Marc Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Hi All, We have had a lot of problems with spam lately, and as such I have been looking at new ways in which we can improve the prevention of this without making it difficult for people to register on the forum. Therefore as a new spam prevention measure any member who has now posted 5 or less posts will find themselves unable to post links on the forum. I have over 5 posts and I cant post links!!! If you currently have over 5 posts and you are in the member group, you may well find you cannot post a link at present. Dont worry, this will not be a perminant thing and is only because the system has not yet promoted you. As soon as you post just once the system will automatically promote you to the group in which allows links. Everyone who should be has now been updated, I cheated instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robke Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 that is cool...and a good way to stop these spammers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Bye spammers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asslinn Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 hmm but the problem with that would be. Spam 5 times in another post and boom spam links again. Could it not be more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 hmm but the problem with that would be. Spam 5 times in another post and boom spam links again. Could it not be more? They tend to work these days with someone setting up an account then adding that account to a database. That database is run through and topics are posted across all forums on mass. With this in place they would be unable to do so. I wanna do it on the basis of tryin to stop spam whilst not annoying new members too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asslinn Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 ah right ok then I get what you mean. I'm still back in the old days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Great idea hope it works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Listershat Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 I'm not a spammer, just a newbie and I can't post anything. Quite annoying, how do i get around this? Can't get to the gallery to upload either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 I'm not a spammer, just a newbie and I can't post anything. Quite annoying, how do i get around this? Can't get to the gallery to upload either. You need 5 posts to be able to put pics up as they get classed as links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Listershat Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Thanks BingBlaze n Skyla, but I'm not allowed to post or reply. I've tried on the introductions thread. I could post another 3 times in here, but It'd probably be cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Thanks BingBlaze n Skyla, but I'm not allowed to post or reply. I've tried on the introductions thread. I could post another 3 times in here, but It'd probably be cheating. I'd have said do it lol but I see u managed to sort it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Listershat Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yeah, ta. Marc sorted it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Wish all forum admins were as on the ball as Marc, took 3 days to get an account activated on another forum for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Wish all forum admins were as on the ball as Marc, took 3 days to get an account activated on another forum for me Marc on the ball ROFLOMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Hey I've seen a lot worse, he needs some credit Edited April 7, 2015 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Oh someone's going to get a big head now lol sent via husky howls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Already got one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Wish all forum admins were as on the ball as Marc, took 3 days to get an account activated on another forum for me I too recently joined another forum (new Hobby) it took 4 days for the account to be authorised. First thing went in and posted an introduction, 42 views not a single reply. It's not that they're not a friendly bunch, In posts they are laid back, chatty and jokey as here just seems to be not in the site culture to welcome new members. Strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I too recently joined another forum (new Hobby) it took 4 days for the account to be authorised. First thing went in and posted an introduction, 42 views not a single reply. It's not that they're not a friendly bunch, In posts they are laid back, chatty and jokey as here just seems to be not in the site culture to welcome new members. Strange I'm guilty of that too, it'd be a full time job if I did it for every forum I was on On some forums I've seen people use it as an excuse to up their post count or spam their online store or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I'm guilty of that too, it'd be a full time job if I did it for every forum I was on On some forums I've seen people use it as an excuse to up their post count or spam their online store or something. We see it as making the new member feel that the place is welcoming and friendly. As a new member if total strangers say Hi, Makes you feel less alone and new in a strange forum and perhaps gives shy people a bit more courage to post, knowing that it's a nice bunch of folks out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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