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

1.5 pages of spam in games atm

Gav

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

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

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

sorry for my english ...

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.

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.

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

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...

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.