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Offline Bullseye

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« on: December 20, 2006, 02:18:55 PM »
The number of Spam posts are increasing (prolly the holidays...).

I know we had eliminated the post requirement because of the number of "junk posts", but by eliminating that, we've open ourselves to spam posts....


I suggest we go back to a small number of posts (perhaps in specific forums?) before any user can create their own topics. This would prevent most of the "Bot-Posts" that have been cluttering up the board.

I'd rather put up with 3-5 N00b posts from an interested party than be bothered with the cr@p from marketeers we're seeing these days.

What do you think?
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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2006, 02:33:20 PM »
It really bugs me.  It sometimes takes me a couple of seconds to decipher that it's a SPAM.
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2006, 06:39:58 PM »
Quote from: "Farslayer"
It really bugs me.  It sometimes takes me a couple of seconds to decipher that it's a SPAM.


I kinda like hearing about wart removal topics    ;)

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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2006, 06:46:19 PM »
I don't even know how many new mortgages and miracle growth pills I've taken advantage of lately.  If it weren't for those "spam" posts, I never would have found out about them!

A question though, are new members required to post in that "introduce yourself" forum first?  I thought we at least kept that requirement.  It keeps the fodder posts out of the real topics but it also sets back some of the bots.
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2006, 11:15:25 PM »
yes, but what exactly defines a small number of posts.
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2006, 08:21:10 AM »
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yes, but what exactly defines a small number of posts.


If memory serves me correctly, we *used* to require 10 posts before you could start a new topic. That, in some eyes, was excessive. I would imagine that 3-4 would be good - no so many that we'd be inundated with "garbage posts" like the old days, but enough to gauge if the poster is a spammer or not.
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2006, 05:20:19 PM »
But what if people want to introduce themselves, or have signed up on the forum to ask a question?

I liked seanm028 idea were people have to post in the "introduce yourself" section first.
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2006, 07:46:17 PM »
What sean said.  The spamming is getting way out of hand.
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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2007, 01:25:10 PM »
I haven't seen any in some time now, so I believe its been taken care of.
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2007, 06:44:19 PM »
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I haven't seen any in some time now, so I believe its been taken care of.


Yeah, good job admins, whatever you did.
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