help on new spam control idea

[sdetweil]

@kayakbabe said in help on new spam control idea:

Also how about no including links for new users until they make x number of allowed posts.

this hurts real new users struggling to get their stuff running,
worked for a couple days/weeks to get it to work and finally find this and post…
and if we put them on the mod queue then they might miss a whole day til their post arrives and someone can help them…

[sdetweil]

@kayakbabe said in help on new spam control idea:

What about reCaptcha required to submit a post for new users for the first x number of posts?

why whack the good new users?

i go thru all new posts every morning and watch them all day long…
just trying to reduce the work and the amount of goo that shows up

[kayakbabe]

@sdetweil said in help on new spam control idea:

why whack the good new users?

Well, I was thinking that

I don’t find it horribly annoying especially if it’s the kind that just makes you pick the object from a grid of photos. It doesn’t take too long and it does keep the spam bots from posting. I don’t particularly like it… but I don’t find it horrible either – especially if it stops happening after I’m a member in good standing. You could base it on reputation points. After reputation is gained… then no more reCaptcha. Or if we don’t have the issue with bots… then forget I mentioned it.

[kayakbabe]

@sdetweil said in help on new spam control idea:

Also how about no including links for new users until they make x number of allowed posts.

this hurts real new users struggling to get their stuff running,
worked for a couple days/weeks to get it to work and finally find this and post…
and if we put them on the mod queue then they might miss a whole day til their post arrives and someone can help them…

Good Point.

[ankonaskiff17]

Any way you can Pi-Hole or Pi-Hole white list and black list.
That project has been around forever and I imagine that they have a large database of bad actors.

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 said in help on new spam control idea:

nah, thats just as bad, always new stuff appearing… don’t want to wait on others…

we can just turn on moderation…

i was trying to be considerate…

had a stinky one today, 11 posts of useless one sentence garbage , but no links…

[sdetweil]

we just turned on post moderation

anyone with rep below 2, your posts will be reviewed.

sorry to the newbies. but gotta keep the crud out

[RoyCormi]

Another option to control spam is to create a list of spam words for your forum. Members using these words in a post or comment get an error message and are blocked from publishing. For instance, spammy keywords contain the words: locksmith, loan, casino, and crypto…

[sdetweil]

@RoyCormi already do that.