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anti-spam new member login?
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(11-29-2016, 10:17 AM)Praefectusclassis Wrote: I think some of those things can be done out of the box with MyBB (which, as far as I know, is no offshoot of PHPBB) using the permissions system. I'll look at that. Thanks for the suggestion!

I've seen the spam - it's a real pain. And I know how much work is involved dealing with it.

You've got to understand the spammer mentality - They aren't posting for you - they're posting for Google, etc. So from their point of view, just being on the site for a few hours, may allow them to get their URL scanned by google - and they've achieved what they wanted.

And it'll be one programmer/owner - who tries to automate everything - but for some of it, I'm sure they now use a room full of very low paid workers who may not even speak English. And because of that, every new question, prevents the low paid workers doing the registration and instead the owner will have to look it up on google - then fill out a sheet of "questions + answers". The more he has to waste his time - the sooner he'll just give up and go somewhere easier.

So the effective ways to stop them are:
1. Make it harder to register - e.g. a large number of different but very basic questions (at least for anyone even mildly interested in subject).
2. Restrict the publication of URLs
3. Restrict the number of posts
4. Speed up the removal of spam.

So, another suggestion - is that you make it easier to "sin bin" posts. A simple idea is that if 1 or 2? people flag a post then it gets removed from public view immediately - unless actively reinstated by a mod.
Oh the grand oh Duke Suetonius, he had a Roman legion, he galloped rushed down to (a minor settlement called) Londinium then he galloped rushed back again. Londinium Bridge is falling down, falling down ... HOLD IT ... change of plans, we're leaving the bridge for Boudica and galloping rushing north.
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anti-spam new member login? - by Nathan Ross - 11-26-2016, 11:36 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Nathan Ross - 11-26-2016, 12:30 PM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Michael Kerr - 11-26-2016, 12:15 PM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Nathan Ross - 11-27-2016, 07:43 PM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Lothia - 11-28-2016, 12:10 PM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Nathan Ross - 11-28-2016, 06:21 PM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by MonsGraupius - 11-29-2016, 12:24 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by MonsGraupius - 11-29-2016, 10:14 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by MonsGraupius - 11-29-2016, 10:40 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by MonsGraupius - 11-29-2016, 11:05 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by MonsGraupius - 11-30-2016, 10:02 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Nathan Ross - 11-30-2016, 02:57 PM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Renatus - 11-30-2016, 10:41 AM
RE: anti-spam new member login? - by Renatus - 11-30-2016, 03:04 PM

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