The Conservative Cave
The Help Desk => Suggestions and Feedback => Topic started by: formerlurker on July 16, 2011, 08:12:41 AM
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To avoid new members spamming the site with links to their blogs and agendas, perhaps Admin should consider a post count requirement prior to being permitted the ability to post a link?
Maybe 5 posts or more?
Just a thought as we head into election season.
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I think that's a good idea myself.
Some minimum post-count required before one can post a link.
Some minimum post-count required before one can start a topic.
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I think that's a good idea myself.
Some minimum post-count required before one can post a link.
Some minimum post-count required before one can start a topic.
Depending on what granularity we can achieve with the forum software.
Obviously we need to allow people to start topics in some sub-forums like "welcomes and introductions" with a 0 post count.
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They should also be required to introduce themselves before they can do anything.
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They should also be required to introduce themselves before they can do anything.
That would be ideal, but I'm not sure how it could be done.
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That would be ideal, but I'm not sure how it could be done.
Me neither...but it's an excellent idea.
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That would be ideal, but I'm not sure how it could be done.
Just don't give them full posting privileges until they introduce themselves first. If they fail to do so and continue to post, then 3 warnings would suffice before they're terminated.
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We'll look at what the software allows us to do and let you guys know.
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I remember on one forum that was hosted by proboards.com they had set up a visitors forum that people could post in without having an account. It was spammed a lot.
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That would be ideal, but I'm not sure how it could be done.
We would have to set up a new member group with a one-post limit restricting them to the Welcomes and Introductions forum (or at least the Blog section to keep them isolated)... easy enough.
I've considered doing the same for the Fight Club for certain people. :-)
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I remember on one forum that was hosted by proboards.com they had set up a visitors forum that people could post in without having an account. It was spammed a lot.
Waste of bandwidth. If I want to read stupid comments, I'll go to YouTube.
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Waste of bandwidth. If I want to read stupid comments, I'll go to YouTube.
True, but proboards were free and ad supported. They can also be set to private much like this one where membership is by invitation only. It was on them where I learned a limited amount of coding. Limited enough to know that I can't do it. lol
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There is an option to make the Shoutbox public. I wonder if we could install a second one just for guests.
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IF we ever get advanced enough to upgrade to SMF 2.X, there ARE features that direct folks to the intro board. I'll look into the post count & link thingy.
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They should also be required to introduce themselves before they can do anything.
Is there a welcome message when someone joins? It has been so long since I joined I do not remember.
If there is one, there could be a kindly worded message with a link to the Welcome forum. Like:
Welcome to the Conservative Cave. To get you off to a good start, may we recommend you introduce yourself here in the Welcome and Introduction form. Here's the link:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/board,8.0.html