- Joined
- Jun 30, 1998
- Location
- Bierland
Hi all,
A week or so ago, I made the command decision to make registration a little easier, and to no longer moderate new signups. With this decision, it also delivered a few more assholes signing up - who are not bots - but people hired to post spam. So we have been seeing a few of these turds getting through the ol' gauntlet and posting their spewage.
Well fear no more. I have created a new usergroup (PreNewbie) that is a moderated group. The first two posts are moderated (which means one of us admins must look at it before it's approved), and once the third post is approved - that person is automatically promoted to the Newbie user group. Their permissions are about the same, but PreNewbies cannot post to their profile page, nor to others.
This has also been applied retroactively - so those of you who have never posted before and are only lurking, your first two posts will be reviewed before they go live.
I hope this will eliminate most of the garbage we have been seeing lately.
Cheers!
A week or so ago, I made the command decision to make registration a little easier, and to no longer moderate new signups. With this decision, it also delivered a few more assholes signing up - who are not bots - but people hired to post spam. So we have been seeing a few of these turds getting through the ol' gauntlet and posting their spewage.
Well fear no more. I have created a new usergroup (PreNewbie) that is a moderated group. The first two posts are moderated (which means one of us admins must look at it before it's approved), and once the third post is approved - that person is automatically promoted to the Newbie user group. Their permissions are about the same, but PreNewbies cannot post to their profile page, nor to others.
This has also been applied retroactively - so those of you who have never posted before and are only lurking, your first two posts will be reviewed before they go live.
I hope this will eliminate most of the garbage we have been seeing lately.
Cheers!