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« on: June 24, 2011, 02:48:20 pm »
I'm thinking... we don't have a huge problem with spammers on the forum, but when we do, they go hard!!

maybe we can implement new accounts having to enter a captcha or something in order to post to the forum for their first 50 posts or implement a timeout period between posts , where if violated say 3 times in the space of an hour it locks the account from posting for an hour (or more).

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Re: spammers
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2011, 03:05:19 pm »
... first 50 posts or implement a timeout period between posts , where if violated say 3 times in the space of an hour it locks the account from posting for an hour (or more).

That would help the next time someone pisses off Driver-man enough again too.

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Re: spammers
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 08:24:50 am »
10 posts maybe, but I hate captchas and if I had to do one for 50 posts I wouldn't stick around long enough to hit 50 posts. Lets put it on chad and xouches account, and see if it works.
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Re: spammers
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 03:30:29 pm »
a timeout period between posts

All for this for new accounts. There is nothing so important for a new user that he/she NEEDS to post more than once an hour.

Guess there's nothing so important that I NEED to post more than once an hour either... :-\ Man, I need to get off the ---smurfing--- internet.
« Last Edit: June 25, 2011, 03:33:06 pm by Nephasth »