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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:16 am

mainly, the fact that it's forced.
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Re: Idea

Postby MuffinSticks » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:37 am

Oh wahhh a mandatory rule for the overall good of the site.
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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:50 am

foxchild ought to be with me on this, he hates the government setting rules that people are capable of doing without being forced to.
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Re: Idea

Postby datherman » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:28 am

I'm with Doog here. Fixing the Captcha would be a much less intrusive way of getting rid of the spammers. We've had numerous people sign up solely to comment on a single comic strip thread and then leave, which is fine since that's all they really wanted to do. They had no intention of joining the community, and forcing them to post a welcome message would just frustrate such people.

Now granted, since we're no longer a DCS fan site really, this situation probably won't be nearly as common, but the point remains. It's still forced, and thus still annoying.
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Re: Idea

Postby MuffinSticks » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:41 am

Yeah I guess so. I forgot about the people that join and post once.
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Re: Idea

Postby Foxchild » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:20 pm

Oh, the better Captcha is definitely the better way to go. another thing that would work is enforceability to remove these bot accounts before they post 20 times. If the hidden "Activate me!" forum can be avoided, then best to avoid it.

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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:20 pm

really? darn... I already printed that on bumper stickers in support of my Moderatorship
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Re: Idea

Postby MuffinSticks » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:49 am

Yeah let it be known that Dan won the argument, not you.

Edit: Haha that was so rude.
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Re: Idea

Postby Muninn » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:21 am

I thought this would have been clear by now, but any spam topic or post will be deleted (even if they make Angela laugh) when the mods notice them so there's no point in replying to them as your post/s will be swept into Ginnungagap along with them.

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Re: Idea

Postby baloki » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:42 am

Why don't we have one of those boxes that ask you a silly question, like what's the name of the forums as verification?
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Re: Idea

Postby nickspoon » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:21 am

I've made the CAPTCHA a little more difficult, and registration requires activation via e-mail now. Hopefully that'll reduce the flow a little.

I've also banned the IP ranges of a couple of Chinese ISPs - a little drastic, perhaps, but if that stops them then I guess it'll have to do.
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Re: Idea

Postby Cactus Jack » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:52 pm

I was going to suggest making people respond to an email. Thats pretty standard on most forums.

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Re: Idea

Postby likeafox » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:45 pm

and registration requires activation via e-mail now.
Have you confirmed that emails are being sent properly? I may have to configure my SMTP to relay outgoing mail like I had on my old server.

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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:24 pm

I just checked, and no it's not.
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Re: Idea

Postby nickspoon » Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:33 pm

and registration requires activation via e-mail now.
Have you confirmed that emails are being sent properly? I may have to configure my SMTP to relay outgoing mail like I had on my old server.
I have yet to receive the activation e-mail for my test account. If you wouldn't mind fixing SMTP, that would be good - a forum does kind of need to be able to send e-mail.

EDIT: Jason is on the case, e-mail activation is disabled again and will be re-enabled as soon as SMTP is working.
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