Inside3D Forums Down Time
Inside3D Forums Down Time
The forums will be going down this Saturday (July 2nd, 2011) for much of the day. I will try to get them back online as soon as possible. I will be updating the forum software and adding a new captcha.
Also, this is my 1000th post! WOOOOOO
Also, this is my 1000th post! WOOOOOO
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antispamsterfs
can we also get a flag system on the new members page?
a gross amount of them are clearly spam even before their first post.
Still pressin fer that.
a gross amount of them are clearly spam even before their first post.
Still pressin fer that.
Good man. No talking to strangers either.FrikaC wrote:I'll also look both ways before I cross the street.
Regarding spam - how about something as simple as "you're not allowed start a new thread until you've had a post count of 5/10/whatever"? That would cut out all of the new pyramid/mac threads we've been getting lately.
Of course there are flaws with the idea (what if you've got a specific question that you registered to ask?) but that's the tradeoff and it's a matter of which is the lesser evil.
We had the power, we had the space, we had a sense of time and place
We knew the words, we knew the score, we knew what we were fighting for
We knew the words, we knew the score, we knew what we were fighting for
I'm sure the new forum (phpBB 3 I guess) has many more safeguards than the current one.
Also, regarding mh's idea, how many people registered lately just to ask a question? Not more than 5 (probably less). What about bots (a lot more).
I'm looking forward to the upgrade.
Also, regarding mh's idea, how many people registered lately just to ask a question? Not more than 5 (probably less). What about bots (a lot more).
I'm looking forward to the upgrade.
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I registered just to ask a question.
I had been reading the forums for a year or two.
But ultimately, I registered just to ask a question.
And I'd be willing to bet a large number of people did.
5 posts before new thread would be a real putoff.
But ultimately, I registered just to ask a question.
And I'd be willing to bet a large number of people did.
5 posts before new thread would be a real putoff.
Re: I registered just to ask a question.
That's cool. Like I said, it's a tradeoff, and it's ultimately up to the mods/admins anyway.gnounc wrote:I had been reading the forums for a year or two.
But ultimately, I registered just to ask a question.
And I'd be willing to bet a large number of people did.
5 posts before new thread would be a real putoff.
We had the power, we had the space, we had a sense of time and place
We knew the words, we knew the score, we knew what we were fighting for
We knew the words, we knew the score, we knew what we were fighting for
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Re: antispamsterfs
Or we could simply add a captcha when you register to prevent spambots from posting at all...gnounc wrote:can we also get a flag system on the new members page?
How often does it have to be repeated?
There already is a captcha and nowadays a lot of spam is posted by humans.
There already is a captcha and nowadays a lot of spam is posted by humans.
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