signing up. The way around this could be some form of manually checking the overseas person signing up that they are a real user, and not a spammer. Or the overseas person could get a NZ friend to set up an account for them. I am not taking about blocking international access, just international signups. What do other major forums do? |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 632095 | 2008-01-21 10:49:00 | I dunno, goto forums.gentoo.org & signup? ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 632096 | 2008-01-21 11:15:00 | Yeah, spam on the PF1 forums is relatively low. An extra tool at the moderators disposal isn't a bad idea though. The vBulletin mini-mod Prevent Spam Posts (www.vbulletin.org) puts any posts of a new user (less than 5 posts, say) into the moderation queue (and out of the main forum) if it contains "blacklisted words". I'm sure the mods could come up with a solid list of word's to blacklist. "Sale" and "buy" come to mind. |
sal (67) | ||
| 632097 | 2008-01-21 17:54:00 | I am talking about people 'signing up' for an account, so members on holiday could still access it, as they would already be authentitcated. It is a NZ forum, so maybe the cost of no spam, is no overseas people signing up. The way around this could be some form of manually checking the overseas person signing up that they are a real user, and not a spammer. Or the overseas person could get a NZ friend to set up an account for them. I am not taking about blocking international access, just international signups. What do other major forums do? I am a real person..... <click> I am a real person..... <click> I am a real person..... <click> I am a rea........ <click> |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 632098 | 2008-01-21 19:06:00 | We could really put them off - snail mail with joined-up writing? By crikey S,good to see you off the fence. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 632099 | 2008-01-22 11:48:00 | Im with Metla, Bletch & FoxyMX on this one... So am I. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 632100 | 2008-01-22 12:13:00 | Some ideas: - Users with less than 5 posts will need to have their threads and replies approved by a moderator. - More moderators. |
jason_f90 (3544) | ||
| 632101 | 2008-01-22 22:17:00 | Some ideas: - Users with less than 5 posts will need to have their threads and replies approved by a moderator. - More moderators. Yes more moderators, I could be one because I am in the UK and I could catch all the ones that come from this part of the world.:thumbs: |
wmoore (6009) | ||
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