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[Kartorbust]

Wonder if Robert could implement a thing where new members cannot post for 'x' amount of time and they have to verify their account or something? I know the old rule was that you could not post stuff up for sale, trade, or what have you until you've hit 10 legitimate posts on here.

 

[Thepartsguy]

It does not stop 100% constant

 

[Kartorbust]

I'm seeing if a pause can be put in place to help slow this down.

 

[Kartorbust]

Going by another thread, this only really started just after the major reset. Some setting had to change. I wonder if this is what caused the issues before. Someone probing to see what it would take to just do a massive spam dump.

 

[SuperBlazer]

This is why oldminibikes.com closed the doors to any new members till they figure out how to fix it. I've suggested the human verification steps that other sites use if you want to join the community.

 

[Kartorbust]

This is why oldminibikes.com closed the doors to any new members till they figure out how to fix it. I've suggested the human verification steps that other sites use if you want to join the community.

Mytractorfourm.com requires new members to wait until an admin accepts the account. If I recall, you could only post in the new members only area, until they know if you're legit or not.

 

[Master Hack]

Thats a great idea. We need to do sumpthin!

 

[Kartorbust]

Seems like it's tapered off for now. Not sure what they've done, but so far so good.

 

[SuperBlazer]

The human verification steps will not let the spambots join at all.

 

[Hellion]

This is why oldminibikes.com closed the doors to any new members till they figure out how to fix it. I've suggested the human verification steps that other sites use if you want to join the community.

Is that what happened? Thanks for the intel. I might have guessed that was the reason but I don't assume much of anything anymore.

 

[landuse]

Hi all. So it looks like the spam is less than last week, but I have absolutely no idea if it was Robert looking at the website or if it just naturally slowed down.

I sent Robert a message last week regarding the mess, but I am not sure if he saw it and acted on it. All the suggestions in this thread are good ones, but unfortunately Robert is the only one who is able to change anything in the forum software so we will just have to wait to see what happens. I will pass along the recommendations.

 

[Hellion]

GREAT JOB on the sweep and mop-up, Landuse.

Is there a way to support the forum? I want to be a premium member with a "badge" and I want to be a moderator! LOL
I'm serious on the first part.

 

[Master Hack]

I want to be a premium member

Send $100 to me I will see it gets you a certificate.

 

[landuse]

It has been a full 24hrs since i cleaned up any spam, and I haven't seen any more since then. It seems like we might have stemmed the flow

 

[Edwin Spangler]

It has been a full 24hrs since i cleaned up any spam, and I haven't seen any more since then. It seems like we might have stemmed the flow

I made a report earlier. One of the spam messages made it into one of the threads.

 

[Kartorbust]

It has been a full 24hrs since i cleaned up any spam, and I haven't seen any more since then. It seems like we might have stemmed the flow

Yeah about that.

 

[Kartorbust]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... I don't even know where to begin. I'll give points for being straight to the point and creative.

 

[Hellion]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... I don't even know where to begin. I'll give points for being straight to the point and creative.

Same energy as telling the drunk barfly at last call exactly what you want to do to her if you take her home. Direct and to the point.

 

[Kartorbust]

Probably the most annoying thing, is having to wait over a minute in between reports. Look I understand the reasoning, at the same time though, hard to flag so many as spam and scams.

 

[Grizzlymi]

GREAT JOB on the sweep and mop-up, Landuse.

Is there a way to support the forum? I want to be a premium member with a "badge" and I want to be a moderator! LOL
I'm serious on the first part.

He's serious about the second part as well! Hellion for a moderator!!