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Anti-spam recommendation
on: February 23, 2013, 07:54:32 AM
I was thinking of the problem we've been having with spam lately. Why don't we have a requirement on profiles that has restrictions on making new thread topics? Let's say, you can only make a new thread after you have 5 postings on the forum? I wouldn't think the number would have to be too high but it may prevent spammers from getting in and making new threads immediately. Thoughts?
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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #1 on: February 23, 2013, 08:36:35 AM
In theory it should, however new members are supposed to be restricted from posting links as well and yet the spammers have somehow gotten around that.

Its worth looking into though.

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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #2 on: February 23, 2013, 12:41:52 PM
Yeah, good thinking :tu:
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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #3 on: February 23, 2013, 12:47:10 PM
Flip side to the coin, at least the Spammers are keeping themselves separate with the new threads rather than spoiling the flow of a running thread ... for the most part anyway. Would stopping them create new threads lead to spam being in a "worse" place?


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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #4 on: February 23, 2013, 12:56:20 PM
I think in theory it's easy enough to implement a no new threads for new members, but remember most new people do their first post/thread in the New Member Forum...
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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #5 on: February 23, 2013, 01:02:24 PM
I like spammers, they always start such funny threads. :whistle:
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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #6 on: February 23, 2013, 01:05:02 PM
dunno... seems rather repetitive to me...

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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #7 on: February 23, 2013, 07:59:23 PM
Quote from: Whoey on February 23, 2013, 12:56:20 PM
I think in theory it's easy enough to implement a no new threads for new members, but remember most new people do their first post/thread in the New Member Forum...


That's why I suggest that the post number would be low enough to where a real new member would be able to do that after making a few posts
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Re: Anti-spam recommendation
Reply #8 on: March 03, 2013, 08:53:51 PM
As a new member that started off with a new thread, I think it's a good thing to allow us newbies to start threads.

My new thread had good reason to be a new thread too :)

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