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Rebelslayer
Joined: 17 Jan 06
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
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 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: Way to block spam |
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Could we get a new area of the forum for "newbie posts". IE those who haven't finished a game, and make the rest of the forum's unpostable until at least 1 game is finished.
That would stop almost all of the spam (it would be contained in one small area and the site admin would not need to spend further time limiting it).
It would allow newbies to know where to post for help. I for one would be happy to regularly check that forum and cover newbie questions.
Anyone else think this is a good idea? |
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docaction
Joined: 21 May 06
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree with the idea. |
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gische
Joined: 12 Oct 05
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Location: San Carlos, CA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd also offer to check for non-spam posts. |
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stargate
Joined: 09 Dec 04
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Location: North Attleboro, Ma USA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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great idea 
and for nefarious reasons it would be nice to know the email addresses
of the the spam posters  |
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hagin
Joined: 12 Aug 07
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Location: Perth, WA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| stargate wrote: | great idea
and for nefarious reasons it would be nice to know the email addresses
of the the spam posters |
They're just throwaway addresses (eg yahoo, hotmail, etc). It really wouldn't make a difference. In fact the process of registering them and using them here is all probably automatic.
The only thing that requires human intervention is typing in the characters in those images with the lines through them and there are whole centres filled with people dedicated to doing just that. |
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stargate
Joined: 09 Dec 04
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Location: North Attleboro, Ma USA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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I do know that
I just wish we could fight back |
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Coach
Joined: 11 May 06
Posts: 68
Location: south carolina
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: spam |
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It's a great idea. How about adding a site for
players like me who have to play Rebelslayer, cpo95, flaviorj and Gaditus on a regular basis so we will have a some sympathetic shoulders to cry on.
But it is a really good idea. |
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Big
Joined: 23 Dec 07
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Location: Fullerton, CA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice idea! |
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Bkruppa
Joined: 08 Nov 05
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Location: Fremont, Ca, USA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Personally the current method of public humiliation and scorn for newbie questions is quite entertaining. As far as spam, I learned quite a bit about Alabama several weekends ago and am better for it. 
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Cry havoc, and slip the dogs of war! |
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Early_10
Joined: 14 Mar 06
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like a great idea.
Also, I'm sure many of us who are here regularly throughout the day would be happy to volunteer to remove the spam posts if the additional help is something you'd agree to. Every site needs a couple of mods with a hot delete button. |
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freduk
Joined: 18 Jan 06
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Location: Bristol, UK
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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You know, I thought this was already in place. Maybe I just remember the discussion. There was certainly a ban on some sort of posting until some number of games had been completed.
Or did I just dream it?  |
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freduk
Joined: 18 Jan 06
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Location: Bristol, UK
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Hey rebelslayer! I just spotted that we joined the same day  |
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stargate
Joined: 09 Dec 04
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Location: North Attleboro, Ma USA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| freduk wrote: | You know, I thought this was already in place. Maybe I just remember the discussion. There was certainly a ban on some sort of posting until some number of games had been completed.
Or did I just dream it? |
the ban on posting only gets discussed -- many times
I think there is a ban on using BBCode until you have a minimum number of posts
as I type this the Alabama spam poster has become the Maryland spam poster (16 forum posts) |
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Carmilla
Joined: 13 Jul 08
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject: SPAM Gone Wild |
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OK, this is nuts. I'm a proud Texas native and all, but Holy !#@$$$#@!!!!
Is it possible to shoot a bogus user? |
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Big
Joined: 23 Dec 07
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Location: Fullerton, CA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: SPAM Gone Wild |
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| Carmilla wrote: | OK, this is nuts. I'm a proud Texas native and all, but Holy !#@$$$#@!!!!
Is it possible to shoot a bogus user? |
LOL! A perfect response from a Texan!  |
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