Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
help on new spam control idea
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@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.
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@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.
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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. -
@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…
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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
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S sdetweil pinned this topic on
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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…
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@RoyCormi already do that.
