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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

Alot of SPAM lately on this forum!

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  • D Offline
    d3r
    last edited by Jun 17, 2017, 1:32 AM

    Or make new posters go through a 5 post vetting process where their posts would need to be reviewed before being made public.
    Not sure how the logistics would work since the mods would still need to review a lot of posts.

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      Cato Module Developer
      last edited by Jun 17, 2017, 7:20 AM

      Moderation is probably too much work and makes the forum less instant.

      I wouldn’t mind to click a CAPTCHA every time I post something. But I guess the problem is support for such feature on the forum software…?

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        rudibarani Project Sponsor
        last edited by Jun 17, 2017, 10:15 AM

        I would suggest to force a captacha for the first XX number of posts of a user. Once the user seems credible, you can most certainly leave it out for this person.

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          cowboysdude Module Developer
          last edited by cowboysdude Jun 17, 2017, 12:22 PM Jun 17, 2017, 12:16 PM

          Not too sure either but it needed to be addressed after the 1st time it happened.

          THIS has been a problem for others running NodeBB. Here’s an answer:

          https://community.nodebb.org/topic/3036/spam-control-options/2

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            Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
            last edited by Jun 17, 2017, 11:21 PM

            nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone

            Spam Be Gone 0.4.x uses Google’s “No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA” which does not support the old public/private keys, so you need to generate new ones and replace the old ones in your NodeBB Admin Panel, or you will see an error instead of the captcha image, visit this page to do so: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin#list

            Create a working config
            How to add modules

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              paviro Admin
              last edited by Jun 19, 2017, 7:14 AM

              We already used nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone for Googles reCAPTCHA but that did not help as it seems…

              I enabled Akismet again (disabled because it stopped some people from posting legit stuff). It should prevent most of the SPAM for now but some people might run into issues, let me know if you do!

              Email verification was already enabled but I will check whether it really works.

              We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

              – The Doctor

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                yawns Moderator @paviro
                last edited by Jun 19, 2017, 8:36 AM

                @paviro said in Alot of SPAM lately on this forum!:

                Email verification was already enabled but I will check whether it really works.

                It was enabled, but not mandatory. I created @yawns-test, did not verify the account via email but was able to post on the forum.

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                  paviro Admin @yawns
                  last edited by Jun 19, 2017, 8:39 AM

                  @yawns Mhh admin panel says “email verification required” will check if there is a second option somewhere…

                  We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

                  – The Doctor

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                    Mark Coniglio
                    last edited by Nov 3, 2017, 7:28 AM

                    @paviro: I am another user of NodeBB with a big spam problem. I’ve written you a Chat message seeing if I can learn what you did to solve the problem on your forum. Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to offer.

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                      doubleT Module Developer
                      last edited by Jan 11, 2018, 1:15 PM

                      I’d also welcome a solution that the first few posts are somewhat restricted. For example, if you have a post count below 10, allow the start of only one thread every hour. Should be enough in the beginning.

                      And then, would it be possible to implement a solution, that if a thread of someone in this restricted user group is flagged as spam (maybe by two or three people in the unrestricted user group in a short time), it will be unpublished immediately and marked for moderation? This forum is pretty civil and I’d think abuse of this function would be low to zero.

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