Scary spam in place..
I don't have time to post links but there is scary spam in place..not hard to find as no replies. Some of it is graphic.
scary spam
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Re: scary spam
Feel free to pull me up if this has been considered before but,
Is it possible to require the first post by a new user to be allowed or disallowed by a moderator before it appears on the board?
We do this over on a web board I moderate and it allows us to weed out spammers and link farmers before they can bother other users
It does mean there's a slight delay before new users can see their posts appear though so perhaps that would be a consideration.
Is it possible to require the first post by a new user to be allowed or disallowed by a moderator before it appears on the board?
We do this over on a web board I moderate and it allows us to weed out spammers and link farmers before they can bother other users
It does mean there's a slight delay before new users can see their posts appear though so perhaps that would be a consideration.
Re: scary spam
thanks for the suggestion - i've posted in the mods forum so that we can talk about if its something we could/would like to do 
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Re: scary spam
I like that idea as well...it could just be the first post or so, and at least that weeds out the spammers...but that might be a little harder to implement when it's a support board...
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"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process, he does not become a monster. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."~Nietzsche
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Re: scary spam
Much of the spam comes from bots (software applications that run automated tasks over the Net).
Many of the mods (me included) regularly scan the member-list for spam-bots (the indicators are a random user-name and random profile details) and report the details to the admins, who can then deactivate those "members".
Most of the spammers are zapped in that way before they get a chance to post... .
Many of the mods (me included) regularly scan the member-list for spam-bots (the indicators are a random user-name and random profile details) and report the details to the admins, who can then deactivate those "members".
Most of the spammers are zapped in that way before they get a chance to post...
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And die alone
Yet see the red-gold cirrus
Over snow-mountain shine.
From High Country Weather, James K Baxter
You walk with an intelligence
That informs a clear bright eye
There are unexpected revelations
In the company of ravens.
From In The Company Of Ravens, Maddy Prior
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