Improving the Forum

[Federate]

Re: Improving the Forum

Sorry, you talkin' to me?

Are you the culprit behind this? <_<

[Siggie]

Re: Improving the Forum

The "What's new?" button has not been working for a few days now. Also, my Avatar and profile picture have simply vanished!

Sorry, you talkin' to me?

[Federate]

Re: Improving the Forum

The "What's new?" button has not been working for a few days now. Also, my Avatar and profile picture have simply vanished!

[Siggie]

Re: Improving the Forum

Okay folks... I'm trying out validating users manually. That should limit the spam, I hope. I suppose if I spend the same amount of time going through those as I do deleting spam, it'll be a wash as far as my time is concerned.

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moderators/admins should have limited terms.
members should be able to vote them out every six months.

Perhaps when the members pay dues for the upkeep of the site it be will collectively owned and operated. Until then, the owner of the site decides the rules and selects the moderators.

[gkv]

Re: Improving the Forum

moderators/admins should have limited terms.
members should be able to vote them out every six months.

[Siggie]

Re: Improving the Forum

More reason for you to stop Doging us here.....wait but your a xxxxxcat. ??


I have an idea, how about everytime a new member puts a link in his first 5 posts the message comes out " Siggie knows I am a spamer", or something like that.

You can usually tell before they've even posted anything. I delete most spammers before they post at all. It's the ones in the evening and overnight that get by because I'm typically not on then.

[Eddo211]

Re: Improving the Forum

And I don't know what the old procedures were either - because I never actually took out membership here!

(I came here by default when the ArmenianGenocide forum merged with this one.)

More reason for you to stop Doging us here.....wait but your a xxxxxcat. ??


I have an idea, how about everytime a new member puts a link in his first 5 posts the message comes out " Siggie knows I am a spamer", or something like that.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Improving the Forum

I don't know what the current registration procedures are....

And I don't know what the old procedures were either - because I never actually took out membership here!

(I came here by default when the ArmenianGenocide forum merged with this one.)

[Siggie]

Re: Improving the Forum

Yes, we use both of those features. I'll consider it... I just hate for people to have to wait until I can review their posts or approve their membership.

But let's not have the argument about what Armenians are like here please.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Improving the Forum

Bell, we've considered this as well, however spam has not really been such a problem as to necessitate this sort of action which would also decrease legitimate new registrations.

I don't know what the current registration procedures are, but for most forums nowadays, where the applications are automated, the membership application requires you to fill in a letter/number verification box to prove you are human, and then sends out an email with a link that you need to visit as a second stage to the verification. Is this how it is set up here? And some forums require the first few posts by new members to be checked by moderators before their posts show up. I don't think legitimate new registrants would mind waiting - if they were legitimate they would probably have been browsing the forum for some time before deciding to be members anyway.