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heiowge
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| This spamming is getting ridiculous. Can't we tighten up security? Maybe moderated first few posts? |
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nelz
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Overnight we had two spams from one user, and nothing particularly offensive. I think you need to reset your threshold of ridiculousness 
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heiowge
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| What I mean is you're getting users joining daily just to spam. A more aggressive policy should stop it. |
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bobthebob1234
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:37 am Post subject: |
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What, like preemptive bans?
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towy71
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:52 am Post subject: |
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It isn't too bad here heiowge, there are enough moderators to keep holding back the wild hordes 
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M-Saunders
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| heiowge wrote: | | What I mean is you're getting users joining daily just to spam. A more aggressive policy should stop it. |
A pre-moderation policy wouldn't stop that though. They'd still sign up, post spam, and mods would have to check it and inform me. Effectively same system as now. Plus, new users genuinely looking for quick help would have to wait.
It's really no problem here, I think. One or two spammers a day, on a moderately busy forum, is pretty good. Their posts never stay up long and it takes me 30 seconds in the morning to ban them.
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nelz
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| heiowge wrote: | | What I mean is you're getting users joining daily just to spam. A more aggressive policy should stop it. |
Maybe, but that aggression would be directed at all new users, not only spammers, making the forum less accessible to those that need it the most. I see more posts about cubes than spam some days and find them equally easy to ignore 
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heiowge
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| Be fair, I've sold a load of puzzles and made a ton of new mods in the last few months, but not posted a thing about them. |
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nelz
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You have now 
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