Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

is it me or is this thing now slowing down the boards? TMO keeps timing out now

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

1.5 pages of spam in games atm

Gav

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

I know a forum where every member is expected to total at least 30 useful posts before starting a new thread, it works :-)

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Dunno. Maybe it gets even worse then as they could start spamming existing threads.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

Of course, like everybody else, but it may at least discourage some of them..

sorry for my english ...

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

more moderators for a more demanding period. I think that people can distinguish between just using moderator powers to rapidfire at spammers than actual moderating of user's post. So in software terms more moderators, in real life just a few more guns against the zombies.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

It's pity that Reggie isn't reading this thread. I may be wrong, but I bet my left shoe, that he posted his "excuse for inconvenience", without even reading suggestion of other, much more effective, anti-spambots modifications for vBulletin - posted in the very same thread.

Kinda hopeless.

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

I think newly registered members should not be able to post without confirmation of each post by moderator.

That would make much easier job for moderators

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

In a huge forum in Sweden new members have to either wait for 3 days (I think it is) or pay a little mount of money. Maybe that can be something? Sure, maybe people just become members because they have some problem, but if we make it clear that we have #maemo (IRC) then perhaps they can join us there if something is burning...

Re: [Request] Help fight spam together!
 

I've followed the links, contacted the people running those sites and they responded they would like to have some links. I provided those. Let's hope the backend of this will dry up the front end.

Here's the bright side - we can always show the uptick in postings and registrations as "increased interest" when it comes time to ask Nokia for to extend the life of this site.;)