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anti-spam idea
Would it be possible to prevent anyone for posting until ~10 minutes after they register?
I think it would stop a lot of the people who are just going around to as many forums as possible from posting spam, as they could easily register and post in 2-3 other forums in the time it would take to post some spam here.. Or maybe (this one would be a fair bit harder to implement) everyone's first post must contain 'Alizée' and all the variations of how to spell it.. |
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There are a couple decent vBulletin plugins for human spamming.
1. Post count minimum for new members before they can post a link. Might be a headache for ligit people. http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=96018 2. New members posts get checked for spam type keywords, if flagged the post sits in a queue first and checked by a moderator first. http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=131568 a couple ideas. Last edited by Seapaddler; 12-17-2006 at 05:33 PM.. |
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there are lots of different things we can do. the most effective would probably be not allowing people to make new threads until they have a certain number of posts. I just don't want to do things that become annoying to 99% of the normal users.
I think we get most everything within 20 minutes or so .. I might try a few things if it keeps going the way it has. |
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Yeah, it's hard to make one that's not inconvinent to the new users.. Maybe you could make one of the registration requirements is that they have to name one of Alizée's songs? |
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That just gave me an idea for a plugin. I wonder if it exists.
Brad's suggestion prevents the spammers thread title from appearing on the home page but the spam reply post still gets read. So before a Mod deletes it other users could click a Report this post button would make the post disappear and wait for Mod approval before it returns. That would be sweet. Regular users can self police when a Mod isn't around. |
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If 2 people are needed then that might work. Also put a restriction of 1 report per minute or so I think Seapaddlers idea would work great with those changes. |
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Goldfish = Jen a' marre Bond = JBG Tradewind = L'alizee Delicacies = Gourmandes Spanish Friend = La Isla Bonita (?) Magic Word = ? clueless I'm willing to do anything to keep spammers blocked out - even if i don't know all the answers! Ed |
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yeah most of the people that sign up with our website don't really know much about Alizee yet. If you guys think it is this big of a problem, I can just make the first few posts for new users moderated.
A moderator would have to approve all posts by users with less than 3 posts or something. |
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BTW: Jeremy Topaz Anny-Lee Ajaccio France J'en Ai Marre JBG L'Alize Gourmandises Hey, Amigo Abracadabra |
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