Limit New User Threads ?

[looz]

What's stopping you from upgrading from current 3.8.7 from 2010 to current 5.4.1? Poorly maintained plugins?

There's also a 3.8.11 for the older branch, isn't there?

 

[SPS]

What's stopping you from upgrading from current 3.8.7 from 2010 to current 5.4.1? Poorly maintained plugins?

There's also a 3.8.11 for the older branch, isn't there?

It's highly modified, cannot simply upgrade anymore.

 

[looz]

Well I hope you have a plan for migrating to an up to date platform.

 

[SPS]

Well I hope you have a plan for migrating to an up to date platform.

Lol I'm only a community mod dude. I'm just speculating.

 

[looz]

Oh right, I just saw a coloured name and went "must be responsible!!".

A whole software migration is a bit of a tall order for volunteers as well.

 

[Warchild]

Here it comes again...

 

[AlienALX]

Lol I'm only a community mod dude. I'm just speculating.

Nah, you are about right. I hate modern forums though

The same thing happened to my ex wife's cat forum. I fought it for a month, then just bailed. It was just hours of work removing it all

 

[Dicehunter]

Nah, you are about right. I hate modern forums though

The same thing happened to my ex wife's cat forum. I fought it for a month, then just bailed. It was just hours of work removing it all

I've already noticed less posts on the forum since the spam has gotten bad, I can see it getting to a point that people just end up avoiding the forum as it will get worse.

 

[Dawelio]

I've already noticed less posts on the forum since the spam has gotten bad, I can see it getting to a point that people just end up avoiding the forum as it will get worse.

Yeah, I agree with you. This is unfortunately the worst case scenario that might happen in a near future. Since no one likes to wake up to the entire forum consisiting of pretty much only spam, in the new threads/posts section atleast.

 

[Excalabur50]

The most annoying part of it is you have to go through four to five pages of the garbage just to read a real post

 

[Kaapstad]

More Spam today.

Someone from the mod team really need to be available from about 6AM to hit the spammers as soon as they start posting. If the Spammers realise they are not going to have any posts displayed for more than a few seconds hopefully they will give up.

 

[RobM]

thats just it, they wont simply give up, they are paid to spam away and don't care where they do it.

 

[trawetSluaP]

Can you not apply a check where all new users threads have to be authorised by a mod?

 

[Dawelio]

Can you not apply a check where all new users threads have to be authorised by a mod?

Wouldn’t that make it so that even the regulars threads also has to approved?...

 

[RobM]

I am sure there is a setting in the forum
ACP > Settings > Human Verification Manager > Question & Answer Verification

Bots are unable to answer questions as easily as they can images

 

[RobM]

Wouldn’t that make it so that even the regulars threads also has to approved?...

I think he meant for "New Users"

 

[tinytomlogan]

I am sure there is a setting in the forum
ACP > Settings > Human Verification Manager > Question & Answer Verification

Bots are unable to answer questions as easily as they can images

Thats on - the spam isnt bots. Its real people.

 

[trawetSluaP]

Wouldn’t that make it so that even the regulars threads also has to approved?...

I think he meant for "New Users"

Yea, new users only.

 

[Dicehunter]

More Spam today.

Someone from the mod team really need to be available from about 6AM to hit the spammers as soon as they start posting. If the Spammers realise they are not going to have any posts displayed for more than a few seconds hopefully they will give up.

We need mods in America and we do have a fair few long time American members.

 

[hmmblah]

We need mods in America and we do have a fair few long time American members.

Reports for the spam came in at around 2:30AM and 6:30AM. I'm sleeping at those times on weekdays. I'd expect most other American's on this forum to be doing the same.