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Posted by stamper on Feb-23-2005 09:51:

Restrictions on new members.

Because there are LOTS of Spam type threads these days on the board (FREE IPODs etc.), i think it would be a good idea if perhaps new members can't make a thread within the first week of them being registered. This i think would deter a lot of Spammers.

I don't know if making something like this is actually possible (as in the programming), but i think it would help the anti-spam fight.

Others thoughts / opinions??

Posted by Fl1p on Feb-23-2005 11:20:

hmmm seems like a pretty good idea, right now i cant think of any downside to this... and it is possible not saying i can do it though

ps. whats up with this free ipod links? i see them everywhere

Posted by Ian on Feb-23-2005 12:40:

How about a question 'are you here to offer free stuff' most of them are probably stupid enough to tick 'yes' and end up in jail straight off

Posted by jon on Feb-23-2005 12:51:

http://www.freeeipod.com

on a more serious note this wont really put off the spammers as they will jsut remember to coem back in a week and spam, only way to deal with them is for the mods to hunt them out and ban them

Posted by UWM on Feb-23-2005 15:47:

I like banning gimps!

Posted by stamper on Feb-23-2005 21:45:

quote:
Originally posted by jon
http://www.freeeipod.com

on a more serious note this wont really put off the spammers as they will jsut remember to coem back in a week and spam, only way to deal with them is for the mods to hunt them out and ban them

Do you really think spammers will write down in a memo "come back to Tranceaddict in a week to start a spam thread". I think the week long restriction will deter them even posting at all.

Posted by jon on Feb-23-2005 22:26:

ive seen a few threads around on tips on how to spam ipod links etc and i saw a example of regiser for forum XXX and go back in 5 days and post their referal link

and the 1 week wait thing would be a bit harsh on new members who arnt here to spam their free ipod, tv, house, plain, moon, radio show, website, etc

Posted by Ian on Feb-23-2005 22:30:

make them do a quick 'why do you want to come to tranceaddict' assignment, even if it dont work it's bound to be a fun read

Posted by Lira on Feb-23-2005 22:51:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
I like banning gimps!

x2

Posted by verndogs on Feb-24-2005 00:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
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you mods keep stats on how many spammers you ban?

Posted by razzi on Feb-24-2005 00:29:

quote:
Originally posted by verndogs
you mods keep stats on how many spammers you ban?

i dont know if they do or not, but i think itd be pretty funny to see

Posted by I:E on Feb-24-2005 12:52:

Do you not think that this would also deter legitimate posters?

Granted that they're able to post within previously created threads, but what if they register for the sole purpose of starting a specific thread to answer a question they have?

Posted by Lira on Feb-24-2005 14:29:

quote:
Originally posted by verndogs
you mods keep stats on how many spammers you ban?

We don't really have actual numbers, but we know whenever someone's banned.

Although I think keeping stats would be funny, some people would interpret it as a "trigger happy behaviour" from us, which is not what we want.

Never mind the ambiguous nature of this post

Posted by Spacey Orange on Feb-24-2005 18:37:

i like the idea about preventing new members from starting threads. add to that a limit on the number of replies that new members can make.

for instance, when people first sign up, they would not be able to start threads. they can only reply and there could be a limit to the number of replies per day such as one reply per day for the first week. after some agreed-upon time, they would be able to start threads and reply more times a day.

these rules would not burden new members, and might significantly reduce spam. most of the spam or lame threads are the ones created by the new members anyway (i think .)

Posted by stamper on Feb-25-2005 04:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Spacey Orange
i like the idea about preventing new members from starting threads. add to that a limit on the number of replies that new members can make.

for instance, when people first sign up, they would not be able to start threads. they can only reply and there could be a limit to the number of replies per day such as one reply per day for the first week. after some agreed-upon time, they would be able to start threads and reply more times a day.

these rules would not burden new members, and might significantly reduce spam. most of the spam or lame threads are the ones created by the new members anyway (i think .)

Yep I agree. Good points here.

Posted by idoru on Feb-26-2005 00:46:

quote:
Originally posted by I:E
Do you not think that this would also deter legitimate posters?

Granted that they're able to post within previously created threads, but what if they register for the sole purpose of starting a specific thread to answer a question they have?

95% of the time, those people ask questions which can be found with