Jessica
February 27, 2011, 06:41 PM
I've noticed an increase in members lately, and most that never post and are actually spammers - because the usernames are somewhat similar and also, last week some of these members got banned for obvious reasons -- and there are members that have similar usernames that are still joining
Anyways, I've got some ideas to fight against them, so there won't be so many fake users.
For those actually post, I don't know if this is already installed or whatever, but you should disallow links before x posts. that means that if you have under a certain amount of posts, you cannot post links.
Set up more questions or Captchas that the person who is registering have to answer or something of the sort.
I know that most of the spammers that are joining don't really post, but even then they get banned anyways and I'm hoping that there will be less spammers registering and all.
From what I know there is already an anti-spam software installed and most don't get past that defense. but being obsessed with forums and all, I've been keeping a close eye on the number of members joining, and recently there has been a huge increase.
Just wanted to say that this is just a suggestion. The members that are spammers aren't bothering us so there's no need for this blah blah but I still get irritated that so many join and a lot have similar usernames.
Anyways, I've got some ideas to fight against them, so there won't be so many fake users.
For those actually post, I don't know if this is already installed or whatever, but you should disallow links before x posts. that means that if you have under a certain amount of posts, you cannot post links.
Set up more questions or Captchas that the person who is registering have to answer or something of the sort.
I know that most of the spammers that are joining don't really post, but even then they get banned anyways and I'm hoping that there will be less spammers registering and all.
From what I know there is already an anti-spam software installed and most don't get past that defense. but being obsessed with forums and all, I've been keeping a close eye on the number of members joining, and recently there has been a huge increase.
Just wanted to say that this is just a suggestion. The members that are spammers aren't bothering us so there's no need for this blah blah but I still get irritated that so many join and a lot have similar usernames.