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 Post subject: spammers be gone
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:38 am 
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was wondering how users would feel about thous word activation things? i was thinking of useing em to keep the spammers at bay. you know where you type in a word to beable to do some things? :feedback:



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 Post subject: Re: spammers be gone
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:51 pm 
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Those things are obnoxious but it's a lot better than having spam all the time. Another alternative that might be doable is to put all new members on moderation at first. If their first post is acceptable we unmoderate them and if it's not acceptable we delete them. But I don't know if this board can actually work that way, and it would also delay nice people from making their first post. I think your word activation idea is better.



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 Post subject: Re: spammers be gone
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:55 pm 
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well how does this sound? we can try the word thing for a month and if it does not work out we can do away with it?



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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:49 pm 
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It sounds good to me. Some more spam was posted today, by FirstPilotPlane



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PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:15 am 
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FanReplicaWatches is also a spammer
And Aboxiatoigion



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PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:00 pm 
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I agree with Mel, trying it for a month would be good.
Certainly better than spammers lol



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 Post subject: Re: spammers be gone
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:42 am 
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ill take care of it tonight.



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:17 am 
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While you're at it, you might want to delete all the members with zero posts. Several of them posted spam that was deleted, and others look like spammers who never bothered to post anything. The problem has tapered off lately, so apparently they're not getting enough return on their efforts to make it worth the trouble.



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 Post subject: Re: spammers be gone
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:51 pm 
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do you think i should turn on the verification? for joining



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