Author:  cosmicray  Posted:  May 14, 2024 17:47  Subject:  speed-bump for spamming new members  Viewed:  184 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Open  Vote: [Yes|No] Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card cosmicray (3496) Location:  USA, Florida Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Oct 1, 2000 Seller  Store: Cosmic Toys

Please add a speed-bump, such that new members can post to the Forum, but not if they insert more than three links into the message text. Right now all the spam messages I see (like the one this morning, and the parade of gummie spam over the past year) have 10-20-more links sprayed down the body of the message. Limiting zero feedback members to three links, should in no way impact legitimate users, but it might slow down the spam kids such to make spamming here more difficult. Nita Rae

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Re: speed-bump for spamming new members - popsicle (6672)

[...] What a unique idea;) (URL) (16 days ago, May 14, 2024, to Suggestions)

Re: speed-bump for spamming new members - yorbrick (1185)

[...] To do that they'd need to have some sort of filtering process, based on both user feedback and number of links in a message. Is the forum that advanced? I doubt it. [...] (16 days ago, May 14, 2024, to Suggestions)

Re: speed-bump for spamming new members - Familybuild (108)

Maby a different approach is effective: If a user is below 1 month old, has zero feedback; Let their forum post only be visable for moderators and or admins. That way spam gets [...] (8 days ago, May 22, 2024, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 « - cosmicray (3496) 16 days ago May 14, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - popsicle (6672) 16 days ago May 14, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - yorbrick (1185) 16 days ago May 14, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - peregrinator (780) 16 days ago May 14, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - popsicle (6672) 16 days ago May 14, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - Saitobricks.ca (37) 16 days ago May 14, 2024 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - Familybuild (108) 8 days ago May 22, 2024 to Suggestions