Limiting low count spam and trolling

Ryan Beal · #1 10-04-2007, 12:55 AM

An idea that gets brought up on a regular basis is not allowing new members to start threads if they're under a certain number of posts. I've always been against the idea because it's harsh on new users. Never thought it would be very effective either. Having to take another look at custom usergroup promotions in vB did gave me an idea, though.

New users can post, but for their first 15 any thread they start will need to be approved by a mod or admin. 5 posts and under would require that we approve replies.

I think any extra effort on our part would end up being pretty minimal with those numbers, and we would quickly gain more control over the worst stuff. What do you think? I wouldn't want to do it if a majority of you weren't behind the idea. Also, Mason and Mat haven't approved this yet. Just throwing it out there.

daryn · #2 10-04-2007, 01:04 AM

dig the idea

MrWookie · #3 10-04-2007, 01:04 AM

I do not want to have to approve 5 replies from every new poster who comes through micro. The NL and OT guys would probably be even more inundated.

daryn · #4 10-04-2007, 01:05 AM

oh haha.. let me be clearer. i dig it as long as i'm not the one sifting through and clearing posts.

tuq · #5 10-04-2007, 01:08 AM

5 replies could be tough. Like the other idea though. Also, I dig daryn's updated avatar, although that cartoon crap always seems too soft for his rugged demeanor.

miajag · #6 10-04-2007, 01:13 AM

I like it, but I can see it being taxing on the mods of the high-volume forums.

MrWookie · #7 10-04-2007, 01:14 AM

Well, for a while, Micro was THE first post forum. Now, NL has taken over from limit, so they'll get more. I'd say we get a couple a month. Maybe I'm a lazy bastard, but I wouldn't really want to deal w/ this.

EMc · #8 10-04-2007, 01:16 AM

Yea, I really, raelly dont wanna have to do this. There will be a ton of work for me/ama/orange/aj.

Ryan Beal · #9 10-04-2007, 01:23 AM

What I'm seeing with those numbers is that it would mostly catch spam and such. So instead of the post going up and you possibly having to delete and mess with anything that's been quoted, it stays off the forum and one of us dismisses it one way or the other. I'll present some specifics for the if the idea isn't totally shot down right away.

I asked about how often it comes up for normal posts because that's the only thing that could make it a pain. I know we get new regular members all the time, but I'm not seeing it being so much that it would be a large number.

Still, it could always be tried with lower limits or only for starting threads. Even that would be pretty good.

diebitter · #10 10-04-2007, 01:32 AM

Daryn

Nice lid.