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Old 08-23-2011, 08:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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When I start reading active topics in the morning, most often there are posts from a spammer.
How is it that they can post so many times as a new member and not be observed? It would seem there would be some type of post count limit for a brand new member in a short time period.
And aren't new members approved by admin first when joining ?
On a board that I am a mod on, we have to approve the first post before it is even allowed publicly on the forum.

Seems like it would save time for the mods/admin to NOT have to clean up several spam posts.
There was a very active spammer overnight,(8 threads invaded) the reason for this thread getting started.
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Old 08-23-2011, 08:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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New members should have to post an Intro in the Introduction section in order to post on threads.

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That's how we do it on the forum where I am a Moderator.
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There is no approval process for new members and there never has been. I think we're pretty quick at dealing with the spammers when they come on, though naturally if they start up in the middle of the night it might be a few hours until we get them in the morning.
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Old 09-07-2011, 05:56 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Spammers have been busy lately...this morning several posts and when I clicked on tonight, more from another new member.
Amazing job~ mod and Admin for deleting them so quickly.
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:04 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I get them a lot on my forum trying to register as members, I do have a program that only lets members post under introductions first before having full access to the forum, although not fool proof they do get in
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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How is it that they can post so many times as a new member and not be observed?
They can post so fast because they aren't actually humans.
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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New members should have to post an Intro in the Introduction section in order to post on threads.

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That's how we do it on the forum where I am a Moderator.
I think that's kind of apples to oranges considering the size difference between the two.
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:58 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Spammers have been busy lately...this morning several posts and when I clicked on tonight, more from another new member.
Amazing job~ mod and Admin for deleting them so quickly.
I'll say. I've been on the forum about a year and have never seen any spam!
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Old 09-07-2011, 08:03 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Does anyone else have that Monty Python song about spam going through their heads now?
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